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Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life!
by Francoise Rapp

Your home is a reflection of your life. A healthy energy and atmosphere influences your health, career opportunities, wealth, family relations, romantic situations, and more. According to the principles of Feng Shui—the ancient Chinese practice/art of placement to provide balance and harmony within one's surroundings—the life energy is a flow that should easily circulate throughout your home. If it cannot, you'll find resistance within specific aspects of your life.

The first step is to clear the clutter to get rid of old energies and welcome a new and healthy energy. Use appropriate decorative color accents to enhance your emotions and manifest your goals while creating the atmosphere you desire. Colors and scents strongly influence our psyche by subconsciously triggering certain moods. For instance, how do you feel in a room painted bright red as opposed to another one decorated in soothing greens?

So with spring in the air and fresh new energy knocking at our doors, it's a perfect time to open your life to growth, new opportunities, friendships and love...and so much more! Don't view it as a huge project to add to your list. Make it a fun family effort where you all participate and learn.

Clearing the clutter...it's impossible to move when you're buried in the sand.

Do you remember playing at the beach as a child and stacking sand on top of yourself? With each scoop of sand, it became more and more difficult to move. This is the kind of paralizing resistance you encounter when you don't eliminate the old from your life. The clutter starts to collect, making it more and more difficult to break free. Start by looking through your closets and cabinets and get rid of anything that is broken or not has not been used for more than a year.



Living in color

Closely inspect each room in your home. How do you feel? Does it need more light? Do you feel an uplifting or a relaxing energy? If this is a room with too much heat, you might want to consider adding "cooling" colors like blue, green, purple or lavender. On the other hand, if the room is humid and cold, brighten it with yellows, oranges, and reds.

Textures are also important. Visit local fabric stores to feel the different materials to understand how velvet brings richness to a room, brocard brings warmth, chiffon brings lightness, etc.

Breathe the breeze!

How would you feel if you were trapped in a windowless room for days without any fresh, circulating air? Energetically, this is what happens when you don't let your home take a nice big breath! Open the windows, purchase aromatherapy diffusers or plug-ins for each room and make your home the best place to be. Here are some suggestions for using fragrance to set a mood:

* Want fun? Diffuse citrus.
* Want to relax? Lavender will unwind the most stressful environments!
* Want to enhance love and create romance tonight? Ylang Ylang, Rose, and Jasmine will transform your bedroom into a real love sanctuary!
* Want your children have sweet dreams? Lavender with a hint of Neroli or Roman Chamomile will take them on a flying carpet!

What would you like to see improved? Accomplished? What do you want to create for yourself? Let me help you to feel good about yourself and in your life by creating a personalized aromatherapy recipe just for you...or more exclusively, your fragrance recipe! Click here to learn more!

And if you crave more indulgence and want to feel even more special, spoil yourself with a unique perfume...created only for you! Click here for details!

Book Recommendations (Click on each book title for more information)

Use What You Have Decorating: Transform Your Home in One Hour With Ten Simple Design Principles—Using the Space You Have, the Things You Like, the Budget You Choose
by Lauri Ward

Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui
by Karen Kingston

Color Solutions
by Better Homes and Gardens (Editor)

Fast Feng Shui: 9 Simple Principles for Transforming Your Life by Energizing Your Home
by Stephanie Roberts
 
The Author:
 
(c) Francoise Rapp. Internationally renowned aromatherapist and alchemist, Francoise Rapp, shares her expertise in using essential oils to heal and revitalize body and mind. Highlights include aromatherapy classes, recipes and aromatic treatments for health and wellness, and a free weekly newsletter. Discover the power of aromatherapy!
 
Posted: April 14, 2003