Feng Shui is a tool that can be used to bring the energy of your home into alignment with your mindset and emotions. One area of feng shui adjustments that often comes up is around the topic of abundance. For some, abundance is accompanied by feelings of freedom and joy. It is a free-flowing energy that brings exactly what we need into our lives while having more than enough to share with others.
When you hear the word abundance, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Now, let’s take a step deeper into that topic by asking what abundance means to you in your life? How will you feel when you are abundant? What would your home look like, smell like, and feel like? Whether the abundance that you think of is associated with the areas of finances, career, relationships, travel opportunities, or something else, the first step in calling in abundance using feng shui is to get crystal clear on what abundance means to you and how you would like to see that manifested in your life. Once you’ve taken time to do that inner work, move on to the following strategies.
Here are 6 Feng Shui Strategies to Align Your Home and Surroundings with Abundance:
YOUR HOME.
Have you ever thought about what secrets your home tells about your beliefs and emotions? To take a glimpse, walk outside your home. Take a few deep breaths and walk into the front door of your home. What are some of the first things that you see? How do the colors and objects make you feel? Does the view bring your energy up or down? Answering some of these questions can help to answer some questions about what beliefs and emotions you’ve integrated into the setup of your home.
This is important for several reasons. The way you arrange the objects in your home, the colors, artwork, and scents that you choose to invite into your home reflect your mindset at the time you set it up. If you feel like you are being blocked in any area of your life, taking a deep look into the setup of your home can support you in releasing those blocks and making space for your desires.
CLUTTER CLEARING.
After you become clear on your intentions related to manifesting abundance in your life, the next step will be to make space for abundance. If you are asking the Universe for more of anything but every nook and cranny of your home is full of stuff, you are sending a message out to the Universe that you already have plenty—even if it is plenty of clutter. It is important that there is space in your home for energy to flow freely and not be trapped in corners or behind piles or boxes. Take a good look at the things that you’ve invited into your home. Release those things that do not uplift your energy, those things that do not represent abundance, and those things that are unused, broken, or unfinished. Clearing clutter with intention can be a magic way to begin the transformation of your home to one that reflects and amplifies the energy of abundance.
OPENING TO RECEIVE.
Along with making space for abundance through clutter clearing, a next great step would be to make sure that you are open to receiving. Abundance is a give and take of energy. It is always flowing. If we are not open to receiving, we create mental and emotional blocks that can hinder our relationship with abundance. When setting our intentions, it is important to be open to the form in which the Universe provides an answer. If we are always looking for a very specific way to receive abundance, we may not see what has already been provided.
A wonderful way to honor what we receive daily is to keep a gratitude journal. Simply acknowledging a few things each day that we are grateful for can open the door to receiving more. If we are holding on to core beliefs of not good enough, not enough, not worthy, we can also create blocks to receiving. Know that in every moment, you are a divine being more than worthy of all that the Universe has for you. Though I’ve seen many women brush off compliments (I’ve done it too), we can also open to receiving more by graciously acknowledging the compliments that come our way. When we are ready and open to receiving, all that we desire and more, those things will flow more easily into our lives.
FRONT DOOR.
One of the most important areas of the home is the front door so let’s start there. Your front door is the focal point where new, fresh energy, and abundance enter your home. Your front door represents your life path and makes the first and biggest impression upon others.
Here are some tips to welcome abundant energy into your home through the front door:
- Make sure the front door/entrance of your home is seen clearly from the street. If you think of abundance as an invited guest, you don’t want her to wander around wondering where the entrance is. Remove all obstructions and clear the path to the door.
- Does the door work properly? Check the locks, hinges, doorbell, and doorknob for proper maintenance.
- Keep the path and entranceway clean. Wash the door, keep a fresh coat of paint on the door. Make it a beautifully, welcoming area.
- Can you see the address, or other significant door sign from the street? Again, don’t make confuse the energy coming to your home.
- If you have a side entrance or garage entrance to your home that you use more frequently than the front door, clear those areas as well. Remember, though, that the front door of the house is still the energetic focal open. Open the door regularly to welcome new, fresh energy into your home.
YOUR HOME’S ENERGY FLOW.
After making some adjustments to the front entrance to your home, think about how the energy will flow once inside the home. If you think of energy as a steadily flowing stream of water, where would the water get stuck inside your home? Would it flow easily around furniture placements? Would it get stuck going around corners, or would it miss areas? Another way to find out how the energy flows is to walk around in your home in the dark (or imagine doing so). Would you be constantly tripping over objects or bumping into things that are misplaced? Create open areas that balance areas where objects or furniture are placed.
YOUR KITCHEN.
Your kitchen stove represents fire energy. Keep it clean and in good working order to attract abundant energy. Make sure all the burners are in working order and are being used regularly. Don’t stick to using just one burner because it’s your favorite one. Adding fresh, colorful fruit (oranges) is also a sign of auspicious energy. Remember that the kitchen is an area of creation and nourishment.
There are many more adjustments that you can make in all areas of your home. Starting with intention setting, clutter clearing, shifting furniture and objects, and paying particular attention to the front door and kitchen are essential ways to begin. Remember that each time you make an adjustment or add something that represents abundance, be sure to hold your intention in mind. What exactly are you going for in reference to abundance? And how would you like to feel being an abundant person? So, as you are clearing your spaces, practicing receiving and creating balanced energies in your home, your spaces can truly reflect an abundant mind, body and spirit and bring even more abundance into your life.
