JOURNEY in HARMONY

Care for yourself, your life with Feng Shui

Has the current economy negatively affected you? Are you feeling anxious,
stressed and stuck? Do you feel your life is totally out of control? Has
your home become a source of more financial strain and pressure? I have
good news for you. You have more control than you think. One HUGE source of
control has to do with one common, BIG underlying problem – CLUTTER.

Perhaps you haven’t paid attention to the clutter around you. Clutter is
not just an issue of organization; it goes much deeper than that having
effects on your mental, emotional and financial aspects of life.

Clutter is an over abundance of ‘things’ in any area of your home or
office. These ‘things’ all have their own energy and this excess energy
creates stress and feelings of being stuck and overwhelmed. And, I
mentioned finances…well, all of this stuff cost you money to acquire,
right? So, clutter is also expensive.

Clutter is:

- the unwanted gifts you haven’t yet passed on
- the clothes you haven’t worn in years
- the magazines you’ll read – one day
- the overflow of files in your ‘in-box’

REMOVING clutter allows you to:

- create new opportunities in your life – new job, partner, new ‘look’
- experience better productivity – get more done in less time
- feel in control of your life
- focus on what’s important – clarify your values

Cathy Davis, St. Louis, MO www.DavisCreative.com

Identify one – just one – small area of your home that’s a mess and causes
you to feel stressed just thinking about it. Is it a drawer in your
kitchen, that has become a catch all for everything? Is it under your sink
in the bathroom that’s a mess? Well, take 15 minutes and organize just that
small space.

Ask yourself three questions when dealing with every item:

• - Is it something I use frequently? If yes – keep it, if no – toss it!
• - Does it belong in this space? – if yes organize it in the space – if not – re-assign it someplace else, or  – toss it out!
• - Do I have too many of these? – how many pens, utensils, boxes, etc. do you really need and use?

With just 15 minutes a day you’ll start:

• - gaining control of some of your space & life – you’re just getting started
• - easing the congestion in your space and allowing you to find what you need in a hurry
• - reducing stress – a cleaner space is easier to use and feel relaxed in – I know this is just one small area…but imagine when you do this for an entire room…how GREAT you will feel.
• - controlling unnecessary spending for items you already have but cannot find and impulse buying for items you have no room for.

“Clutter has been an issue I have run from almost my entire life. As I began to clear things out,
it was amazing how clear my mind became. I will never look at clutter the same way
again. It’s amazing the difference I feel when I put things in order.”
� Jackie Trottmann, Kirkwood, MO

Helpful Crystals
I need to hang this beautiful crystal where? why?

Feng Shui is all about “chi” or energy, in all aspects of your day-to-day life. Chi is the unseen energy that we can often feel such as the energy of a brightly lit room, or the breeze on a balmy day. Energy is everywhere, in everything and is also a part of us. On days when we feel sluggish…our chi is low. Other times we are full of life and feeling vibrant – our chi is normal or energized. Optimally chi should travel slowly throughout your home and office to keep your life balanced, happy and healthy.

We can control the chi, or energy, in our homes and our life in many ways. One easy thing to do everyday is to open your front door and allow fresh energy to enter your home. So often we enter and leave by our garage door and we almost never use our front door. This front entrance is the ‘mouth of chi’ to our home and it allows fresh chi to enter your home each day. Think of it as a breath of fresh air, or a drink of water each day…what would you do without it? Windows also bring in fresh chi every day, so open your blinds and windows daily.

Crystals are another way to keep the energy flowing in your home. A Crystal is a multifaceted prism that circulates the energy throughout the space where it is hung. Imagine how beams of light, when hitting a prism, bounce off in many directions. Similarly, these crystals help direct and re-direct the energy in all areas of your home to keep energy flowing and avoid having negative or stagnant energy accumulate. Some spaces in your rooms can have clogged energy because of clutter; and some areas can have no energy movement, which is undesirable and should be corrected. Crystals keep a room from developing that stagnant feeling and thus help refresh your personal energy. You can hang your crystal in the center of the room, or in a corner that may need some fresh energy.

Are there areas of your life that need energizing? Let me know how crystals have helped you.