Open Forum FENG SHUI EXPERT ADVICE #1 with Chrissie Parker & Jan Cisek

Welcome to this open forum. My name is Jan C. Sik and Chrissy Parker will be with me today and we're going to answer all your questions. We've got a sort of a clear setup, so I've got a lot of questions as well. But obviously we want to have some input from you. So a couple of little things, a disclaimer. This webinar is going to be recorded and posted online on the Feng Shui Society YouTube channel. Got to be careful about and mindful of personal privacy issues. The opinions expressed within the content of this forum are solely those of the experts unless otherwise noted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and values of the Feng Shui Society, its members, website or its affiliates. The information and suggestions presented are not intended to replace a one on one relationship with a qualified health care professional and are not intended as medical advice and kind of general framework that there are many feng Shui schools and approaches, hence there's not necessary consensus on different aspects of Feng shui. So I might have one perspective on this and others can have another one and that's why it's an open forum. So there's Chrissy and I here, go to our websites. We put the information in the chat, the links, we'll show you that later. But the good news is that combined we have over 50 years of knowledge, wisdom and experience. I think we're good. Don't you agree, Chris?

Yeah, I do.

So it's maybe tell you a bit about our approaches, how we work with Feng Shui later, but the format is. Any questions? All questions are welcome and valid and that's how we're going to learn. Any questions whatsoever? If you have any visuals, you can share them via Zoom Screen Share or email them in real time. I might not be able to get them now, but we'll see how it works. And again, be mindful of personal privacy. If you've got any kind of sensitive questions, you can ask them at the end of the presentation of the forum once we stop filming and then you can tell us a bit about the level of your experience. Are you beginner, intermediate or professional? You can put that in the chat, the chat function and you can also say quickly where you from. So that gives you. But when you, when you ask a question you can, we can ask you that as well. So, so we've got a few questions. We'll kick in with a few questions straight away. And the first question comes actually from Jackie, who's here and Chrissy, do you want to read the question? Can you see the screen.

Yes, I can. Yes, I have a question regarding a client's home I'm currently advising on. She's having an extension built. The toilet for the downstairs and for the bathroom upstairs have ended up in the same sector which is the south east. My client has read that drains have an impact on wealth. That is money going down the drain. What are your thoughts on the location of toilet bathroom in the southeast? What elemental remedies would you suggest? I am mindful that there are lots of levels of feng shui going on as flying stars could also be taken into consideration and having a bathroom stroke toilet where there are bad stars would be a good thing. Hope this question brings up some debate about the location of the bathroom in that home and the remedies to use.

So actually we have three questions but we can start with those two in red. So Chrissy, over to you.

Over to me. Yes, well yes, it's been an age old one that hasn't it? Money going down the drain in the southeast area. Of course in ancient times, the southeast, if you had a toilet in it, it was probably very unsanitary and all that sort of thing. And of course life today has very much changed and as we know that, well as we know from the area that we're talking about, the south east is actually represented by the element of wood. And of course when you have water in that area, bathroom, toilet, that can drain the wood because the wood needs the water and this is representative of your wealth area. So you might say well it's taking all the wealth and it's all just disappearing hopefully if there's enough light. So first of all I'm going to say that in situations like this, obviously the plans have been made, this is where it's going to be for the whole well being of that site where the plumbing is, how it's costed up so there's no way that they're going to move where it is. That's a fixed thing. So this is how we say we or what can we do to make it better? First of all we want to put some more wood in the area so that we can reinforce the wood when the thing is finished. If you've got some light in there. One of my first recommendations would be that you try and see if you can get some sort of plant in a pot that grows in that area. Shall I go through everything Jan, that I think of or do you want to?

Well maybe just because this is recorded and other people might be watching it later and they might not have the level of understanding that we have. So maybe just kind of explain briefly about the southeast, why is kind of represented in feng shui for wealth. And also maybe I've got the five elements briefly about the five element theory. So people have a kind of general understanding of what we're talking about.

Okay, right. Well, the southeast is, as I say, the area of wood. The bagua is a plan that we lay over a building, or we can lay it over a space or an individual room. And the bagua is a set plan from ancient Chinese times, if you like. And it does contain different sectors that are different elements or represented by different elements. We use the five elements or we recognize five elements, which are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. And we have nine areas. And in fact, there are three areas that are earth. Do you want me to go through all the different numbers?

Well, just generally, because we're just focusing on one area, so maybe just.

Yes. So we've got three areas of earth, we have two areas of metal, two areas of wood, one of fire and one of water in the whole sector that has the whole area of the plan, which is nine different squares. Now, the wood in the southeast area, if people know about the elements and what happens is, well, obviously a wood or a tree needs water to feed it. And then if you've got wood, wood goes to the fire, because the fire needs wood, fire goes to the earth, that's the ash. And earth goes to metal, and then metal goes to water. This is the cycle that they go in. So when we've got an area like the southeast wood, and we are putting too much water in that area in the form of plumbing, then we're saying that the wood is being weakened. And so we need to strengthen it. And that's why we strengthen it with lots more wood. And so we might think of all sorts of different symbolism, as well as something like a plant. We might think of things like tall shapes, the colours of green. We can have images of trees and things like that. These are all the things that we would put in that area in those rooms to our own taste. And then obviously we're thinking of how we're going to stop the water. Obviously the wood is taking the water. And then what we also recommend is that we use some earth, which will plug the draining effect as well, in that we will use things like crystals or stones. There are various crystals that can be used, a complete assortment. I would say some of the best is clear quartz or rose quartz. Those are the sort of elements that you can use. And Put in that area to help stop, sort of reinforce the lack of money, if you like. It's obviously not going to be an area where you put sort of lots of artwork. I would doubt, unless you've got a huge bathroom or a huge toilet. There are always the other sensible things that people talk about, like keeping the toilet seat down, keeping the doors closed. To me, those are just things that I would say aesthetically are pleasing. And, you know, no one wants to walk to the end of a corridor in a house and see the toilet straight ahead of you and the toilet seat up. It's just not very attractive. So it's just one of those things for me as well. And I think this is where that, if you like that thing comes from, that people say that you should do it. So those are my sort of main suggestions that I would suggest. I don't know if I've described it well enough, if people don't understand about the whole elements and nine star key, or sorry, not the nine star key, the bagua, but whether you want to add something, Jan, to that.

So we'll have another question and we'll show the bagua. So for people who haven't seen it before, got different ways. So there's another question after that, slightly related to this, but I have a slightly different view. Obviously, historically, as you said, you know, toilets, the sanitation wasn't very good anyways. You know, it doesn't matter whether it was China anywhere. So the germs and everything. And that's where this kind of idea of money going down the track because somebody got sick because of the bacteria or germs, whatever, that will affect their prosperity, especially if they're kind of, you know, breadwinners or whatever. So that's how it all started from there. And obviously we have good sanitation. Most places on this planet have good sanitation, especially in the West. So that sort of idea, the money going down the drain, unless you actually physically flashing banknotes or coins, it doesn't make any sense to me. Plus, I'm sort of coming from a perspective of empowerment and I don't want to be kind of influenced too much by the environment. I understand the impact of the environment, but I don't think toilet controls my finances. I do. So that's my personal view now when it comes to clients because they've read something that opens another discussion. How do you deal with lots of issues where there might be, which I call false problems or superstitions or kind of dogmatic kind of perceptions about certain things? And that's. I Think a valid question for the consultants because we have to deal with that on a daily basis. How do you kind of undo and explain in a context what's, what's been passed on for generations? So I don't have a problem with placing toilet anywhere. I mean, traditionally, obviously, especially in Vastu shastra, in the Indian version of Feng shui, the northeast part of the house is not the best place because it's the coldest. So there'll be more damp and there will be problematic. But if you've got good heating and most places have that, it's not a problem. Plus, you know, you have to put your toilet somewhere and you know, there's the wealth core, the relationship or career, it will kind of create that sort of, I would call it illusion that might affect you. But obviously nowadays we have good kind of technologies to have nice bathrooms. So that aspect is not a problem anymore. So I wouldn't say that the toilet will drain any of these issues. Having said that, when you, from the five elements theory, we could suggest certain things. So, you know, so you've described very nicely the kind of supportive cycle. So you strengthen the wood element, you know, and, but you have. We also have controlling cycles. So the, the earth, there's a lot of water in the bathroom. So the earth controls water. And what's earth? Well, terracotta, you know, tiles. Anything to do with the earth has already done. So the bathroom, most bathroom will have that naturally. They'll probably have tiles. And then you can add, you know, obviously colors, you added plants, you know, especially if there's a window. For me, the, the most important thing in bathrooms is ventilation. And quite often it's not very good. And unless you have a window, you can open it, you can ventilate, there's no window. The ventilation is the biggest problem. So investing in a good, good ventilation so there's no condensation of, of moisture and so on. Well, definitely it's a good idea. So it kind of moves the whole energy. Also you can look at other elements and you see in five elements theory is very open to interpretation. Different schools have different ways. So a bit of fire can be good, but too much fire is bad, for example, or a bit of metal is beneficial, but too much metal can be problematic. So it depends on the quality and the amount and the actual elements. So as you mentioned, plants, which is great physical and it has kind of outgrowing energy. But also you mentioned kind of symbolically maybe pictures of nature. If I didn't have a window in my bathroom and I don't. I have a big picture of a street in London, so kind of creates this image of an open space, create this image of. Of a window. So just open up. It's open up my view. So you can do that kind of metaphorically, visually, but also physically as well. So these sort of things you can do. And again, depends. We don't have enough information, you know, how it's laid out and so what's there. But these are kind of general elements that you can definitely train. And I think later we can definitely debate on the position of the bathroom and what else can you do in the bathroom? Because for some reason bathrooms have a bad reputation in Punksped. I don't find them problematic, actually. I like designing them and you can design amazing bathrooms now. And obviously there's a few considerations. You mentioned coming in, seeing the toilet and so on. So you can obviously, if you're building it opposite. So the way that don't see the toilet just for privacy and kind of aesthetics, it's just common sense. A lot of feng shui is basic common sense, good design, good kind of architectural practices. So I don't know whether Jackie's here, whether we kind of answered your question.

I've got a couple more points, actually. One of the things I just wanted to say, just into interrupts. Sorry. There is, of course, today there are so many. It's become a big thing when things are being built that almost every house has got about five toilets in it. So we think of those modern buildings today, there's toilets all over the place. So, you know, hey, are they all losing their money? But the other thing I would say is when someone's and Jackie's probably addressed this already. But whenever people are putting on a renovation or anything like that, I always myself, I would always recommend a client to actually address the guardian or the diva of the house and talk about what's happening. Because it might be that you're going to knock a bit of a wall down and you're going to do this. And I think actually sort of honouring the house and the building that it is and what you're going to do to it is a very good thing and it may well assist the future extension build going extremely well. So that's just my little take on it.

Okay, that's a good point that you raised because, you know, again, it's. I practice holistic feng shui, where I focus on how you can enhance and empower people through the environment. And again, it's like, you know, so southeast is considered a wealth area of the, of the property. But there are other ways is the next question. I'll show other ways of looking at that wealth area. And if you kind of start with a negative kind of perception of a space that kind of will prime you to all kinds of issues that might not be real. They're, you know, and as I said, I call them false problems. And therefore it's, it's good to have a kind of balanced view to look at what's possible, what can you do instead of kind of worrying too much that is going to drain your finances because you have a toilet because somebody said so somewhere online. So but well, but we'll go back to the bathrooms and generally kind of give people ideas about that as well because that's an interesting area and a lot of people like to design them better and better now. But Jackie, do you, if you unmute yourself, you've got any questions or.

No, no. Explained that great what Chrissy has said and I like what you've said as well, Jan because it's given another perspective.

On it all sort of really good.

Thank you very much.

Okay, excellent. So the next question is slightly related and comes from Carol and then she just sent this question. She couldn't come today though she registered. So a question. I have a missing good fortune corner but it does not get any real sunlight. So this is I think personal case though I have plants I do not grow to. They don't grow to any height. The wind also whips around that space, a wall either side open at the front, kind of vague. But it's about wealth corner. So question is how do I resolve to maintain a stable fortunate area. So we can start generally with what to do in the wealth corners and then we can go more deeply into issues to do with sunlight and plants and so on. So as you can see on the screen, there are two kind of ways of looking at this Bagua model. And so one perspective, traditional coming from I Ching and Asian China Southeast is the wealth blessing or prosperity area. So any part of your soft if property or house is that. But another perspective, a recent maybe 20, 25 years old concept is that it's to do with your energy where the door is. You know the, the energy comes into your house through the door. So the wealth corner is the top left corner of the whole house or the plant or the bedroom or any room or even your desk. Yeah, so that's another perspective. One is kind of external, so external influences, directions affect this whole idea. And the other one is more Internal, your energy, whatever comes in inside you decide more. So both are valid and a lot of people use both at the same time. Sometimes they overlap. Obviously if you're house is facing north, they'll overlap, but sometimes they don't. You can use both, you can mix them and I've done it several times. So let's start with sort of ideas for, you know, how do you maintain a state? Because the key question was stable fortunate terror. So she's got this idea that is missing. Again, I don't subscribe to this idea of missing area because then it kind of implies that there's only one area of your home that has wealth in it or energy of wealth. I believe that all those areas are within our space and you can have it everywhere. Yeah. So you can also use it symbolically as well. So I've got a money plant and it's not in the wealth corner, but it's working for me. It's in a different area and that's my kind of wealth energy remedy, if you like. So. So there's different ways of doing it. But what would you say, Chrissy?

Well, yes, I know what you were saying, but it is something that I know when we were training we were sort of very aware that you could end up with this missing space and certainly it might look a bit bleak. And I think more than anything, if Carol's got an area like that or anybody has, you want to actually just make it look nice, even if it doesn't get much sunlight. I think I would make sure that I make it look a really nice space and you can do that with perhaps using some sorts of plants that will grow there if they're small, using again using the colour green, tall shapes, this sort of thing, and even wood. Wood. I think it's actually about making that part look beautiful and not that you look out on it or you know that it's there and it's a sort of bleak, horrid little corner that's your backyard or something. Something. And there are a lot of houses that are built like that terrace that you do end up with that sort of space. And I think whatever, you should always try and make it look as nice as you can. And the other thing I'm always. Well, it was something I was told many, many years ago, that actually I would agree with you, Jan, that I do think the energy comes in everywhere. But I was often told, and I bet Carol will remember this because we trained together, that the money, actually we can also think of the money as coming in in the helpful friends area, the Area 6. So it can be also that if you're feeling that your wealth and blessings area is a little depleted for whatever reason is actually make sure you put a few things extra in your helpful friends area, even with the intention that that is going to boost your money coming in. I don't know whether you want me to go through the sorts of things.

That'S quite useful because we can go deeper because obviously you can do something that area. You can, if you believe in that that is missing. You can correct it with mirrors, with things outside, if it's possible with light. There are lots of different remedies for. For any area, but some of them kind of universal. No, as you said, beautiful things make it interesting, vibrant. Yeah. But also for her, a keyword was stable. She wanted some kind of stability. So maybe heavy sort of pots. If she had plants that can grow without much sunlight. There's lots of plants that don't require much sunlight and other things that kind of give her that stability. But again, I mentioned your helpful friends area, but also the. The family area because that's wood as well. That's related to the wealth. So maybe there's something she could do that. And it sounds like she wants a kind of a more metaphoric remedy because she used the word stable. So she wants that stability for finances. So she need to figure out where what's happening in her environment, maybe the whole place, not just one area where she gets this feeling that her fortune or prosperity is not stable. So I think that's. That would be a useful question to. And also she mentioned wind also whips around the space. So maybe that kind of, you know, movement of wind kind of gives her this feeling of instability Also, you know.

You can grow very good climbers up in pots up. She talks about there are walls either side. So she could actually put, you know, something like the. The evergreen jasmine trachea sperm, which is absolutely amazing. It grows like crazy. It's always big and green. It smells gorgeous in the summer. You know, that for me would be if I've got a bit of a bare space like that, that's what I would put in a pot and put out there.

Oh yes. So that general. For anybody, general kind of remedies that kind of suggest prosperity, growth, stability, but also personal things. You know, people who have personal perception of the wealth and, you know, prosperity and they can use those symbols as well. So. And they work very well. If we've got time, I'll tell you some stories from my practice. How People use this. But I think key message for her was that, yes, do whatever you need to do in that area, but also enhance the whole home that has that vibe of prosperity and that stability in some way or another. You know, maybe it's in the bedroom or other areas where she get that sense of. When she comes home, she get a sense of the. Her fortune is stable. So, yeah, so that was interesting and we kind of covered the bag one now so people can see there's lots of information on that and it's a very neat model. People like it. I'll have some views on that later when we kind of finish today. Next question. It's an interesting one. Silver Bullet remedies. So I'll read it because somebody sent it to me. Hi, Jan, I was wondering if you could recommend any Chinese feng shui shops that I could shop at in London. I'm having extreme money problems and also very poor health. I've heard feng shui bracelets can help. Could you please recommend anything? And where do I go to shop? Is it Chinatown? Unfortunately, I live in exile. I just deleted where she said. People keep saying that, how this bracelet has changed their lives and made them rich and sorted all health problems. I have sent you a picture and this is the picture and kindest regards. So that's an interesting topic of what I would call kind of quick fixes. A lot of people, especially with complex problems, looking for quick fixes. What's your take on this, Chris?

Oh, well, I'm not really into quick fixes, I have to admit. I think they're sort of useful accessories sometimes. But I really would say that her home just needs some way, someone to survey it, perhaps douse over it, even douse over the plans of her property and just tell her what's going on there. It may well be that, you know, someone can do something remotely and actually sort. Shift something of the energy that's going on and probably ask her a few more questions. They may, you know, we tend to. Well, we. I've certainly been trained in, you know, a lot of awareness of electromagnetic fields like you were talking on earlier. Things like ventilation in bathrooms and places so that, you know, you don't have mould growing, which again, can be very poor for your health and very much also geopathic stress, which, you know, again, dousing even remotely. We can suss that out. And actually it is possible to do something about it for people. So, yes, I'm not saying don't go to Chinatown and, you know, there are lots of shops there. But all I would say is I don't think that that would necessarily help the person. It might psychologically for a while, but I think there's perhaps something deeper going on in the home because I think if you've got trouble in your body and whatever, I think it's usually something going on in your home and in the land. That's what I would say.

Yeah, absolutely. So I completely agree. Actually she phoned me and she couldn't afford feng shui consultation even, you know, she had only ten pounds and that was the bracelet. So it was her only solution for her very complex problem. So that's quite common. A lot of people with very complex problem looking for simple solutions, they do not exist. I explained to her that, you know, if this bracelet worked, you know, it wouldn't cost 10 pounds. I would pay 1 million for such a bracelet if it serves all your problems. So it's difficult in those situations. How, where to start? But as you mentioned, health will be the first step because if somebody's not healthy then probably not going to resolve the financial problems. So I would start there, check for basic things like, you know, geopolitic stress, electromagnetic radiation, check. I mean simple things like decluttering. It empowers people, people like most space. It creates new opportunities kind of symbolically and so on. But she was, she was really plugged in into this silver bullet solution. After I explained and talked to her, she still asked me where do I get this bracelet? So I don't think she's going to solve.

I think the thing is, you know, sometimes, you know, you just have to work at it yourself. And you know, you talk about decluttering and I often say to people that, you know, if you declutter a bit so often you discover things that you actually already have that you didn't know you'd got and stops you spending more money on something else. And it's, it's the sort of cycle that people get into that they're in a mess and they just keep spending more money and they're thinking that the more money they spend on A, B or C it's going to help all their problems. So I think you're very right there, Jan. I would often say, you know, declutter something, something small, maybe that's what I'd say.

But having said that, there are sometimes simple problems and there's simple solution. Example dirt electricity. You've got a very inexpensive meter. You can measure your dirt electricity, which is part of electro smog spectrum. You measure how much you have and if it's a lot. Then you buy a little plug, little filter, you plug it in and literally in nanoseconds, your problem solved. So, so there are so. But they're simple kind of problems which can be defined, measured, and then there will be a solution. But with complex problems, financial problems, health problems, and depends, you know, she's been there for a long, long time. You know, so many issues that one thing little bracelet can't resolve. And also it can kind of set her on a false path because then she'll always look for another bracelet, another little remedy that somebody promises that will make you rich or solve all your problems. And that's a bit of a danger in feng shui that people kind of plug in into this idea that all this, all the life problems can be solved through little environmental changes. Yeah, let's say I can't. But, you know, so next, next problem and we'll come to your question. So. But anybody has any comments about this issue of clients trying to find kind of quick fixes for the big problems? Okay, so problem sleeping, another question. Since I've moved to this flat, I have problems with sleeping. I've tried different positions for my bed in my bedroom, but I haven't noticed any significant difference. What feng shui remedies can you recommend for this manifex, Chris?

Yes. Okay, well, I see you've put a. Is that you've written that.

Yes. So that's the key things that I think. But is there anything else you want to start with? And we go through the list.

Yes, I look a lot at that. I agree with all the things that you've written down there, definitely. Which I think don't help. And the number of people who do put their phone chargers on the bedside tables or have electric cables running down alongside their beds and things like that. And also sleeping with their heads very near to perhaps a power plug. It might even be just behind the bed head or something like that. And they don't realize. I know if you go and read, you know, with an electromagnetic, sorry, with a meter, you can show people what's happening there. And I think it's one of those things that I know you might have moved beds, moved to a different bedroom or whatever, but you might find you're actually still near a plug. That's what I would say. So that's why I would really look at all those things. Definitely, I agree. All of the things that you've written down there.

So just for people, geopathic stress in general terms is kind of disturbed or not very harmonious energy coming from the air. Sometimes geopolitic stress can be neutral, but most of the time it can cause, not cause, but contribute to health issues. And there's a lot of research on that and studies. So you need somebody who can douse, you know, if your feng shui consultant has those skills, you can ask them to do that. Most, most consultants do that, not all. So that's the first step because you want to sleep in a safe place. Then obviously all the issues of electrosmark, you know, that electricity and so on, WI fi need to be addressed and there's tons and tons of research about that. You know, I know 30,000 papers on the dangers of electromagnetic radiation. I've got probably 5,000, so you can find them on my website. So that's, it's very well researched study. And obviously, for example, WI fi, most people don't switch off their WI fi, they're not using the Internet. Night, you can set it up in your settings. It goes off at 11 o' clock whenever you go to sleep and comes on again in the morning. I like to do it physically. It's my meditation. I switch it off every night and in the morning I switch it on. But it can do, there's lots of plaques and you can set it up so it's automatic so you don't have to think about it. But research suggests that having that sort of radiation around you, even if you sleep in total darkness, which is very important for melatonin production, so in order to sleep you need darkness and any light, even one photon of light, can disturb your melatonin production, which is, you know, so total darkness. If you can get one of those masks and that can help a lot of people with the sleep problems. But even if you sleep in total darkness and you have radiation, your body senses this radiation and light has electromagnetic spectrum. So your body thinks, oh, there's light and then melatonin doesn't work and you don't fall asleep. And from my studies, I think bedroom and you know, how you sleep is the most important thing in feng shui. All the problems probably start from there because if you don't sleep well, your health at some point will be affected in different ways. And deep sleep, especially a lot of people sleep, but they don't go into deep sleep, which is kind of holy grail of medicine. Because during deep sleep, just very short period of time, you know, Your sleep is 90 minute cycles and the middle part is kind of deep sleep. And you can have five cycles in the night. Deep sleep during the deep Sleep, you rejuvenate, your DNA is replicated. It's a magical time. And in many cultures there's a lot of writing work. But now there's a lot of supporting evidence for that. So why 4 mattress? Because any metal around you will amplify electromagnetic radiation. So obviously you can control it in your home to some extent. But your neighbors might have a Wi Fi, you might have strong 5G mobile mask nearby. That kind of affects your home. So the less metal around you, so no metal beds and foam mattresses, you remove as much metal as possible. Then there is less kind of attracting element for this electromagnetic. So solid headboard so you feel secure, protected with. We want to have that as well. And then bed in the power position if possible. Quite often it's possible. So you have support of the wall, you can see the door across, so you're not sleeping with the door behind you. But even if you have that sort of situation, you can put some things reflecting the door behind you and then direction. So obviously in feng shui we quite interested in how direction affect us in different ways. But the only kind of supporting evidence for direction I found is to do with the north direction. So they've studied animals and they noticed that not all animals, but a lot of animals can align themselves north, south, so with the head towards north because it kinds of the align themselves with the magnetic field of the earth. And that kind of makes sense. Yeah. And many cultures that's kind of folk remedy for all kinds of problems. So if it's possible you could sleep with your head towards north and all the other things are sorted out. That's probably a good setup. But a lot of people try different direction according to the horoscopes and so on. And quite often it's not practical because you know, you've got a square or rectangular bedroom and suddenly you have to adjust your bed according to certain directions and it won't work. Yeah, so, so that's, that's an issue. So, so, yeah, so just to summarize, definitely electro smoke, I'll deal with that. You know, switch off your mobile phone, you're not going to use it. You know, you can always have the. On a. Set it up in a way that you know, you're not disturbed and then check your product stress and do something. But also, you know, you're going to sleep and the whole atmosphere around the sleep is important. You know, how you kind of relax, you know, whether you have a bath before. Obviously we didn't mention all kinds of things. There's lots of things, you know, environmentally, temperature, slightly cooler bedroom is better than hotel, although some people like it. Air quality, you know, whether you open the window, you know, you can have some air cleansing plants, ionizers and so on. Noise, you know, if you're busy living by the busy street, you know, you get used to the noise probably, but still can affect you clutter as well.

Clutter and not having work things in your bedroom because they, again, are something that obviously your brain is not switching off if you've got things related to your work. But I do think clutter as well if you have a lot of clutter around clothes, around books or stuff. I do think keep the bedroom as clear as possible if you.

Yeah, absolutely. And also kind of nice personal things. So when I wake up, I see two big posters, which I love, and they make me happy. And I've had them for ages and they still work. Sometimes you get used to the art and kind of artwork, but these have this nice kind of images and so I see them when I go to sleep, but also when I wake up, I see these big posters of things that I like. So that makes me happy and kind of relax. So. Right. Any. Any other questions? So this is the questions we were sent. We can talk about the bedrooms that we've started earlier or if you've got any questions. Anybody, this is a good time. You can either say them and unmute yourself or write them in the chat, please.

Can I add a.

Just another thought about bedrooms.

Sure.

Air quality. You touched on that, Yan. I know for some people an air filter is very useful, so an air purifier, because some people are intolerant to what's coming out of the fabric of the building in new places. And then on another level, what's known as predecessor qi. So sometimes the energy of the people lived there before is still in that space.

Very good point.

Yeah. So, yeah, that's another thing I would think about, about doing some kind of space clearing in there to clear out any old energy left behind by the. By the people that came before. Clear out their stresses out of the fabric of the room and then put your own good stuff in.

Absolutely. That's a good point. Especially if you're moving to a new place. But also if you've got some kind of war and stuff, you want to clear that as well. That's, you know, can create some. Some kind of atmosphere in your bedroom, you know, so you could do that for your sort of problems, you know, if you worry about something, have concerns. So that's a That's a useful kind of reminder to, from time to time, do some space clearing. And obviously if you've got an air purifier, and I've got actually a Dyson one, so it kind of moves the air gently and it's on automatic, so it detects if there's any kind of extra pollution, if you like, and it kind of works harder so I don't have to think about it. So I outsource this bit to technology and I have actually two ionizers, you know, so I like that kind of nice, fresh air when I go to sleep. Very good. Yes. Good reminder because, you know, feng shui means wind, water, and those two elements are still very, very important nowadays. You know, they were important in the old days, so water for survival as well. But the quality of air nowadays in cities is not very good. So I live in London and unfortunately, bad news for people who live in longer. 25 people today will die from air pollution. Just air pollution, 10,000 a year. And that's very well researched. So air cleansing plants, you know, air purifiers, making sure that you were of that. And definitely it's a. It's a good investment into your health. Yeah, but also the quality of water. So, you know, I like to have a bath before I go to sleep a little bit relaxes me, but also grounds you, you know, so the grounding effect is well researched as well. So when you ground it, when you walk barefoot on grass or beach or wet surfaces, you know, you kind of naturally ground it and kind of that relaxes you, reduces inflammation and so on. So having a bath, you know, a long shower, it kind of grounds you. And then you can add some Epsom salts into the water. And that, again, kind of distresses you because when you. When we stress, we lose magnesium from our body. So the easiest way to absorb magnesium is just add it to your bath. Yeah, so actually I have two baths. You know, I have to admit, I have bath in the morning and bath in the evening.

What a clean fellow. I do remember actually, Jan, you were talking also recently about a client and one of the things that she was suffering from poor sleep and not drying your hair at night, you know, not washing your hair at night and drying it at night, because using a hair dryer before you go to bed is not a particularly good idea. Not conducive towards restful sleep.

Yeah, that's. That was an interesting case. Again, that's a. It was a complex issue because she had problems, all kinds of problems, but actually solution was Very simple. The cause was very simple. She would dry her hair before she go to sleep. And she couldn't sleep and she didn't register that actually that was causing all the issues. So she just basically changed her habit and the problem disappeared literally overnight. So people not aware. Some people can be electrosensitive to specific frequencies. As an example, I had a client and he was hyper electrosensitive to Bluetooth. He noticed that we tried different things, we measured everything and nothing happened. Then we switched off the Bluetooth and he felt better immediately. Other frequencies, he was okay. But actually Bluetooth for some reason was the only case I had. Bluetooth, for whatever reason, wasn't very good for him. So he had to be very careful when he was in the office to be kind of stay away from people who had, you know, mobile phones on Bluetooth and so on. So, you know, we sort of doing kind of a detective work, so looking at everything, excluding all the possible causes until we find the actual cause or causes. And then once you have that, then it's very easy to find solutions. But obviously there's a lot of aspects, kind of lifestyle aspects, what time people go to sleep. So but we're focusing on the feng shui aspect, environmental aspect, so we can cover that. But there's lots of advice online about different. And sleep is a big, big subject. There are conferences almost every month on sleep. It's a big problem nowadays. But mainly now to do, I would say maybe 60%, maybe 70% of the problems are due to electromagnetic radiation, people being on the mobile phones, blue light, all kinds of things that they do before they go to sleep.

I would agree.

Right. So let's go back to that question that Jackie had about the bathrooms, the kind of general question about the location for the bathroom and what sort of things to do. Do you have any general suggestion, Kristen?

Not particularly, but I think like I've said about the decor, I think if you can include, if you can. I know some bathrooms are all completely tiled and things like that, but actually if you can have a piece of artwork, you know, it could be a poster or something in your bathroom, I think it's quite a good idea. I think it's quite nice because it is a room where you are refreshing yourself and nourishing yourself as well, really. So I think it's really important.

That.

Actually, just like going into your bedroom should feel like a sacred space, I think going into a bathroom should feel quite a treat. You know, the temperature should be right, the lighting should be right. I've been to one or two properties with clients where the bathroom is almost. There's sort of little afterthought, and it is just a square box with tiles, and it's quite bleak. And I've always say to people about a lot of things, think how things make you feel. And so when I imagine myself and think, well, I imagine myself thinking, I really wouldn't want to be in here for very long. I probably might just clean my teeth and wash my face. But apart from that, I don't want to spend lots of time in here. And I think you should try and make your bathroom with using the elements that you can in the areas that they are. So if, for example, your bathroom's in a fire area, you know, you use a few, you know, red, bright yellow colors, shapes and things like that, you know, make it look quite exciting and a nurturing sort of area to be.

Yes. So I love designing bathrooms, and over the years, I think I've cracked it. And I kind of figure out what's an ideal bathroom. And a lot of research suggests now that bathroom actually very important for people. We will spend more and more money on the bathrooms. And it's a big selling point, you know, when people trade their properties. So if you've got a window, great, especially with a nice view so you can get some light, you can position your bath, you know, accordingly. So maybe when you lie in your bed, you have a bath, you know, you can see something outside. Yeah. So when what you see when you're coming into the bath is important. So ideally, if I was designing a bus, I would see a bath. Immediately you feel relaxed, especially if it's a nice bath and a window. Then I would probably hide on the side the toilet or have it separate. So that gives you that privacy, especially if you're sharing it family or partners. So that's a useful kind of tip. And obviously you're limited with the plumbing and so on, but if you got a lot of resources, you can create anything. And so your idea, Chrissy, that you make it interesting, you know, vibrant, it's a very good way to kind of remedy this idea that bathrooms are kind of problematic in a way. So the more positive you feel about the space, the more kind of negative it might have, if you believe in that sort of things. Mirrors, obviously big mirrors, expand the space. Most bathrooms are small. So also, as you said, artwork, posters that can expand space. I've designed bath. When we had the whole wall was a photographic wallpaper of a seaside or meadow or whatever people like, you know, and now, you know, photographic wallpaper is very inexpensive. You can print anything you like. You can have one wall. You can have the whole thing around, you know, and the waterproof and so on. It's a beautiful way to kind of create extra space, especially if you don't have a window. What else there is? Obviously, you can spend a lot of money on the actual toilets. They're not that expensive. You probably heard of those Japanese toilets where they measure your temperature, do all kinds of amazing things, and they're not that expensive. You can spend a couple of thousand and you have amazing tires. I've seen them. And they're probably worth the money. So people spend on that as well.

I always say, you know, treat yourself to really nice towels. And, you know, if you want to introduce an element somewhere and you're thinking, well, the walls are white. They are white. Well, you can introduce an element with a different colored towel or whatever. And it's just. Well, think of that feeling when you go to a really nice hotel if you get that opportunity. Opportunity. One of the things you like is the fact that you walk in there and there's a. There's a pile of. Or a few really nice towels. I think that's. That's a huge thing. Don't make your towels look like a bit of an afterthought.

Yes, yes, I completely agree. And like you say, you know, energizing colors, kind of bright colors, kind of. Because a lot of people go for kind of boring colors and kind of neutral, and they don't do anything for the space. Yeah. So reds, pinks, anything kind of vibrant, you can change it. You know, this in Pantone has this idea of every year they have different colors. So you can just change every year the tiles. I change tiles every year, actually, and different kind of designs and fun things. So kind of make it interesting. And especially if you've got a nice bath and you want to spend some time. I've got books, you know, I was thinking of getting a little television, but I can read things and iPad as well when I'm having a bath. But so. Yes, so put some energy into that and make it interesting. Plus, if you don't, you know, just look to pictures, fun things, anything kind of energizing will do the. You know, it doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Actually, a couple of things that we shouldn't have, really. So mirrored tiles. Big. No, no, in feng shui, because they kind of dissect your energy. And the cabinets that kind of have the split in the middle Very, very common. It's not nice to see yourself kind of split in the middle. Yeah. Or those ones that kind of overlap and then kind of your image is even split. So this is one of those cabinets Picasso had. That's why he had this idea about painting faces in a kind of distorted way, you know, because he had a mirrored cabinet like that. So. So he made a lot of money out of that. But for most people, not a good idea. I suggest big mirrors if you're into. If you've got a lot of square things, because most people have tiles. I would prefer a round mirror. A big round mirror if you've got space. Octagonal mirrors also very nice. So create other sort of shapes that make it more interesting. And so obviously they're not asked to the bathroom with a toilet, but some people have obviously separate toilets, you know, and that's. We can do other things as well. Kind of energizing colors and interesting things. You know, you can hang pictures and so on to change the energy, basically. So what are you doing is you're changing the energy for better. So more uplifting because again, the energy from the five elements kind of going down. Water is going down, so you want to uplift it. So as I said, plants, anything Moving up, lights, etc. Will help with balancing this space.

One of my favourite plants in the bathroom and I always have one in, but they're always different because when they've run their lease of life with me are orchids. Orchids today are so beautiful. They don't need masses of light, they don't really need tons of attention. But there are so many beautiful ones. So you can ring the changes with them, them. And I find them a sort of great way of introducing that sort of bit of fun into the bathroom in a plant as opposed to perhaps just having a green. A green leaf plant. So just a little tip.

Yeah, excellent. Now there's a lot of air cleansing plants and you can find them online, like famous, you know, peace lily or spider plant. You know, some require some light. Yeah. So if you don't have much light, that might be a problem. But you can always change them and you know, so. Yeah, right. So but in terms of the placement, I, as I said earlier, I don't have a problem, you know, whatever is appropriate, whatever is needed. And I wouldn't sort of buy into this idea that it kind of damages your bagua in some way. I don't buy into that personally. I don't believe that. So. And I haven't found evidence because I've Been to places where people have toilets, not really nice actually, and bathrooms in the wealth corner and they had a lot of money, so. And they didn't know. So there obviously other balancing elements in the environment and so on. But it's. You need to be a bit careful when you buy into certain ideas that are kind of opinions, really. We mentioned earlier in a disclaimer that these are our opinions. Obviously there's some research into certain aspects and we can quote that. But most of the feng shui is people's perceptions about how environments affect them.

I did see something on the chat, Jan, there. Someone put something about what does space space clear mean?

Oh yes. Okay, go ahead.

So I don't know whether someone would just like me to just explain briefly if they don't know what space clearing is. It's really a ceremony. If you like. One can make it quite elaborate. I might do if I was doing property. But it's where we burn something like North American sage, where we're trying to remove the negative energy. We go around the walls of a room, we get it well ventilated. Certainly if we're going around a house, we well ventilate everywhere. So I'm just doing a brief description of it. And then we make loud noises. It might be with bells or banging cymbals or something like that. And then we. So this is basically that you're sort of removing the negative energy. Then you're removing. Then you're getting all the sounds that will go into every corner of the place to transform it. And then you finally calm the energy down, bring it right back down to earth, set all your intentions in it. So you may use different sorts of sprays or something like that, or harmony bells. And you just go around doing that. And it's one of those things that a lot of people have done often once they've moved into new property. It's quite nice. So that you people before might have been very nice people. But you're actually removing any energy there that has been soaked, if you like, in by the walls or the property and you're leaving yourselves with a blank canvas to put your new energy in. You might also do it if you've had some illness in a particular room. I remember doing one here where we'd had a break in into one of our rooms. And the first thing I did that morning was to whip around and do a space clear to get rid of the energy of the intruder and that feeling that our space had been invaded. You can do it for all sorts of things. You Know, unpleasant things happening, disputes and, you know, if you've been somewhere where people have been having terrible arguments and things like that. Always good to have a space clearance. Space clearing is a wonderful thing to do, basically renewing the energy and putting clear energy in. So that's a very, very brief description of it.

Yeah, absolutely agree. So, yeah, it's one of the top remedies, if you like, in feng shui, because it's very easy to do. You don't have to have much money to do it. You can use all kinds of things. So like, you know, you can use those five elements like you mentioned. So you can use sprays, that's water. Some people use holy water. Then you can use plants, wood elements and so on. Fire candles. I'm not really for candles because of their pollution. And I measured how much air pollution one candle makes, so I'm not good. But I use fire, so. So I know that you can see at back there's a little plasma ball, so that's fire energy, and it kind of creates a plasma field around it. So there's lots of different ways of having fire element cleansing as such, without using candles, if you like. Yeah, from time to time I would use it. Yeah, I use smudge stick, you know, sage, all kinds of herbal things that you can burn. And in many cultures they have that. Then, you know, earth element crystals, you know, you need to be mindful that you need to cleanse them because they kind of absorb the energy and we can magnify. So a lot of negativity happens around them, if you like, then they can magnify. So you need to cleanse them under running water and maybe try it in the sun or. And then metal wind chimes and so on. Sound, things like that can cleanse the space. And it's very simple. So not only just clearing anything that you don't want, but also enhancing things. Yeah, you're starting a new project. You might feel I just clear my mind office. Just because you're starting your project, you know, or you need more work or something else. It creates a change. Basically. It creates. It moderates the energy. There is actually a scientific word for it. It's called space conditioning. Space clearing is space conditioning. And there's a couple of quantum physicists who wrote a book about it, and they tried to measure it with all kinds of things. So. So most cultures have that and we feel better. But basic, we're all doing space changes, tidying up, cleaning. But space clearing from function is kind of intentional. So you have an intention why are you doing it? What's the purpose and how you're doing it. But it doesn't matter how. It's more why and doing it and could take five minutes. So I've got like, here I've got two space clearing needs. So like, if you want to get them to this Australian bush flower one. And there is. This one's quite nice actually. It's from Finch. Sacred space. Sacred space. But if you Google, you'll find lots of remedies. You can make them, you know, you know, you don't have to buy them essential oils, A few drops, get a little sprayer and you feel different immediately. And I see your aura as well, so it's quite nice.

Raheem has just put a message saying frankincense. Yes. I always use a bit of nitra G, which is one of my favorite ones. Well, I'll always use that if I.

Yeah, it's one of the top essential oils. You know, if you've heard of New Zealand remedies, that's the number one seller. They put frankincense to everything. A bit too much for my taste, but. Oh, yeah. So it's quite strong smell. So you need to be careful. But you have literally millions of ways of space clean hearing, but. And you can do it with your mind. You pray as, you know, people chant, you know, singing, putting some nice music, you know, calming music, energizing music. So. And people have been doing it, you know, all the time. But I think the key thing is the intention and kind of works better. The quality is more important than the quantity, you know, is if you do it kind of mindfully with the right intention, it works immediately, you know, So I. In my practice, it's the first remedy for selling a place, the space clearing.

Oh, absolutely. And actually I know a lot of therapists who always space clear their room with, you know, the masses or whatever. They will always space clear their room after each client because obviously people leave their energy behind and they want to make it nice. So, yeah, I think it's. It's great.

Yeah, absolutely. And as you said, bedroom. Yeah. You know, you just want clear space, you know, from time to time, you know, just space clear that. So we're doing very well. Any other questions? Can you make your own smudge sticks from herbs like rosemary? Yes, absolutely. So traditionally, smudge stick is from sage. So you can grow your sage. You know, I've got some. I grow some sage outside and from dry leaves. You can make it, you can buy it, it's easier. But you Know, different herbs will have different properties. You can read about them and whatever kind of attracts you. But in herbologies, there's a very interesting principle that whatever you need, whatever herb you need is already in your garden. If you have a garden and it's, it's quite spooky, then sometimes you have a problem and you find like, you know, Chrissy said, you know, you do space click and you find something that you need, you know, because you have it already. So that kind of intention to do something about it will open up a whole range of possibilities for you. And. But if you want to look for things, there will be lots of lists of different ways of doing your own kind of smudging things. But yes.

Okay.

So I think any other questions you want to ask or comment, because this is a time where we can open to everybody. You can make any comments or learning. So next steps, what would you. We're interested what you got out of this session, because this is the first session we're doing and there'll be other consultants doing it. So next time with somebody else. And we've got some dates which we published in the chart. So next one is 2nd of November, always on Wednesday in the evening and 7th of December. And we'll publicize that on our website on the Feng Shui Society Feng Shui webinars. You can find it and we've recorded it. We publish that for people to view it later. We might add some resources and some of the questions. So it's a resource for others to learn about feng shui in different ways. But any comments or takeaways, anything that you would do?

Yes, Joy, I had a question in the chat. Do you have any experience of people with smartphones switching off their WI fi at night, losing their automatic settings?

Yes. So that's an issue. So yes, when you. Because some people actually have something called demand switches where they cut out a lot of electricity to have optimal environment for sleeping, and some, if not set it up properly, can cut out certain electrical devices and then you have to set it up. So, yeah, that's an issue, but can be resolved. You just need to talk to your electrical engineer or whoever set it up to make sure that that's not the case. Yeah, but from my perspective, your bedroom is the most important part. I wouldn't worry too much about other rooms. So if you, if you create kind of, and as Christy says, you can get very inexpensive gadgets to measure electromagnetic radiation. They cost about £100. This is one called trimeter. It's very easy to get on Amazon and it will measure electric, magnetic and radio frequencies. Not high radio frequencies like 5G networks and so on, but just general one. It gives you a good idea about what's happening. You might need to get a device to check for that electricity which you plug it into your electrical circuit and you see how much dirt electricity is. Different frequencies overlapping in your electrical circuits. The more gadgets you have, the more transformers you have, the more dirt electricity. Plus if your electrical cables are not done properly for whatever reason, that can increase dirt electricity. And I've been to houses where the levels were 200, sometimes 300 times over the limit. There are certain limits that I kind of recommended. So because the, the house become more wired than ever. So, so yes, that's, that could be an issue. But doing other little things, reducing, you know, metal in the environment, you know, foam mattresses, etc. Will reduce how much your, your, your bed space can absorb or attract that sort of electronic magnetic radiation. I definitely not recommending smart meters. There's a lot of research on them and they're problematic. Definitely. So. And people become hyper electrosensitive. We're all electrosensitive because remember, your body runs on electricity. Even chemical reactions in your body are electrical. In nature, we are electrical beings, so any electrical fields will affect us. And as I said earlier, there's tons and tons of research how electromagnetic radiation affects half health. So on my list of all the things in feng shui, electrosmart is number one. Now then, it's probably geopathic stress for health reasons and all the other things in that sort of order. So is it better to have your laptops and computers tethered rather than depending upon the WI fi? Yes. A BT engineering told us that tethering devices are more reliable anyway. Correct. So I've got my computer wired, I've got WI fi, I switch it off. Yeah. But you know, I use laptops and so on, so I need it. Yeah. But sometimes I switch it off completely and I just use my computer, which is wired to the Internet. You could wire a lot of people, especially hyper electrosensitive people wired everything they have everything because they're so sensitive. By the way, I mentioned the buff and the buff over time. But so interesting story. They ask hyperactive sensitive people when they don't have the symptoms and they all thought, oh, only when we had a bath. When you're having a bath, you ground it and therefore the old electrosmore, it kind of goes through your body. So grounding is one of the simple kind of Remedies for electrosmart problems. And people can get little maths. You have to do it properly, you have to know what you're doing, measure it and so on. So don't just, just buy something and plug it in. You need to kind of measure it how it works because each environment will be different and also your body mass will have different electrical sensitivity. And, and there's a, there's a little task called body voltage. Again you can buy little testers and you can measure how much electro small goes through your bot in your bedroom, on your bed or in your office. So then you have some kind of a measure to know what's going on. So you're not guessing. Now obviously your feelings should tell you, but if you're not very well, you're probably not going to be very accurate with, with your senses. Yeah. So yeah, absolutely. Why everything? And now it's easy. Especially you know, nowadays most cons have that already. It's expensive. But it's a good idea to. To avoid WI fi. Right. Okay, so we've got 15 minutes left. Any other comments or insights you got from this forum? What would you do next? Any practical. Are you interested obviously in practical solutions, that inexpensive solution that people can use and kind of universal applying to everybody?

Yeah, yeah, sorry. There is another question in the chat about whether is it better to have your laptops and computers tethered rather than dependent upon the WI fi? Because the BT engineering engineer has told us that.

Yeah, so that's why I was answering that question. Yeah, correct. So why everything as much as possible, especially when you're working in a one place and you don't have a laptop, you're not moving around, just plug it from your. Now not all routers have that function where you can just switch off the WI FI anymore, so you need to look at that as well. So. But most routers will have a plug. You plug in the cable to your computer and it works. Yeah. And then you obviously you can switch off. So in my place I'm quite lucky. I don't have a mobile signal and so everything is sort of on wide because of the telephone. Yeah. But I can take my phone calls through my computer, so I actually don't need to use my mobile phone at home, so that's handy. But it's good to have flexibility. Obviously the most important thing, as I said, is the sleep. As long as you don't have too much radiation during night, then probably you'll be fine. During the day it's very difficult to avoid it, especially you go outside and you know it's everywhere. Right. So, Chrissy, do you have any comments, last insights about what we've been covering today?

I don't think so. Anything extra on what we've talked about? All I would say is my little message would be it might be wintertime, but don't forget that it's still nice to be welcomed when you get home, when you arrive home or when people come to your home. So if possible, have a nice pot of pansies or something that welcomes you by the side of your door, it'll say hello to you and to your guests. And obviously, if you get back in the dark in the evenings, make sure that you perhaps have a light on somewhere so that your home can welcome you back in the evening and also your guests. And my last thing is that just remember that everything that you see around your home, outside, inside, has an effect on you. And if something just doesn't feel right or look right, then do something about it. Don't put up with.

Absolutely, I completely agree. So they've got another question. What are your thoughts on shungite, which is supposed to block against certain EMFs? So Shunga is a kind of a mineral or not stone, but kind of element from the earth and there's a lot of writing about that. It kind of blocks it. Well, my experience and I've got a lot of equipment to measure radiation. It doesn't block. It does something so you might feel different and maybe it affects your, your energy, your aura, your body, but it doesn't block it. It's, you know, in physics, if you, maybe you've missed the physics class, you know, the only way to block electromagnetic radiation is to live in a Faraday cage. There's no other way. There's not. Obviously people now who are electrocentric, there's a lot of research on that. There's whole societies for that, the special clothing. But still you have to be completely covered in this material to block electromagnetic radiation, which is not practical. So try it, see how it works. But I would definitely check it with a little gadget to measure the level of radiation. It's not going to block it. There's no way it can block it. There is something in it. People rave about it and. But I think it looks like a gimmick, really. You need to be careful about those little kind of promises where you stick a little stick on your mobile phone and it promises that will stop radiation. No, you've been warned. All the mobile phone companies put a warning when you're buying Mobile phone, keep it away from your body, that's the first thing. So use speakerphone or some other ways to distance yourself from the best advice I can give you. Further away from radiation the better. It's as simple as that. But by all means try it, see how it works and report to us next time we hear.

Oh, one more thing about talking about sleep and stuff that I have an absolute barney about with various people is baby monitors. Baby monitors, they're both precious thing that they have and they stick a flipping monitor often in the cot and they've got cameras on them and everything. They really do have very high emf. I really recommend against them tremendously sometimes.

Because they have a strong transformer, a plug to convert electricity and if it's near the cord, the field is quite big. And remember, baby's small so obviously they need to have it. There's different ways of doing it. There's more and more monitors that kind of safer as far as possible from the cops, you know.

Yeah.

And, and then babies sleep better. But definitely, you know, that's a big concern. But there's more and more awareness of electromagnetic radiation nowadays. But still people do silly things and then, you know, have problems. So my takeaway is I agree with Chrissy that, you know, it's winter time. So when you think about homes and they've done studies, so I'm an environment psychologist and environment psychology is basically like feng shui but with science based evidence. And they've done studies what makes a home? And if I ask you now give me a few adjectives about what makes a kind of a nice home, an ideal home, you come up with all kinds of things. But one of the top might be warmth. When people go to people's homes and there's certain warmth, whether it's colors or just physical temperature people feel at home. We associate certain sensations with kind of homes. Yeah. So make your home. Well, obviously nowadays problems with electricity and power supply and prices, so on, but you can do it in different ways with warm colors, cushions, everything else. The first impression is kind of nice and warm and very inviting. So definitely that's a good idea. Another kind of general comment from today, and that kind of relates to how we do feng shui, how we look at different ways. So there's a lot of evidence for certain aspects of feng shui. Feng shui is not a science outside of say maybe 10, 20, maybe 30% of Feng Shui claims can be validated with some other research, especially from environmental psychology, but it's more of an art More of a philosophy. A lot of concepts in feng shui, like yin and yang is a concept. Bagua is a concept. Even xi is a concept, you know, because we don't know really what it is. So lots of concepts and they. A lot of people who just started, they think it's. It's a fact. It's not a fact. I distinct between facts and opinions. So, for example, I don't know. Paris is the capital of France. It's a fact today. In the future, it might change. But today Paris is the capital of France. Berlin is not the capital of France. So we can agree that. Yeah. H2O is a chemical formula for water. Yeah, but, you know, Paris is the capital of France. But a lot of people think Paris is romantic. I think that some parts of Paris romantic, not all Paris is romantic. To me, that's my opinion. And the same with feng shui. You need to be very careful not to get confused about facts and opinion. Most of the things that you read about feng shui are people's opinion, people's interpretation of how things work. And sometimes it works. I'm not saying it doesn't work. Something doesn't make sense because they didn't explain it properly. But if there is very good. A lot of things could be validated with just basic common sense. So do you need research about, you know, clutter clearing? I don't think so. It's just so. So obvious. Yeah, so. So you need to be careful not to kind of fall into this category of ghost or false problems. So I believe in Bagua that there is this, but it's in a conceptual world. I don't believe there is such a thing. I believe there is a representation of that idea of wealth and prosperity, and that can be assigned to space southeast or the top corner of the property or anywhere in your environment. So I've got kind of, you know, prosperity kind of symbols or images all over the place. You know, I don't just get stuck in one area. I just don't want that area to control my life. Yeah, the same with toilets. Are we talking about, you know, people think that the toilet lid controls their, you know, finances? No, you. You do. So. So that's my kind of general comment about how feng shui, that's where I come from. I come from holistic approach, where I do believe that environments, feng shui, everything else affects you physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. And there's research for that. So that's where I'm from. I don't know what's Your. What's your approach to feng shui, Chris?

I would very much agree with you, Jan. I don't get hung up on certain things. I think a lot. A lot of it I use as a guide. And some things are quite funny, how they work out when you're using the bagua in people's homes and in your own home, and you often think, well, isn't that an amazing coincidence? But I do think that it is really just being tremendously mindful all that time about all the areas of your life which are covered under the bagua, or all the various aspects that make up your life of really trying to keep them in balance and maybe. And with the symbolism, if you like. Those are. Those give us little reminders that, you know, we can keep on an even keel. You can go into a house and see, you know, symbolism that's all the way through just one sort of thing. And you're thinking, well, this is why this is all a bit uneven. And this person's got certain issues because those are the things that they're focusing on or seeing every day. And so I think it's very important that you use that. You use the expression holistic. I agree with you as well. I think it's everything. It's how people think and feel. It's how you feel when people say, you know, what about that? I often say, well, how does it make you feel? And then, you know, you can look at a piece of art and you'll say, well, how does it make you feel? And they go, oh, I absolutely hate it. I think, well, why have you got it on your wall? So I agree with you. Absolutely.

Yeah. I agree too, with that. Using our feelings, how we. How we react to certain things in our environment, it's a good measure. And it's also. You can back it up with common sense. Doesn't make sense, you know, and then you can do some research to see if it's valid. Yeah. And experiment, you know, so before you spend any big money on certain remedies.

Absolutely.

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