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Sleep disorders are usually the
result of stress or insomnia not bad dιcor. But if you have
trouble sleeping deeply, feng shui consultants say it may be time
to redesign your bedroom.
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| Decorate
for better sleep: |
| Colors
used in drapes, bed covers and furniture should be soothing, muted
hues. |
| Avoid
bright, stimulating reds. Decorate with pale blue and make the bed
with pink sheets. |
| Don't
place the bed directly under a window; you'll lose chi energy
while you sleep. |
| Don't
place the mattress directly on the floor. Chi needs to be able to
flow around you as you sleep. |
| Don't
store anything under the bed. |
| Water
features are excellent in other rooms, but not the bedroom. |
| No
aquarium as a headboard or goldfish near the nightstand. |
| No
art that depicts the sea, ocean or waterfalls. |
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The ancient Chinese art of placement
called feng shui has become en vogue along with all
things East in the past few years. Practitioners consider it a
science not a superstition and follow techniques to
arrange a living space for balance and harmony with the
environment.
Feng shui creates a beneficial flow
of chi energy, or life force. By properly arranging
furniture, plants, decorations even rooms and houses in
ways that correspond with chi's natural energy field, you
create an atmosphere that will attract happiness, prosperity,
health and love.
Chi, a Chinese word that
translates variously as "vital energy," "essence of
life" and "living force," has two essential
qualities: yang (which is active, fiery, moving, bright,
energizing) and yin (passive, watery, stationary, dark and
calming). Feng shui harmonizes and balances these two energetic
patterns.
In the bedroom, you want the energy
to be more yin than yang: soothing rather than stimulating, say
feng shui experts.
The placement of the bed is
crucial, according to Keri Brenner, a writer at myprimetime.com
and co-author of Sleep Disorders. Whether you sleep on a
futon or a four-poster with full canopy, the bed should be placed
diagonally across from the door to allow for a direct view of
anyone entering the room.
The bed you sleep in should not
have previously been owned by anyone else. If you divorce, buy a
new bed. Don't pack the old one, no matter how much it cost or how
attached to it you are.
"When you think about it,
one-third of your life is spent sleeping, and all that energy
remains in the mattress," says Marion Stasney, a feng shui
consultant in Portland, Ore.
To keep things cozy between
couples, feng shui experts advise:
Keep flowers and plants out of
the bedroom. They are symbols of yang energy and are said to spoil
romance.
Don't sleep in a bedroom that
is located directly below a toilet on the upper floor. It brings
unhappy chi down from above, causing problems between partners.
A king-size bed is not good for
a couple. It's worse than sleeping in separate beds, according to
feng shui principles, because it prevents the couple from sharing
the same energy.
Mirrors that reflect the couple
in bed can cause the relationship to fail through infidelity or
third-party interference. If you have a mirror in the bedroom,
cover it with a favorite tapestry or silk wall hanging
A television is almost as bad
as a mirror because it also reflects images and could cause
separation of the couple. If you must have a television in the
bedroom, cover it with cloth when not in use.
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