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Feng Shui Cure for Bedroom Over Garage

The ancient Chinese practice known as feng shui, which literally means "wind and water," is the subtle art of proper, balanced placement. It is typically viewed as unfavorable for a bedroom to be situated over a garage in Chinese feng shui, as gases and radiation from automobiles, as well as "active," or "moving" energy experienced in the garage can invade your sleeping space, which should be a place of relaxation and energy at rest. There are, however, a few cures for negative energy that has accumulated in your bedroom due to its position above a garage.
  1. De-Clutter Both Spaces

    • If relocating your bedroom is out of the question, a common feng shuicure for clearing away negative or unsettling energy is to declutter the space as well as those surrounding it. This is because feng shuiviews energy as a force bigger than something that fills individual rooms, building their own "qi" or "chi," but as something that can permeate walls and influence adjoining rooms. Clutter, even storage boxes under a bed, hinders the forward progress of chi, thus holding back energy that can influence your life and mindset while you spend time in a room. By decluttering your bedroom and the garage that sits below it, you cleanse the energy in both spaces and create a more harmonious, stress-free flow of positive energy.

    Barrier of Fabric

    • Place a heavy area rug that invokes calming or pleasing emotions in you on the floor between your bedroom and garage. Even if your bedroom floor is carpeted, adding an extra layer of fabric is a feng shuicure that has the added benefit of your, the occupant's, intention of creating a physical barrier between your place of rest and your garage, which is a place of motion. This barrier of fabric should cover as much space as possible, including where your bed is situated, to increase the thickness of the barrier between the garage and your bedroom.

    Mirror on the Floor

    • Another feng shui cure to keep energy in a bedroom free from the influence of energy flowing through a garage situated below it is to place a mirror face-down on your bedroom floor. The feng shui perspective here is that the mirror will reflect energy or "chi" from the garage away from your bedroom, just as it would if it were facing a door or window. Under your bed may be the most practical place to do this, and laying a piece of fabric over its back, creating another physical barrier, is an extra step you can take.

    Arrange Furniture Favorably

    • Arranging your bedroom furniture favorably is another feng shui cure to make your sleeping space an area that supports rest, relaxation and healthy chi. By applying a "bagua" map to your bedroom, you can arrange furniture and decor items in such a way that it welcomes positive energy and influences into different areas of your life. The bagua map is a traditional feng shui technique that guides you in arranging home elements favorably; an example is illustrated by the website Feng Shui Vibes. This gives you a chance to remove negative influences and control how energy flows through your bedroom, whether there is a garage situated beneath it or not.