FENG SHUI

Feng shui is the art of maintaining harmony of achieving free movement of the universal life force, the Qi (see previous post). In their long practice of feng shui the Chinese have positioned their houses, furnishings, wells and even roads to be in harmony with the energy of the Earth. For them, correcting bad feng shui is essential for healing.

Self-Help Feng Shui Includes:

• Having plenty of plants and flowers both at home and work: some plants have the capacity to absorb some of the toxic chemicals found in modern buildings.
• Having a laundry basket to keep dirty clothes tidy before being washed, and doing any necessary mending as soon as it is needed; otherwise items are not put away.
• Throwing out old clothes and cosmetics, and out-of-date medicines and packets or cans of food.
• Tidying drawers.
• Sorting out personal papers and taking newspapers for recycling on a regular basis.
• Having a clean and tidy desk at work.

Geopathic Therapy
Geopathic therapy aims to relieve any stress caused by the natural energy of the Earth. This energy form has been recognized for thousands of years, but was probably easier to detect before industrialization. Geopathic therapists believe that ancient cultures located their religious and other significant sites where the Earth's energy was particularly strong. Such sites may, in part, reflect the electromagnetic fields that can be associated with specific types of soil and detected by trained dowsers. Dowsers are, in some way, sensitive to very small changes in electromagnetic fields, which appear to affect the way their muscles contract. This effect is transmitted to a pendulum or dowser's rod, held in the hand. Adverse energy can sometimes be avoided by moving bed or chair. Alternatively, practitioners of geopathic therapy believe that negative energy can be deflected with mirrors, or captured in crystals or coils that can then be cleansed. Such treatment may help insomnia, headaches, digestive symptoms, anxiety or depression.