Creating Good Bedroom Feng Shui

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Linda_Binns]Linda Binns
I've talked quite a bit about bedrooms in the past and how important they are. Your bedroom is the room that is closest to you and has the biggest impact on you and all areas of your life. It has a very big impact on your health and energy, and it reflects your level of comfort and satisfaction with yourself and your life.
It is important that you love your bedroom and everything in it and that it is kept clutter free. There are many other aspects of your bedroom that you may not have considered but they are very important, so I'd like to cover a few of them here.
Books in the bedroom - many people like to read before they go to sleep. I certainly do. But it's also a good idea to really consider what types of books you're reading before you go to bed. Each book has different energy attached to it, such as the subject matter and even the energy of the author. I've said before that everything is alive with energy, and that includes books.
Be careful about reading books that are about violence, tragedies or have sad endings. They can affect your sleep or even, on a deep sub-conscious level, begin to affect your health or your relationships.
It's not a good idea to keep too many books in the bedroom. Just have the one that you're currently reading, or one that you like to refer to. A bookcase full of books in the bedroom brings too much energy to a space that needs to be calm.
Don't treat it as an office or exercise room - the energy of the bedroom is about sleep and it's about relationships - your romantic relationship, as well as your relationship with yourself. It is your most personal space and the energy should be very calm and it should represent your relationship (or the one you'd like to have). When you bring in the energy of work and/or exercise you are bringing in energy that is very active, which will interfere with your sleep, your health,, your relationship and your life generally. It can very quickly create a sense of overwhelm.
There is also a lot of stress that can be associated both with work and with exercise. With work, you may feel as though you can never 'switch off.' You always have work on your mind - of course you will if you don't have a personal space where you can detach from it. You are bringing in your work energy - the energy of your day at work - into your bedroom. This is a recipe for even higher levels of stress.
As far as exercise is concerned, again, this is very active and not the right energy for a bedroom. It is often something that you feel you 'have' to do, rather than want to do (pressure). It may even be something that you feel you 'should' be doing but are not, in which case you are being surrounded with the energy of guilt and even failure.
Don't overdo the furniture - you'll want to have plenty of space around the bed and to make sure that you don't have too much furniture in the room. Allow the energy in the room to circulate freely (including underneath the bed). Allow the room to breathe. If you like big, heavy, dark furniture, make sure the room is an appropriate size to accommodate it. You don't want the room to feel crowded or overwhelmed with furniture. Overall, you don't want your bedroom to be too dark (except at night when you turn the lights off).
Generally speaking, lighter woods and other natural materials are best for beds and bedroom furniture. Avoid metal beds because they can conduct electro-magnetic fields.
Think about where the furniture came from as well. If it was given to you by somebody else, or is left over from a previous relationship, think about the energy that it is carrying related to that person and your relationship with them. Is that energy positive and supportive? If not, you'll want to consider replacing it when you can.
These are just a few simple tips that can help you turn your bedroom into a personal sanctuary that supports you in all ways.
Linda Binns is known as The Energetic Edge Expert. She is a success coach and mentor, helping professional women and women business owners achieve work-life balance and freedom by identifying and releasing whatever is holding them back.
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