Create More Yang Energy!

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• Repaint the walls using bright yang colours such as yellows or pinks. White walls are also very yang in nature.


• Bring in the light...get rid of dark drapes and replace with curtains that are airy and allow plenty of sunshine in. Keep the room well lit and leave one light on at all times.


• Open the windows!


• For your bed linens choose duvets and sheets with soft colours that compliment other furnishings. In your living room add brightly coloured pillows or throws to increase yang energy.


• Keep the radio or television on - bring in movement with windchimes and people...children and laughter...all symbolizing life force energy.

On the other hand, some rooms are too yang...and this imbalance can also result in illness, poor health, and exhaustion. When music is played all day (and it's too loud) or your furnishings and walls are brightly coloured or the sunlight is harsh... you may need to introduce some yin energy to counteract.

Create More Yin Energy:

• Change the colour scheme to be softer and not so vibrant.


• Add heavier drapes if the sun is too strong.


• Observe periods of silence...turn off the radio and TV for awhile

So here's the thing. There's no real right and wrong way to do this. It's personal and it's a very subtle exercise. You're going to have to experiment so that you never have too much yang or too much yin. You can have music and life in the room but just not all the time. Sometimes you need peace and quiet...but not all the time. If you cannot repaint your living room and the walls are grey and yin in nature...add splashes of yang colour with brightly coloured cushions or wall art. Even a vase of fresh bright and beautiful flowers in the living room adds great yang energy.

It sounds routine but this is one thing that is often overlooked. Just remember that good feng shui practice always includes a yin-yang analysis of the rooms of your home...as well as the surrounding landscape and yard. When there is balance between yin and yang there is prosperity, good health, well-being and happiness.

Annual Afflictions Always Take Precedence: Always keep the annual feng shui afflictions in mind. This year, the center areas of the home or office are highly afflictive and problematic with the hostile 3 star’s presence causing a great deal of aggravation and suffering. In this case we want to keep this area very quiet (yin) -no tinkling wind chimes etc, yet we also want to make sure to keep this sector very well lit with bright lights and lots of red colour (the fire element) like red cushions, decorations etc to exhaust the power of the wood star number.