Feng Shui Your Office for 2020
A proper feng shui office helps you feel inspired, productive, and powerful. And when done well, feng shui will enhance your creativity, discipline and success. Follow these 6 essential guidelines to make the most of office feng shui:
- Clear clutter and organize.
- Make sure your desk is in the proper place.
- Use appropriate artwork and imagery.
- Balance and harmonize the space.
- Choose suitable feng shui office colours.
- Incorporate stress relievers.
- Clear Clutter & Organize
Maintaining an organized office and desk will help you in numerable ways. It will:
- Increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity
- Enhance discipline, creativity and success
- Attract abundance
- Improve mental clarity and focus
- Reduce stress and help you to feel more relaxed and peaceful
- Give space for new projects and creative endeavours to flourish
A clutter-free and organized office allows room for new, refreshing energy and ideas.
Create an organization system that works. You need to establish a personal workstyle so that you can maintain a clutter-free, organized office. Keep everything that you use daily within arm’s reach. You shouldn’t have to get up from your desk to perform daily tasks. You should also deal with paperwork at least once a week. It won’t be nearly as overwhelming if you do your filing, pay bills, open mail, etc. consistently.
Here are a few other things to keep in mind: try to leave your desk clutter-free and organized at the end of the day; don’t overcrowd your shelves, it will leave you feeling overwhelmed and overextended; and if your space is cramped, then open it up with mirrors.
- Ensure your desk is in the right position
In a feng shui office you want to make sure that you are sitting in the power position. That means that you can see the door when seated at your desk. Ideally, you should be able to see as much of the room as possible. The diagram below illustrates how to place your desk in the power position.
The placement of your desk is one of the most important feng shui adjustments you can make.
Word of Advice
Did you know that in feng shui the person seated farthest from the entrance will have the most power?
Sitting in the power position is a key element in a feng shui office. The person seated farthest from the entrance will have the most power. If you sit too close to the door, you will be distracted by daily/petty details. If you sit with your back to the door, you will suffer inauspiciously to office politics, backstabbing, etc.
If you have to share your office space with another, you should try to avoid sitting back to back. It is also best to avoid sitting face to face. Both positions tend to create conflict. If you can’t avoid sitting face to face, either stagger the desks or create a small barrier with a plant, photo or other object
In an open plan with many desks, use plants to soften sharp edges and corners. Sharp edges which contribute to conditions such as irritability, discomfort, and even disease to name a few! Also, the aisles should be large enough so that the energy moves slower. Make sure to use subtle colours in an open office plan. Bright, vivid colours are too active in a large bustling room.
And of course, your desk should be uncluttered and organized.
- Use appropriate artwork and imagery
When you surround yourself with images and objects that you love and that inspire, you create a living affirmation for your goals
In a feng shui office you want to surround yourself with images and objects that keep you inspired, creative and productive. Add flowers, art and beautiful window treatments. Hang pictures, mottos and images that symbolize what you want to accomplish. Choose furniture and accessories that speak to you of prosperity, abundance and success.
Infuse your office with your personality—it will foster and support personal growth and success.
Important! Every object in your office has an influence on you — Carl Jung called this numinosity. Make sure your office is having a positive and uplifting effect on you!
- Balance and Harmonize the space
Balance and harmony are important attributes of a feng shui office. There are two ways to balance and harmonize your environment you can either use yin and yang or feng shui elements.
Yin and yang represent feminine and masculine energies. Nourishing energy strikes a balance between the two extreme forces of yin and yang. Let’s say for example you worked in an overly yang environment with high ceilings, light colours, angular furniture and lots of natural light. You would need to balance this overly yang environment with some yin energy. You might add curved or flowing shapes, darker colours, soft furniture and some window coverings. Look out for our Spring article on Yin & Yang
Feng shui elements represent the natural elements of wood, earth, metal, fire water. It is important that all five elements are represented in your environment. Even more important is that the elements are in balance.
When the elements are in balance then your life is more likely to be in balance and you will have greater success in manifesting what you desire.
As an example, let us say that you work in a very bright office (the fire element) with an abundance of light colours including metal filing cabinets, computers, faxes, etc. (the metal element). In this case, you would want to focus on bringing in the other elements. You could bring in some plants for the wood element, some earthy colours for the earth element, and an aquarium for the water element.
It doesn’t matter which method you use; it only matters that your space is balanced and harmonious. Choose the system that feels right for you.
The image is a good example of a balanced environment. It has characteristics of all five feng shui elements. The wood element can be seen in the soaring vertical window treatments. The earth element is represented by the horizontal, rectangular furniture as well as the earthy colours and pottery. The fire element is brought in through the natural and artificial lighting and the antler base of the lamp. Finally, the water element can be seen in the mirror and asymmetrical shapes.
Yin and yang are balanced in this environment too. The yang attributes: vertical volumes, light colors, sunlight, hard surfaces, and rectilinear shapes are tempered by yin characteristics like darker colours, soft drapery, curved forms, and low horizontal surfaces.
- Choose suitable feng shui office colours
Colour has a remarkable impact on your psychological and physical well-being. When choosing feng shui office colours consider the following:
- Which colours are appropriate for a feng shui office space.
- The common psychological effects of colour.
- The feng shui bagua and the colours that correspond to each area.
Soft yellow, sandstone, pale gold, pale orange, pale green, and blue-green are always appropriate feng shui office colours. Adding white will increase clarity and mental focus. Browns and earth tones will ground and stabilize the office, however, they do not stimulate
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Written by Jackie Turkel