Feng Shui Tips

Tip..bed headboard. On a few occassions, I have noticed that some people are fond of leaving a little gap between the head board of their bed and the wall. The reason maybe that it made sweeping and vacuuming the area between bed and wall a little easier, like a space where the broom or vacuum hose could reach.

This is not good from the fengshui point of view. In fact it is one of the principles of feng shui that the bed must be propped against the wall. The traditional reason given for this is that, with the bed against the wall (and we sleep with our head on the wall side of course) is that there is a backing, just like the protective wall behind us. This is partly right but not the main reason.

Fengshui is correctly about yin and yang, two major qualities that rightly understood and applied, brings many benefits. With the bed propped properly against the wall then applies this neat trick of having the yin and yang in balance. The hours of sleep are when the body is recovering from the toil of the day and what better way to refresh than with the mind at total ease, free of stress or anxiety. With the bed against the wall, there is guarantee that there will be stillness as there is no likelihood of anyone moving about where our head rests. It is an area of stillness and thus is yin-perfectly ideal for the yin to nourish our sleep!

The other reason why the bed head should be against the wall is that we do not want to occupy the central section of the room. In fengshui parlance, the central portion of the room is called the central palace. It is the main activity area, so to speak, and sleep is about rest, a removal from activity. Even in a small little room, there is still a miniature central palace and when we sleep, we rest in yin. So to have a sound sleep, we make the best of what we have of the yin-yang qualities and one way is to have the bed away from the hub of activity, the central palace. Placing the bed head propped against the wall is one of them.

One malady that has become obvious in current times to to have an extended head board feature. This extends the pillow position away from the wall. This in effect is moving the bed away from the wall where it should be. A good place tostore the brandy and those sweet soft toys along with the wedding photo but a definite no-no fengshui-wise and I hope that furniture manufacturers would take note of this when they design beds!

Of course before ending this short little tip on beds, it goes without saying that bedroom layouts with beds designed off the wall is also a fengshui mis-step. This happens in large bedroom layouts and in studio apartments. They look interesting but then the subtle energies at play make this not the design of choice. It is better to go for the conventional bed propped against tahe wall layout.

Good Luck.