Feng Shui: Feng Shui Tips For The Kitchen

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Feng Shui: Feng Shui Tips For The Kitchen

The kitchen is one of the most important rooms of the house as the family health and fortune depends on its energy status. The Chinese consider the kitchen stove as the source of health and wealth. kitchen at the wrong place can bring bad luck to the family. The auspicious direction for the kitchen depends on your kua number, which is calculated from your date of birth.

The kitchen should not be below a toilet or adjacent to it. It is inauspicious to have kitchen in the centre of a home. The kitchen should neither face the front or back door or the staircase. The layout of the kitchen is also very crucial for family fortunes. Care should be taken that the fire and water elements do not clash. Your cooking stove, which is fire element should not be on the same slab as the sink or refrigerator, both of which are water elements. The water feature should not be opposite the fire element as water puts off fire. The kitchen sink, stove and refrigerator should be placed in such a manner that they form a triangle.

According to feng shui principles , the cook should not have her/his back to the kitchen door. The cook should be aware of any one entering the kitchen and should not be startled while cooking. A mirror can be installed behind the stove, to reflect any one entering the kitchen, in case the cook can not face the door. The stove should not be placed under windows or skylights. Overhead beams over the stove brings about litigation and financial disaster. To offset the effect of beams, a pair of bamboo flutes can be hung at an angle of 45 degree.

The colour green is essential in a kitchen as it symbolises the element wood, which supports both the water and fire elements present in the kitchen. A clean, clutter free kitchen is full of positive chi, it is therefore necessary to have only those articles in kitchen which are being regularly used.

Removing clutter from kitchen enhances family fortunes. Good feng shui of kitchen creates harmony in your life. Here are some tips for your kitchen.

1 Be ruthless. Throw out items , which haven't been used in a year and a half. Unused presents and wrong purchases attract stagnant chi apart from taking up unnecessary space. Just throw throw out or give away items not used in the last year and a half. Get rid of all unnecessary: Clutter attracts stagnant chi resulting in harmful influences in your food. Only have items in the view that are used regularly and do not get in the way.

2 Keep waste baskets clean and out of sight . Stagnant chi can also take the form of smell. Bad stale smells are depleting your kitchen of vibrant healthy sheng chi.

3 Spring clean the c upboards regularly (every 6 or so months); they should be well organised, uncluttered and easily accessible  Also, fit cupboards and shelves etc with rounded corners to avoid cutting chi into your body while preparing and cooking your food. Check out your kitchen for any corners pointing at your while preparing your meal.

4 Bowls of fresh fruit and flowers are great ways of attracting quality sheng chi into your kitchen and food. Make sure old fruit and dying flowers are thrown out immediately.

5 Throw out chipped plates. Chipped crockery attracts stagnant chi.

6 Cork flooring is more Yin in energy enabling you to spend more time comfortably in the kitchen. Stainless steel and ceramic tiles are more Yang in nature and can create fast moving chi. This may not be ideal if you want to spend a lot of time in your kitchen. It may leave you feeling drained or tired. Wood surfaces are also ideal for the kitchen.

7 Never keep your sto ve and sink next to each other; water and fire never go together . But if it canÕt be helped then put a small plant or pot of herbs, in between, this will weaken the influence.

8 Empty refrigerator regularly , you'd be surprised what hidden ancient items you will find. The same applies to the stove, clean thoroughly every three months. Burn a candle and empty your fridge. Clean with vanilla essence.

9 Smile at your kitchen!

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(See also: Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space)