How to Balance Chi at Home

Make sure your home is clean and well-maintained. This is the first step to having good feng shui. A home that is messy or cluttered, or if has problems with the plumbing or electricity, will be a cause of stress and lead to an interruption in the flow of chi.

Create a meditation room. Use it every day, so as to avoid creating a stagnant chi. Paint the room a deep shade of blue, green, red, or yellow, and consider adding live plants, a Himalayan salt lamp, or a water element.

Consider all aspects of your home. Even the height and type of ceiling affects the way one feels in a room. For example, high ceilings can give off a feeling of formality, and you have to decide if this is appropriate for the chi you want to achieve. Crossbeams, ceiling fans, and color are also things to consider with the ceiling. For example, you may want to make the ceiling a different color than the walls in a certain room. One common method is to blend the wall color with some white or gray paint.

Use the ba gua as a guide for setting up the various rooms in your house. This chart uses different colors and elements to represent different aspects of your life, and you will want to set up your home so that each is properly represented. Your front door, or whichever entrance you use most often, is often considered the "mouth of chi," because this is where energy enters the home.

Make your front door welcoming, both to guests and to positive energy. Fresh flowers by the door are always a nice touch. Keep the path to your door well lit, with soft, ground-level lighting. The entryway of your house should be decorated with wall art appropriate to the feeling you want your home to convey.

Use mirrors to bring light into darker areas of your home and to create the illusion of space. Open spaces provide the necessary room for the uninterrupted flow of chi.