- Upstairs and Downstairs: The
Feng Shui of Stairs and Stairwells
by Kerry A. Francis
When it comes to Feng Shui it
can be said that the front door can be the “mouth “
of your home , business or abode that allows for the nourishing
vital qi energy to enter your home and keep your household or
vacation abode moving smoothly. Once inside your home or cabin
however where and how does this vital energy flow and dissipate?
Qi energy itself can take the stairs and stairways either up
or down, traveling for one floor to another.
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What results can be good or not
so beneficial to you and your home life. Qi can spread in a positive
glow or it can dissipate or even diffuse away. To enhance the
positive spread of qi, in a most smooth and easy movement and
fashion ensure that your stairs curve gently upwards. It’s
as if your stairways are gateways to heaven.
If possible when your home is
being built or either renovated or upgraded it can be said that
the ideal place and placement for a staircase is at the side
of the house, towards the back of the building. It is undesirable
to have a landing or a change in direction of the stairway halfway
up. Although some noveau-riche finds it “fashionable”
to have your staircase directly opposite your front door –
this is to be avoided at all costs because such a placement can
bring bad luck to the household and householders. Qi and money
can run right out, uninterrupted out of that front door. It’s
as if money and good luck are being flushed right down the drain
into the river or lake. Why let the good forces of life rush
away from away and elude you in your lifetime?
To help maintain and preserve
qi from rushing away and down your stairs and staircases and
out of your front door several practices can be employed and
used. First drapes or curtains can be placed or hung at the bottom
of the stairs. Alternately a mirror placed strategically on the
landing can be used to reflect and draw the qi up into the house
or chalet. As well wind chimes or a crystal between the last
stair and the entranceway to the house may well help moderate
the qi flow. |
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Help keep the qi vital energy
itself on in the upstairs areas. Ensure that your stairs are
well-lit and wide. You can place potted plants under the stairs
to help the qi rise. Do not use plastic or dried plants. Even
though they may appear cosmetically intact and may improve the
aesthetics they will be of little, if any benefit. Indeed they
may serve as a deterrent to t qi entry, qi flow or retention
itself. Some may think, during their home planning and renovation
that stairs with open slats provide a visual enhancement or at
least will be a different style than friends, relatives or neighbors
homes. That may be so. However the advantage in terms of Feng
Shui choices and strategic planning is that solid stairs retain
the qi energy. It is not as if the qi can escape between the
slats or through the treads of the stairs. If you have the situation
of inheriting open threads- do not despair. Place a mirror face-up
under the stairs. This will serve best to radiate and help send
the qi back upwards. In the case of a spiral staircase, try hanging
wind chimes halfway to slow down the spread and dissipation of
the qi.
It’s all about storing and
retaining the vital qi in an area of your home ,cottage or holiday
vacation chalet. |
