Free Yourself from the Tyranny of Dirt and Clutter Forever

Today I will discuss tips on how to get rid of clutter in your bedroom.

Bedroom

It is important to keep your bedroom clean and free of clutter.

• If dirty clothes must be in the room, keep them in a covered hamper in a closet.
  

• There should be nothing but air under your bed! Energy must be able to circulate around the bed—and you—freely. The importance of this cannot be overemphasized. The stuff under your bed emits its own energy, so whatever is under your bed will affect you. For example, if you store old bills beneath your bed, you are sleeping on past finances. You might feel overwhelmed with excessive money issues, or obsessed with the past. Clear the underbelly of the bed and enjoy the benefits of vital life-force energy surrounding you.
  

• Closets should be neat and organized. Discard what you have not worn in two or more years. Repair or discard torn clothing and shoes. Try arranging like clothes together; casual shirts, work shirts, casual pants, etc. and discover how easy it is to find everything!
  

• Organize dressers, discarding unused or torn items and neatly folding what remains.
  

• Store only personal items in the bedroom, if possible. If you must store paperwork, keep it neat and hidden in a closet or drawers.
  

• Sort and organize jewelry. Sell or donate what you do not like.

Excerpt from:Harmonious Environment:Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet.

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Creating a Harmonious Environment: Tip #1

Starting today, I will begin posting a tip of the day for creating a Harmonious Environment. Feng Shui, good design, Vastu and other principles will be used.

Tip #1
Keep the Entryway and all Doorways Free of Clutter
The front door to your home is of paramount importance, as it is the main access point for chi to flow inside. The pathway leading to your front door and into your home and entryway should be inviting, open and free from clutter. Visualize life-force energy, as it flows up your walkway and into your home. Are there obstacles preventing the chi from flowing smoothly and easily? Do you open the door to a pile of shoes and coats thrown on a nearby chair? Does your door hang on its hinges correctly, open and close properly, is it in good condition?

Overgrown bushes, dead plants or flowers, discarded objects outside your home, and clutter inside or around the front door and entry area can result in chi moving too slowly or inadequately into your home. The chi in your home becomes too yin and the result is that your home feels stagnant, as not enough fresh energy is entering your home. As clutter inside the home causes negative, stagnant chi, so do overgrown bushes, dead plants or flowers, or discarded objects outside your home.

Keep all doorways in your home free of clutter to help ensure the proper flow of chi in each room.

For many more tips, go to:
Harmonious Environment:Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet

Create a Tranquil Area in Your Home

Every home needs a space that is a sanctuary…this can be your bedroom, a room for meditation or yoga, or just a space to be.

To create your restful room, you will want to create a room with and abundance of yin. Yin and yang are opposite but complimentary forces and are contained in all things. The following are some examples of yin and yang:

Yin vs.Yang

Feminine vs. Masculine

Winter vs. Summer

Dark vs. Light

Interior vs. Exterior

Curved/rounded vs. Straight

Water vs. Fire

Wet vs. Dry

Earth vs. Sky/Air

Moon vs. Sun

Wood vs. Metal

Pottery vs. Glass

Horizontal vs. Narrow

Stillness vs. Movement

Odd numbers vs. Even Numbers

Cold vs. Heat

Soft vs. Hard

Sleep vs. Wakefulness

Low vs. High

Passive vs. Active

Black vs. White

Blue vs. Red

Indigo vs. Orange

Violet vs. Yellow

Yin is cool and soothing and using yin objects will help create your restful place.

Perhaps the easiest way to achieve a predominately yin room is with color. Each color has its own vibration; color can be used to bring harmony and balance into your life. The invisible vibrations of color can be used to either relax or stimulate.

The color spectrum is made up of seven colors, with thousands of tones, shades and tints in between. The longest wavelengths, or yang colors—red, orange and yellow—are considered the warm, expansive and outgoing colors, the shorter wavelengths, or yin colors—blue, indigo and violet—are cool, soothing and introverted. Green is considered neutral.

So, you will use predominately the cool, yin colors to decorate your room. This can be as easy as painting the walls a soft lavender, for example. Feel free to use some warm colors, however, as the room need not be entirely made up of yin colors.

Other Tips

• Rounded, curved furniture and other objects are preferred over straight angles.
  

• Water features such as fountains are perfect and the sound of the water is very relaxing.
  

• Earth features can include plants and flower arrangements in ceramic vessels. Ceramic objects, rocks and crystals are perfect, too.
  

• Soft furnishings, pillows and blankets will make the room cozy.
  

• Candles and incense will add a soothing atmosphere.
  

• Fabric wall hangings, like a quilt, are cozier than artwork in glass frames.
  

• Special, cherished objects will work beautifully and you may want an altar for them.
• Clean space...a dirty room is not restful.
• Clear all clutter. See http://http//harmoniousenvironment.blogspot.com/2007/08/reduce-stress-and-increase-positive.html
  

Bringing in some or all of these elements will make your room a sanctuary. Enjoy!

For more on creating your special home, go to: Harmonious Environment

How to Reduce Stress at the Holidays

The holidays,beginning with Thanksgiving and through December, are notorious for being stressful. The holidays are a period of over stimulation, with crowded stores, too much work, and too much in general to do.

This year, I encourage you to do some pre-holiday planning and get rid of clutter and the knick-knacks that you don't love. (Read more about clutter in my last post.) Excess clutter leads to over stimulation and stress.The next few months are the perfect time to get rid of it and to organize whatever you wish to keep.

Secondly, clutter makes cleaning a bigger chore, as all that stuff has to be dusted or moved to clean the floors.

If you decorate your home for the holidays, consider temporarily removing your knick-knacks to make room for the decorations. This will achieve several objectives:

• Reduce stress from over stimulation

• Make cleaning faster

• Give your place a new look

and

• When the holidays are over and you gather and replace your hidden goodies, they will seem new and fresh. You might even be inspired to move them around for a new look for the New Year!

For more tips on clutter and organizing, go to:Harmonious Environment

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