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13 Do’s and Taboos for the Feng Shui Office
posted by Annie B. Bond Apr 15, 2008 6:00 am
Excerpted from Feng Shui Dos & Taboos,by Angi Ma Wong.
Being stuck in an office can be the pits, but learn about the 13 do’s and taboos of feng shui office design and you can feel like you’re working in nature.
- DO sit in the corner farthest from the entrance to the room to have a “command” position.
- DON”T sit in line with the door, as you will be in the path of negative energy.
- DO keep your back toward a corner or a wall for support. If a post protrudes from the corner or wall, correct it by covering it with a hanging plant’s draping foliage.
- DO sit with a tall building behind you to provide the support of a “mountain” if your back is to a window.
- DON”T face away from the door if you are conducting business from home. Business will symbolically come to you through the door, so don’t turn your back on it.
- DON”T arrange your workspace so that you look straight out into a corridor or see the stairs, storage rooms, closets, elevators, escalators, or toilets.
- DO put your computer in the North or West area of your office to enhance your creativity. Place the computer in the Southeast if you use it to generate income.
- DO place an aquarium or tabletop fountain in the East, North, or Southeast. A small aquarium with black or blue fish in the North area of your desk or office will activate your business and career success. Guppies or a single arrowana are ideal for an aquarium made of glass and metal.
- DO place a safe, which is usually constructed of metal, in either West or Northwest, which both represent the metal element. The safe symbolizes the prosperity and financial security of a business.
- DO have a good balance of yin and yang when decorating your workspace. Balance light and dark colors, soft and hard surfaces, and smooth and rough textures in your choice of window treatments, furniture, and flooring.
- DON”T have any mirrors in your office, as they can reflect negative energy from clients to other people in the room. You should always maintain control over the energy in your office.
- DO treat the files in your office with respect. They represent your past, present, and future business.
- DO keep the cords to your office equipment well hidden. This elimate clutter and allows for the free flow of chi.
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Good input. I am positioned correctly for one of the doors, but the other door is right behind me. Unfortunately nothing that I can do about the layout, being merely a secretary there. I do feel negative energy emit from the person in the office behind me. Anything I can do about that?
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Good article, thanks Annie. These principles are sound and are ones I have used myself in my working life. Have just passed the link on to my daughter, working in an office.
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I don't believe in this, but getting rid of cords should be common sense. Eliminate clutter just clearly makes you work faster, find things quicker, and all-around makes you work more efficiently.
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LOLZ! David! Common sense is not Religion, Don't I wish that it was!
No, Moving a cord from the middle of a room ensures that you don't trip over it and injure yourself. Feng Shui is compatible with religion precisely because it is not a religion. It is a philosophy and a means of engineering one's environment to be safer and more productive. If you don't care for it find something else that you do like and go with it. I wish you well and I hope that you release the fear that seems to be depriving you of the joys of an open mind.
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Calm down, David. And respect new and different ideas. I can feel your negative energy here in Minnesota..
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Celine O.
Do you have plants in your work space? Can you move your workspace to the "Command position"? How comfortable do you feel? Is you work space large enough to make these changes? compare what is astated in this artical and the comments and use what makes you feel comfortable and leave what doesn't. Also, If you feel the need to use these cures you may want to try one at a time and see how it works for you.
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Hi just interested to know what if my workspace is at the corner with the window on at the front and left side of the table where I work! and a sliding door right next to me. so I am in a space where my left and right is clear glass and the whole section is facing south. I have the morning sun every morning.
Is that a good sign for my promotion and career progression?
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This article is spot on for creating positive Feng Shui in the money making space of your life - your office. I would also suggest making sure that any plants in your office are well cared for - as you don't want to promote dead or dying energy for your career. Come to http://www.ArtOfPlacement.com for even more advice!
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If your desk faces away from the door put up a mirror to reflect the persons enetering so that you can see them. Put an area rug in front of the door to deflect and slow the chi from rushing at you if you cannot move your desk from in front of the door. It is better to be as far from the door as possible and facing the door in "The command position." If this is not possible drape something red over the back of your chair.
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