7 Feng Shui tips to help prepare for the New Year of the Snake
1. Year of the Snake, shed the past. de clutter your home, offices and anyplace that you have occupied this year (if possible). If you don't USE it, NEED it or, LOVE it, get rid of it. By doing this, you lighten up the energy of your home and mind. Release the old and allow new, fresh and beneficial energy to enter into your life. Be sure to declutter the basement and if you can the attic as well. Objects do carry energy, so as you sort them, do they represent good fortune of the past year and offer you positive memories or should they be released because they hold negative or sad content.
2. Give your home a "Deep Cleaning or cleansing". Dust away the cobwebs from your home and office spaces...and dust off your mind. Positive thinking never hurt anyone. Turn something around in your mind until you can find the POSITIVE-and keep it there. Like attracts Like. We get back what we send out. Send out the best.
Extra tip: When cleaning be sure to start your cleaning from the front of your home to the back. Sweep away negativity gathered from last year. If you sweep from back to front, you risk sweeping away good fortune.
Attention to detail goes a long way. Look inside your refrigerator, get RID of old food and restock to start your New Year with Abundance. BUY SOME COLORFUL FRESH FRUIT as another sign of abundance and place it on your kitchen or dining room table. With Intention
4. Purchase those Red Envelopes. These red envelopes symbolize luck and are to be filled with brand new one dollar bills which represent an abundance of wealth for the upcoming year. Traditionally, they are given to the younger generations but, are also passed to close neighbors and friends. How much money to put in each? I suggest eight or nine dollar bills, because in Feng Shui they are Lucky Numbers. This is also the time to write down your intentions before the next tip on how to prepare for the New Year.
5. Preform a Space Clearing for your home and business. Native American White Sage is a great way to bless your home before the Chinese New Year. Do everything with INTENTION on what you'd like to attract this year. Space Clearings should ONLY be done during the day, when the sun is at its highest point---between 11:00 am to 1:00 if possible. Never at night. Make sure you address the corners where Energy can get ‘stuck' or linger. All levels of your home should be cleared, basement, attic and even closets.
6. Pay off whatever credit cards or other bills if possible. The extra amount is not as important as the idea that you are creating a Debt Free year and starting it off with as little debt as possible.
7. Welcome the New Year with beautiful Fresh flowers :) Take the time to hand pick them from your local florist and place them in a vaze. flowers are symbol of abundance and new life energy.
8. Treat yourself kindly. Take some time out to do something special for yourself. When we treat ourselves well, it is said others will treat us well, too! Maybe it's a manicure or that special outfit you've been wanting; maybe it's just taking home a movie you have wanted to see. YOU are Special....treat yourself that way :)
Also check out : The Year of the Snake is not what you Think
*Carole Provenzale was a Certified Feng Shui Consultant who graduated from the Country's very first School for Feng Shui Studies that was licensed and accredited in 1997. She established Feng Shui Long Island along with her Daughter, Laura Cerrano. Ms. Cerrano is the second generation of Certified feng Shui consultants in her family. Being certified in 2000 and establishing her own company "Feng Shui Manhattan," Laura has a strong client base in New York City, Long Island NY, Queens, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Staten Island and the rest of the Tri-State area.
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