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Feng Shui Fixes for Your Kitchen
By Cait Johnson, author of Witch in the Kitchen (Inner Traditions, 2001)
Want to feel healthier and attract more abundance in your life? The kitchen is the room to focus on. Feng Shui experts say that two elements in the kitchen indicate our energy and wealth potential, plus food is important to life and the kitchen is where we store and cook it. Are you burning up your vital energy, or allowing your wealth to go down the drain? Try these simple Feng Shui fixes in your kitchen for a healthier and more abundant life. Some of them are better for the planet, too!
Many of these fixes are simple common sense, but there is solid Feng Shui wisdom behind them. Try them in your kitchen and see what a difference it makes!
Clean it up and clear it out. A dirty or cluttered kitchen has a negative effect on our health and energy. Empty the garbage and compost regularly, to avoid stagnant chi (life energy). Compost or toss out all the foods that are dangerously past their expiration date, donate gadgets and cookware you never use, and just generally make your kitchen feel more serene and spacious. Rather than inwardly wincing when you walk into your kitchen, you can feel settled and expansive, at ease and uplifted.
Aim for whole foods. If you eat a diet filled with junk and processed foods, it’s hard to be healthy. (Or wealthy, because you’ll be paying for a lot of doctor visits!) Make a changeover to whole, natural foods. Display those foods, when you can: A bowl of squashes or a glass canister filled with dried beans are cheering sights. (And sign up for Eat Well Naturally, our recipe newsletter for eating healthy, luscious foods.)
Use nature’s energy to clean. Connect to the healing and abundant energies of nature by using natural cleaners rather than products filled with harmful chemicals. For some helpful non-toxic cleaning tips, go to the Care2 archives or see Annie’s favorite kitchen cleaning formulas.
Keep your stove working well. The stove is an energy source, associated with your own fire and passion. Be sure it‘s functioning well and that you rotate your use of the burners, so you’re not overusing one or two. And there are so many reasons why gas leaks and dead pilot lights are bad feng shui! Be mindful, and keep your stove in good working order.
Stop leaking your money away. Feng shui principles teach that dripping faucets make your wealth potential go right down the drain—and besides, it’s such a waste! Do the right thing for your own abundance and for the Earth: Conserve water by fixing leaks and using water-saving faucets.
Use mirrors. If your back is facing the entrance to your kitchen when you cook, place a small mirror near the stove so you can see who’s coming in and out. Some say a small mirror placed behind your stove will increase your good fortune, since it visually doubles the number of burners. A bright, shiny teakettle or other reflective surface will also help.
Lighten up. Make sure your kitchen is well-lighted and well-ventilated. The light will boost your energy and cheer you, while adequate ventilation is important for health.
Boost your chi with plants or flowers. A potted plant or a bouquet of flowers (as long as they’re fresh) will add life energy to the room.
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Hi,
I live in an apartment and my kitchen is in the South West part of my home. I am told that that is a bad sector for the kitchen to be as it is the mother sector and it will drain the mother of the house out. Is this true and what rectification can be done, please advice as I feel drained in the home. Thank you. Jay
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Dear Kara,
Sorry for the late reply.
We can still enjoy a city life at the same time having an option to enjoy the countryside green in our own pace - our home. We may place some green color ornaments like floor mats or some indoor plants and flowers ( true plant or artificial ones has the same attribute/effect/value in fengshui), place at the East side of any room, be in the dining room, living room in your porch, in the foyer or even the kitchen for growth and prosperity in life. But definitely not in your bedroom. You may have all the plants you wish for your home decor, choosing only those with leaves or stem that are not pointed or needle type. As the sharp pointed leaves or needle shape one like that of pines or cactus plant are not auspicious when place in your homes. Lastly, if you are the mother/wife in that house try some flower decor in a vase, specially nine red roses, place the at the southwest portion of the house or in the southwest corner of the living room to enhance the family love atmosphere and create a perfect happy married life. Place a miniature- height between 1 ft to 4 ft tall) 6 layered water fall structure, with non stop running cycling water, both at East portion of your home to attract financial abundance this year and at the South west corner , same structure or any water paintings and will bring money luck to you until year 2023. Good luck, and God Bless you.
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Dear Kara,
Sorry for the late reply.
We can still enjoy a city life at the same time having an option to enjoy the countryside green in our own pace - our home. We may place some green color ornaments like floor mats or some indoor plants and flowers ( true plant or artificial ones has the same attribute/effect/value in fengshui), place at the East side of any room, be in the dining room, living room in your porch, in the foyer or even the kitchen for growth and prosperity in life. But definitely not in your bedroom. You may have all the plants you wish for your home decor, choosing only those with leaves or stem that are not pointed or needle type. As the sharp pointed leaves or needle shape one like that of pines or cactus plant are not auspicious when place in your homes. Lastly, if you are the mother/wife in that house try some flower decor in a vase, specially nine red roses, place the at the southwest portion of the house or in the southwest corner of the living room to enhance the family love atmosphere and create a perfect happy married life. Place a miniature- height between 1 ft to 4 ft tall) 6 layered water fall structure, with non stop running cycling water, both at East portion of your home to attract financial abundance this year and at the South west corner , same structure or any water paintings and will bring money luck to you until year 2023. Good luck, and God Bless you.
send green star
why is this inappropriate?
Dear Kara,
Sorry for the late reply.
We can still enjoy a city life at the same time having an option to enjoy the countryside green in our own pace - our home. We may place some green color ornaments like floor mats or some indoor plants and flowers ( true plant or artificial ones has the same attribute/effect/value in fengshui), place at the East side of any room, be in the dining room, living room in your porch, in the foyer or even the kitchen for growth and prosperity in life. But definitely not in your bedroom. You may have all the plants you wish for your home decor, choosing only those with leaves or stem that are not pointed or needle type. As the sharp pointed leaves or needle shape one like that of pines or cactus plant are not auspicious when place in your homes. Lastly, if you are the mother/wife in that house try some flower decor in a vase, specially nine red roses, place the at the southwest portion of the house or in the southwest corner of the living room to enhance the family love atmosphere and create a perfect happy married life. Place a miniature- height between 1 ft to 4 ft tall) 6 layered water fall structure, with non stop running cycling water, both at East portion of your home to attract financial abundance this year and at the South west corner , same structure or any water paintings and will bring money luck to you until year 2023. Good luck, and God Bless you.
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how can living in a city turn out green if you want it to?
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In my opinion, having a mirror behind the stove to reflect the burners is not really the best thing to attract good fortune . Because it gives an energy to attract the Master of the house to have a 2nd wife. A mirror is more appropriate to be placed/installed in the dinning room instead rather than in the kitchen, to bring abundance in food and good financial luck.
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As to the issue of a mirror behind or above the stove. I found that a piece of foil, shiny side out could be taped behind the stove with little effort and that also magnifies the number of burners and increases good feng shui.
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An excellent way around not having a place for a mirror behind the stove is to have a stainless steel or copper tea kettle sitting on the stove (but not on a burner, unless it is being used to heat water). The shiny surface acts exactly like a mirror. Just be sure to keep it clean and shiny -- the rest of the stove, too.
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It's tough getting a mirror behind my stove, so I am not sure what the answer is to that one! My back is to the doorway when I cook. Any ideas?
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