Feng Shui for the Home Office
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Having an office or business in your home can present special challenges because the energy and flow of “career” is so very different from “home”. Feng Shui can help you assess the differences and put healthy boundaries in place so you can be happy and successful in BOTH.
Basic Home Needs
Home is a place where you can:
- Relax and let down your guard
- Feel safe and comfortable in your personal environment
- Express your own tastes and individuality
- Take good care of yourself
- Eat in a relaxed atmosphere
- Sleep in a peaceful and quiet environment
- Have room to grow
- Entertain friends and family and have them feel welcome
In short, the energy in a comfortable home has a very different quality from that of a successful business.
Basic Business Needs
For a business to do well, the rhythm, pace and setup of it’s environment needs to match the overall intention of the business endeavor.
Think of a successful restaurant that you enjoy going to. Most likely, it’s atmosphere is based on the owner’s business premise. If it’s fast food or business lunch oriented, the environment will probably be colorful, fast paced and stimulating. If it’s a bar, it may be high energy with lots of noise for the party set or if it’s more of a lounge the environment will be more low key, dark, possibly even cave like.
Of course, few people have a restaurant as a home business, however the point is clearly illustrated. If your home business is fast paced, high energy with lots of deadlines, that energy can spill over into the rest of your home and cause health problems, indecision or poor sleep. Certainly it could aggravate workaholism, stress levels and have a negative impact on intimacy and family relationships.
The main issue is a lack of clear boundaries between “home” and “business” which causes confusion. Our mind’s have difficulty separating priorities and tasks without clear boundaries.
Here are some common examples of poor business and home boundaries:
Having business or study books, computers or office materials in the bedroom.
This is a sure way to disturb your peace of mind and ability to relax. The bedroom is for sleeping and intimacy. If at all possible, find another place for your business and electronics.
Having business materials scattered throughout the house.
Centralize your business activities by organizing a work space that keeps as many of your business matters as possible in one area (enclosed is preferable in most cases).
Having the home office improperly placed in the home.
Generally speaking, it’s better to have a home office placed in the front half of the home rather than the back, unless your office has a separate entrance, which is ideal in any case. Feng Shui uses the Bagua Map to determine the best placement in your home.
Location, Location, Location.
When your home office has a separate entrance or if you’re lucky enough to have a separate building or casita, its far easier to have healthy boundaries and create the appropriate environment for a peaceful home life and a vibrant business. If you don’t have that option right now, you can start by implementing the guidelines above to help you.
A feng shui consultation can reveal specific issues that pertain to you as an individual and to the idiosyncrasies of your home. This article or any book on feng shui can only speak in generalities and there are really no hard and fast rules. Every home layout is unique and so are the people living in it!
For more information about a Professional Feng Shui Consultation in the Albuquerque or Santa Fe area of New Mexico call Rheanni atl (505) 271-4612 or email her at soulresources@gmail.com
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