Feng Shui Decorating: Top 5 Websites

Feng Shui is gaining popularity all over the western world. This ancient Chinese practice incorporates natural elements and placement of objects and color to not only create a beautiful, tranquil space but also one which harnesses the most powerful energy in your favor.

What is Feng Shui?

Literally, feng shui means wind and water. It is an ancient practice of studying the elements and surrounding your living and work space with elements that harness energy in the direction in will bring prosperity, health, good experience, and luck to you and your family. If you are new to the concept of Feng Shui, these sites can help understand this ancient philosophy as well as help you decorate your home or office for the best possible chi (or life energy).

1. About.Com:Feng Shui

This is a great site for beginners exploring the concepts of feng shui. It lays out the basics in easy to understand language and doesn't get so heavily into descriptions or cures as to not confuse or lose its audience.

2. Feng Shui Times Online

This is a website chock full of information, articles, resources, and tutorials all revolving around the ancient art of feng shui.

3. American Feng Shui Institute Forums

This is a discussion board centering around how to implement Feng Shui cures in your home and office. It also discusses different schools of Feng Shui and has links to pictures of individuals' Feng Shui spaces. Great for individual questions you may have or issues that may arise during your exploration into Feng Shui.

4. Feng Shui Shop

A great resource for products relating to Feng Shui. This site not only sells products but holds a lot of information including cures, tips, tricks, quick fixes for bad or stagnant chi, descriptions, and explanations of Feng Shui and how to harness chi.

5. Feng Shui Directory

If you are thinking of employing a professional who is a Feng Shui master or consultant, this is a directory of people who can help you on your journey. It also includes many informative articles, definitions, and cures. It also contains a database of reference links and information on Chinese astrology.

Feng shui is not a process that is learned overnight, nor is it a quick-fix for all the problems in your life. Rather, it is a slow, gradual process of getting to know not only your surroundings, but yourself. It is a process of learning to embrace and live in harmony with nature and its elements. It is a process of harnessing the power of your connection to the Earth and working together in unison to create harmony. I wish you well on your journey into Feng Shui.