11 Feng Shui Tips for Better Sleep

Get More of those Precious ZZZZZZZ’s

The clock’s ticking the seconds and hours away, frustrated, anxious you toss and turn.

Heart pounding, you peer at the clock, 3:33am! You have 2 hours before the alarm goes off, you’ve already got the start of a headache. Not wanting to wake the rest of the household you slip out of bed, melancholic you tiptoe to the couch. Pulling up a blanket you watch the streetlight cast shadows of frosty air across the living room walls. Hypnotized your breathing slows, your eyelids become heavy, in the second before drifting off you wonder if this is what drives artist and musicians to create what they do. This is an enchanted time of night, when things are quiet and the world is alive with inspiration and possibilities, where the thought of escaping the fear of not ever sleeping again has you becoming heroes and heroines of an alternate reality. Whether we are 2 or 92 feng shui can help you reduce the external stimulus that keeps your conscious and subconscious minds active. There are many factors that influence insomnia, and many products from prescription, over the counter pills and hypnosis, that attempt to improve rem-sleep. Many leave you feeling hopeless as you wade through a blurry day.

Feng Shui assess an entire home while analyzing the environmental stimulus that may contribute to poor sleep patterns. I will share with you some key factors to consider when intentionally designing a bedroom for any age.

Choose wall colours that are flesh tone. If there are sloping ceilings and beams overhead paint these the same colour as the walls to lift the chi. The best sleeping environment is one that is den like. Think like a bear, hibernation and rejuvenation.

11 Feng Shui Tips to Optimum R&R

Do your best to place the head of the bed on a sold wall. Avoid walls with bathrooms, laundry rooms, fire places and kitchen on the opposite side. If you have to place the bed under a window, choose window coverings that can be closed during the night. Such as plantation and blackout roller blinds. Soften blinds by hanging blackout curtains over the window. This adds a yin quality to the room while making it feel warm and nurturing.
Do not place the bed in alignment with open doors; the flow from the door will be disturbing while sleeping.
If you must have a mirror in the room try to place it so that it is not directly across from the bed.
Asses your room for bulky furniture that has sharp corners and crowds the space.
A creative space saving closet organizer can eliminate the need for many of these large furniture pieces.
If you have mirrored closet doors consider painting them or hang soft flowing drapes over them to reduce the amount of activity in the room.
Cover the TV with a decorative piece of fabric, place it in an armoire and close the doors before bed.
Choose bedroom artwork that is calming. Hockey posters and man eating lions belong in the game and family rooms. Remember, sleep is the intention of the space.
Introduce bed linens that are soft and warm. Avoid patterns that are over active especially for children. This is not the place to display their favourite movie, toy, game or sports teams. Yes, children respond intellectually to strong primary colours, however, these are best suited to a playroom. Setting good sleep patterns are best when applied at a young age.
Before settling the children into bed for the night, place all toys and games out of site in pastel fabric or wicker baskets. The soothing and natural elements of these organizational remedies work fabulous in reducing the stimulus of the yang qualities of bold, hard primary colours and plastic bins.
Edit electric alarm clocks, stereos, TV’s, computers away from the head of the bed.

Trying these practical Feng Shui bedroom enhancements, give yourself a couple of weeks. If you are still having difficulty sleeping perhaps there may be additional exterior and interior factors to be addressed. If you are still plagued with sleepless nights, restless legs, consider having your home dowsed for Geopathic Stress and other environmental disturbances.