We spend a third or more of our lives in our bedroom. Most of them are subconscious hours, too, so subtle influences are even more powerful. In feng shui a bedroom influences your relationships, specifically your romantic ones, but many of the cures for this room are simply directed at giving the practitioner a better night's sleep. If you have ever had sustained poor sleep, you know how it can color your whole life. Also, like most of feng shui, while some of the recommendations may seem a little "new agey", there's also an awful lot of commonsense mixed in. Here are a few basic rules for improving the feng shui of your bedroom.
1) Lose the TV. Having a TV in your bedroom is too active, and also a serious distraction from a much more interesting source of entertainment: Your partner. Even if you do not have a partner, if you want one, you need to make room for them in preparation. So keep the TV in the living room. If you absolutely refuse to be without a TV in your bedroom, at least cover it with a scarf or put it in a cabinet so you do not see it when you sleep.
2) Do not work in your bedroom. This a great example of feng shui simply being practical. The active energy of work does not combine well with the passive energy of sleep, so to improve feng shui, either move your home office to another room, or at least conceal it while you sleep. Reading work materials in bed counts -- read on the couch in the living room if you must. It is best for the bed and the bedroom to be for sleeping and intimate time only.
3) Remove mirrors from your bedroom. Mirrors will reflect back your energy and experiences of the past day while you sleep. You want to be clearing your head, getting ready for new days and new things while you sleep, so either remove or conceal all mirrors from your bedroom.
4) Headboards make for deeper sleep. Putting a headboard -- particularly a solid wood headboard -- on your bed will help you feel more grounded and more secure while you sleep and in your waking life.
5) Round side tables are best. Any corner pointing at you in feng shui creates "cutting chi" which is not good for health and is particularly bad while you are sleeping. Find round side tables if you can, or at least cover sharp corners with soft fabric. This, again, is somewhat common sense -- it is not nice to have the possibility of bumping into a sharp corner if you have to get up in the middle of the night.
6) Choose soothing colors. Pastels are best for bedrooms. It does not matter too much whether the colors are warm or cool (except where your bedroom sits in the overall layout of your house). Again, the bedroom is all about relaxation and simplicity. Jarring colors or patterns simply are not restful.
7) Love your artwork. Hang images of you and your partner together in a happy moment. Also pick a beautiful image that makes you feel good, and put it where you will see it first thing when you wake up. Its good to start the day looking at something (and someone) you love.
Katie Hoffman lives in an apartment that uses a large wall mirror in the front entryway to expand the space and bring in some light to the living room. She is also fond of a large round mirror in her kitchen.
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