Good Feng Shui for Working at Home

Many people are now setting up their own businesses working from home and I am often asked where is the best place to put a computer and does Feng Shui cover this aspect? The answer is that, yes, Feng Shui does cover this and I will begin by telling you where not to put your computer!

Case History 1
Client A was a stressed businessman who had the opportunity to work quietly in his own home. This saved him a long journey into work and enabled him to avoid office colleagues who would constantly disturb him. However, he found it really hard to actually get down to his daily tasks and told me that he found himself playing computer games for vast amounts of time and just didn’t seem to be resilient enough to get on with the work he had to do. The room he had chosen for his working place was a small ante-room on the left-hand side at the front of his house. This area is known as the Inner Knowledge and Relaxation section and is best for personal study and chilling out, not for work of a career nature. We moved his computer over to the Creative section, which is on the opposite side of the house. His response was that he was much more motivated and clear-headed and able to get on with the tasks in hand.

Case History 2
Client B was a woman who had given up a high-powered job in Marketing to become an author. She had a natural talent for writing, had done all the relevant courses and felt ready to make the big step to fulfilling her dream and becoming an author. She had worked out all the plots, characters etc but the whole thing was just not coming together and she was at her wit’s end with her creativity seemingly absent. As above, the Creativity section would have been the perfect place to move her computer to, however, her staircase was in this section. As stairs represent a missing segment in the house, this was what was causing her problem. However, we went upstairs into the spare bedroom above the stairs, where she found she was able to sit and work. This was in fact her Creativity section. She has recently contacted me to say that her novel is now three-quarters finished!

Case History 3
Client C was a computer geek (a compliment really!) who had always worked for himself but had recently moved home. He was having a real problem in putting his mind to the job in hand. He fixed computers and also had a sideline in writing computer programmes and designing websites. I suggested that he move his business to the top far-left of his house which is his Wealth area. This was a spare room in his house that contained boxes that had never been unpacked, and junk that he couldn’t face throwing away ‘in case it came in handy’. I encouraged him to spend a day unpacking and going through his possessions and only keeping things that he liked and were useful to him. He was amazed that, with this concept, he could rid himself of many obsolete and useless items that were taking up space. Once cleared, there was no stagnant energy left in his Wealth area and it offered up a pleasant and well-energised place for him to work. To actually work in your Wealth area when self-employed speaks for itself! The problem was solved and now one very happy computer guy beavers away and keeps the pennies rolling in!

Some Positive Suggestions for You
* Do not sit facing the wall with your back to the room. You are restricting your creative energies and this can cause depression, especially if you have shelves facing you (which I see time and time again!).

* Try to sit facing the door – this is a power position in business.

* Do not sit facing a window – you will spend more time than you should gazing out!

* Have a small plant in your office with round-shaped leaves (Crassula Argenta) to bring in wealth.

* Hang a calendar near you that inspires you every month with uplifting scenes.

* Place a crystal on your desk – clear crystal quartz is very good, amethyst will clear negativity.

* Keep your desk clutter-free and only have items that pertain to the project you are working on.

* Clutter-clear your computer regularly by deleting unwanted files. This also applies to your email folders – all those jokes that you get you very seldom read again!