• It’s a time for releasing and letting go

• Put your stones out to cleanse in the moonlight.

• Take a nice cleaning salt bath for cleaning

• Cleanse your home

• Clear out clutter anything you do not love, need and use in your home, car and purse

• Create sacred space with candles, sage smudging, and setting up altars with powerful totems.

• Stand or sit under the Moon. Allow yourself to feel a direct relationship to it, as a mover of the living waters of the Earth and within our own bodies.

• Write a list of things that are no longer serving you that you would like to release and then burn it in the fire and let it turn back into ashes and sprinkle on the garden and give back to Mother earth

• Light the candle and voice what you would like to release

Today and everyday I invite you to see Soul, source, goodness in everything in everyone, those you know and strangers, in every flower, animal and even the spiders they need love too
Such a powerful practice

Here are some easy feng shui tips to help you along!
Make eating a sacred ritual. Decorate the table with fresh flowers and use the best china for all your meals.

Bless your food and show gratitude for it.
The first place you should focus your feng shui efforts is your kitchen. Create a clutter free kitchen that has a sense of freshness and lightness to it, and give it a thorough cleaning.
Place black or blue near, around or on the refrigerator, this color has been proven in studies to help to suppress appetite.

You should not be able to see kitchen from front door, if you can add a plant or screen to the front door area. Otherwise the first thing you will want to do upon arriving home is go in to the kitchen.

Have a bowl of fresh fruit on the counter or table to represent healthy choices, and make and easily accessible snack.
De-cluttering can help create energetic flow to your home. That includes refrigerator magnets; possibly keep only one magnetic with a positive affirmation of “I love my body and feed it natural healthy foods”
Add a mirror to the refrigerator door, before you reach in there look yourself in the face and ask am I really hungry?
Grow fresh herbs & greenery in your kitchen window
Do yourself a favor and throw away all the food that have little chi value such as processed and packaged food. Instead pick up the fresh organic food. It circulates the chi in the body and makes it easy to do physical activity.

Add a mirror above your stove this way you are in the power position in when you are cooking.
Always eat dinner sitting at the dining room table, do not eat dinner while sitting down watching television you will not notice the speed or what you are eating. You should instead dedicate a special time and place to nourish your body.
Use the power of color, blue placemats and tablecloths will help suppress appetites. Red, yellow and orange stimulate appetites (just ask any fast food restaurant).

Try holding a piece of Blue Lace Agate or Sodalite in your hand while sitting down to eat your meal, these are used to calm your appetite and slow down the pace of your meal. This is perfect because the slower you eat; the less likely you are to over-eat. It has the ability to still the mind, and relax the body. So, keep these stones handy and say goodbye to compulsive eating.

For energy and motivation for working out, put away your blue stones. They will only slow you down. To pick up the pace and keep your metabolism going strong, Garnet is a great stone of choice. This fiery stone is used to enhance your strength and endurance, and can be kept in your pocket.

The next space to carefully inspect with feng shui is your bedroom – you do not want overstuffed closets or busy storage spaces under the bed.

Clear out the closet, remove the clothes that are reminders of you gaining weight; bring to the charity stores, consign, give it away or toss anything that you no longer love of that no longer fits you. If it is beyond repair, out of style, unflattering or useless, let it go.
It may be useful if you can understand why those clothes will never be appropriate again. In the same way that we decorate the walls of our homes, we choose colors, textures, and designs of fabrics that we wear to reflect our own energy vibrations.

Create a vision board and place a great picture of your exercising and having fun

Play some fun dance music around the house to get the chi levels up and your feet moving

Spray your home with citrus scents. Add a few drops of lemon essential oil in a diffuser with spring water. The citrus aroma up lifts our mood

The color red is an activating color so adding red to areas that you exercise the warm colors of the rainbows stimulates activity.

For will power, the crystal for this job is Kunzite. This rare and beautiful crystal is a wonderful aid in breaking addictions. Its’ pale lavender lights will strengthen your will power. During the day it should be carried in the pocket so as to be available whenever you need to find that inner strength.

By Following these Feng Shui guidelines this makes it easier to have a home that is fully supporting you in health and staying in shape

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FENG SHUI YOUR SALON FOR SUCCESS
by Naomi Mannino
Information from Amanda Collins and Ellen Whitehurst

Use this 8-step common sense, no-nonsense Feng Shui approach to improve different areas of your salon and stimulate positive energy, creativity, wealth, and above all,the image of beauty!
“Don´t be put off by the term Feng Shui,” “It´s just an ancient way to become more aware of your surroundings, the way things are arranged and displayed and the flow of energy around you.” While there are lots of ancient principles and different approaches to Feng Shui, our experts agreed on eight simple ways to improve the energy and success of any hair salon. The principles of Feng Shui are all about symbolism and how it affects us psychologically. “For example, clutter is something that represents obstacles and once you clear up clutter you can think clearer, work more efficiently and creatively because no piles are in your way,” explains Whitehurst. And why eight steps? “It´s the number of prosperity, luck, abundance, and success in Feng Shui!” says Whitehurst. Once you´re done reading, you´ll see these suggestions make perfect sense and most of our Feng Shui fixes are FAST!

ENTRY-WAY:

“All opportunities come through this door and clients get their first and final impression here,” Go outside and face your entry. Are there cracks in the concrete? Is the door in good repair? Is the handle dirty or rusty? Is the paint cracking? Is your sign and canopy clean and fresh? Fix any cracks or signs of disrepair; keep glass sparkling and metal shining.

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Place plants on either side of your in-terior entry door to literally give the salon “a breath of fresh air.”
Place a calming, welcoming water feature to the left of the interior entry (upon entering) to symbolize energy flowing, like a steady stream of customers.
Place a wind chime from the ceiling above the door opening so the clapper just grazes the door upon opening to enhance incoming energy. You´ll be instantly notified to greet customers.
Place a beautiful mirror by the exit (even above the water feature). “This way clients check out their new hair cut and smile, leaving with a great impression of your salon!” says Marie Burgos,a Feng Shui consultant and owner of Manoblue Design currently re-designing Bliss Beauty Salon in Queens, New York.
WAITING AREA:

Is your waiting area messy, haphazard, unappealing, or dirty? Are magazines old and tattered? Are tables and chairs dirty? These show a lack of attention to detail, fashion, and care. How can a client expect to get a beautiful precision hair cut at your salon? “Even if clients don´t think that consciously, it imprints subconsciously,” explains Whitehurst. “Everything a client sees should represent beauty, pampering, care, and fashion, right?”

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Donate tattered magazines older than six months. “Budget $50 to renew your subscrip-tions and freshen the magazine display, just like you freshen your cutting and coloring skills,” says Amanda Collins, a San Diego, California based Feng Shui Designer.
Re-paint the area a more welcoming, calming color like soft green, butter yellow,or taupe.
Consider a unified theme; replace chairs and tables that are ripped, sticky, or unappealing. If budget is tight, consider throw covers or thrift store finds.
Connect customers with staff. “A beautiful thing to do is to display group pic-tures of staff having fun together. Customers will want to be part of that,” advises Collins.
Install a community corkboard. “Customers can leave business cards, birth announcements, pictures, or community event notices. Also, display the salon´s upcoming events, photos, coupons or charity events and donations. Your customers will feel like they belong,” explains Whitehurst.
RECEPTION:

Is this area beautiful and welcoming? Is the receptionist cheerful and fashion-able? Is it blocking stylists at work from seeing customers? Is it cluttered? “There should be nothing broken or dirty to detract from the expectation and image of beauty at your salon,” says Mary Mihaly, a certified, Cleveland, Ohio based Feng Shui practitioner.

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Move the reception area to one side. “This way stylists see the front door and anticipate incoming customers,”
Always display fresh flowers. “Nothing awakens fresh energy better than a simple dis-play of live flowers,” exclaims Mihaly.
Re-display the name of the salon beautifully.
THE STATIONS:

Are they cluttered, messy? Do you see tangled cords, a mess of tools, broken or dirty combs and brushes, sticky styling products? Are chairs smudged, ripped, or dirty?Is hair piling up? Are mirrors hazy, spotted, or cracked? “How can customers think they will get a beautiful precision hair cut by a sloppy stylist?” asks Collins.

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Consider shining black chairs or stations because the color represents creativity, wealth flowing, suggests Whitehurst. Replace or renew any rusty or ripped chairs.
Rid stations of dirty or broken tools and stow tools and products neatly.
Place a plant either in-between or atop each station to stimulate growth in skill and fresh ideas.
Place a fun family picture on each station. “It invites connection between client and stylist…a client can start a conversation, ‘Oh is that your baby?´ And, stylists will be motivated by those they love to work harder, happier,” advises Collins.
Place mirrors strategically to open up and move energy and light throughout your space, advises world-renowned architectural interior designer, Clodagh. “But make sure mirrors face into the salon, not out toward the door!” says Rhonda Coop-Piraino, owner of Rhonda Piraino Haircolor & Design in Dallas, Texas. “Otherwise you´re reflecting your money right out the door instead of back into the salon!”
Use red where stylists work to stimulate creativity, wealth and recognition.
WET AREAS:

The shampoo bowl and color bar wet areas are the biggest problems in a salon. “Since Feng Shui is all about balance, you want to sym-bolically tone down the effects of so much water (which symbolizes wealth) literally running down the drains,” says Whitehurst.

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Place a convex mirror at the bottom water pipes at floor or the s-loop that faces into the salon (not toward the door!) to keep wealth in the salon.
Delineate the area beautifully with plants. “Use plants to subconsciously absorb all that water energy,” says Whitehurst.
CASH AREA:

Clear any clutter, the subconscious obstacles to taking in money. And, be sure cash register is in good working order.

Fast Feng Shui fixes:

Use neat, beautiful pencil and paper receptacles.
Use the three gold Feng Shui coins secured by the red ribbon, a symbol of wealth, and place under the appointment book or by the cash register to trigger the expectation of incoming money. “Tell employees why you are making these changes so their subconscious works too,” says Whitehurst.
Hang a round-faceted crystal from the ceiling in the cash area to amplify your wealth energy.
USE THE FIVE SENSES:

Positively engage your customers ina balanced way. “They won´t know why they love coming to your salon, but they´ll want to come back!” says Amanda Collins.

Sight: Everything should be invit-ing, in good repair, and lovely to look at. Consider any message of your artwork. Does it subconsciously represent your salon? Are your salon´s walls overwhelming, bland, chipped, or peeling?
Sound: Hair salons are noisy places with all the dryers, water, and talking so music should not overpower. Although no one type of music pleases everybody, Classical music from Vivaldi or Mozart has been shown in studies to entrain the heartbeat and ease the human body and mind. Soft jazz works great for a sleek urban salon. “And not too loud,” says Collins, “The client and stylist need to be able to talk…to connect!”
Taste: If budget permits, offer guests a healthy treat of fruit, light sweets, and tea or fruit juice. “Who would mind waiting twenty minutes with a snack, a new issue of a beauty magazine in a beautiful place?” asks Amanda Collins. “Besides, it will literally ‘leave a sweet taste´ with your customer.”
Smell: Combat acrid odors left by salon chemicals with aromatherapy. Scents like citrus and peppermint are uplifting; lavender can counter a stressful environment. Want to stimulate the retail aspect? The Smell Institute recommends cinnamon.
Touch — Because a hair cut is such a tactile experience, everything your client touches should ‘feel´ nice: Chairs, towels, capes, surfaces…your hands!
THE FENG SHUI RAINBOW:

Any salon can use this color sequence from floor to ceiling to bring the energy up and manifest a sense of growth and success. Be creative with paint, window treatments, art-work, flowers, furniture, and walls.

Brown on the floor represents the earth and all things grow from it.

Green on any walls, or artwork represents growth, too.

Red on window treatments, the back wall of the salon, or at stations represents recogni-tion, transformation, creativity, and luck.

Blue on a wall represents blessings from the heavens.

White at the ceiling represents all.

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