Feng Shui Tips for Healthy Finances

NANCY SANTOPIETRO
Are you stressed out about bills that need to be paid? Retirement Funds? Lack of abundance?
You are definitely not alone. Well, the source of your problems might be right in front of you...
your kitchen.

The kitchen is a vitally important room in your home because it

represents the element of fire, which, in turn, fuels the energy
force that activates wealth. The old adage Your health is your
wealth is particularly true in traditional Chinese culture. The
kitchen is viewed as a sacred place where the cook is revered
and the kitchen gods are worshiped.

The kitchen itself is also the most energetically loaded room in

the house. Like all other rooms, it will pick up the vibration of the
energy that surrounds it. However, because it is where we pre-
pare food, we then ingest that energy through the meals we eat.

Food will pick up the vibration of where and how it was grown,
the store where it was sold, the pantry where it was kept, the
kitchen it was prepared in, and the energy of the cook who pre-
pared it.

If it picks up the vibration of pesticides, a dirty or chaotic kitchen, or a frustrated, burnt-out or

angry cook, it will be spiritually and energetically depleted long before it reaches your table or
stomach.

From a Feng Shui perspective, these beliefs emphasize the importance of the food we eat and
its impact on the healthy energy, or chi, in our bodies, which in turn draws or magnetizes us
to the people, places, and things that help us create a happy, prosperous life.

The kitchen is a great metaphor for how we nurture ourselves. The process of cooking, even
if done infrequently, needs to become an active meditation ritualand eating should be a
spiritual experience, which brings in the powerful life force that fuels every aspect of our being.
Change the way you look at cooking and food, and you will change the way you feed yourself
emotionally, physically, spiritually, and financially. Allow cooking and food to become an act of
nurturing, and not a chore, and you will begin to see your abundance and prosperity grow.

Although, from a Feng Shui perspective, the energy of wealth can be generated from many
other areas in your home, the kitchen is probably one of the most significant areas since it is a
fire energy room. The stove is the main appliance that generates a flow of abundance be-
cause the fire energy enters the kitchen space through the burners, bringing with it the chi that
draws in prosperity.

Just as the bed position in the bedroom is most significant for governing health and relation-
ships, the stove position is the most important interior factor in the kitchen for wealth and abun-
dance. Ideally, when at the stove, the person cooking should be facing the most frequently
used kitchen entranceway.

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Facing the door is an important principle in Feng Shui because the chi of a room enters the
space through its door and brings with it what we refer to as the life force. Life force carries
the energy and the breath that fuels and nurtures your life.

Nancys Feng Shui Tips for the Kitchen:

1. Cooks station at the stove should face the doorway. Todays popular center island or pen-
insula stove layout makes this possible and is much favored in Feng Shui design. A cooking
position that doesnt face the kitchen doorway can cause stress, anxiety, and exaggerate fi-
nancial challenges. But if youre one of the many people whose back
is to the door and you cant change your stoves position, there are
some Feng Shui cures for this problem.

One is to place a mirror on the back wall of the stove, making sure
that when hung, it doesnt cut off anyones head. Another possibil-
ity is to attach a 3- or 5-inch convex mirror to the microwave door
or overhead vent above the stove. This adjustment will allow you to
look up into the mirror and see the kitchen door behind you. In addi-
tion, hang a metal wind chime over the cooks station to offset any
negative energy that may be coming in from behind you.

2. Create a kitchen that is warm and welcoming. Do you spend time in it? Do you like the
room? Is it overwhelming to be in or conducive to entertaining and cooking? Let it reflect who
you are. Try personalizing it. Display fun items, add color, buy new potholders or dishtowels,
and then toss in a few special touches, like artwork or antique tiles and cookware that make
you happy. This will make food preparation a pleasure and add positive energy to the cooking
process.

3. Keep the stove in good working order. Your stove oversees your fi-
nances and brings in the prosperity energy or chi. Try to circulate your
tea kettles, pots and pans using all the burners rather than one particular
burner.

Keep the stove and oven clear and clean! Make sure all burners and knobs
are in good working order. When the fire is flowing freely thought all the
burners, this means that the fire energy governing finances is working in
your favor.

4. Double your burners and enhance your prosperity. Add a convex mirror to the area around
the stove (or on hood above the burners) and make sure the burners are clearly reflected in it.
The burners bring in the wealth chi. Turn your four burners into eight and double your wealth
energy! To strengthen this energy even more, hang a metal wind chime over the area where

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the cook stands in front of the stove.

5. Fix all leaks. Water energy also affects your money flow, as well as your emotional reactions
to all life situations. Leaky faucets and refrigerators that run both create money leaks.

6. Clear all clutter. Like the bedroom, the kitchen is another room that tends to collect a lot of
junk and clutter. Countertops, cabinets under sinks, and junk drawers become jammed with
empty containers, old mail, takeout menus, and other stuff. All these things contribute to finan-
cial jams and cash flow problems. Throw things out or give extra items away. Divest with grati-
tude and create the room for the abundance to enter.

7. Create the illusion of space. If your kitchen is not spacious, raise the wattage of the already
existing lighting, and add additional lighting under wall cabinets. When possible add a mirror
to a section of the walls to expand the space. Make the kitchen tools (bowls, pots, dishes) very
accessible. Make sure the cabinets properly open and close. This creates a stress-free flow for
cooking.

8. Avoid kitchens located in the center of the house. Review your overall floor plan and try to
assess if your kitchen falls into the general center of your floor plan. If this situation occurs in
your homes layout, it can be a contributing factor to digestion, stomach, intestinal problems,
money osses and overall anxiety.

To offset this potential problem, hang a brass wind chime (or a

50mm Feng Shui crystal on a 9-inch red string) from the center of
the kitchen ceiling. In addition, add a mirror or mirrored tiles to at
least one or two of the kitchen walls.

9. Cook at least one or two meals a week for yourself. Treat your-
self and your family as you would honored guests. Prepare a great
dinner and give a lot of attention to the little details. Shut off the
TV, light some beautiful candles, use your best china, and put on
some relaxing music. Enjoy the whole experience. You are worth
it, and soon you will be reaping the benefits that such a loving act
brings.

Nancy SantoPietro, is an internationally renowned Feng Shui

Expert & Best Selling Author of Feng Shui & Health: The Anatomy of A Home and Feng Shui:
Harmony By Design. She has developed a groundbreaking approach to understanding and
vibrationally treating illness that uniquely combines The Chakra Energy System, Feng Shui De-
sign and Color, Light & Sound Therapies.

Her private practice in Chakracology incorporates 20 years experience as a Chakra-based

Psychotherapist with advanced energetic healing techniques to accelerate ones Healing pro-
cess and Vibrational Repatterning.

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The Accelerated Path, now in its 10th year, offers training in Feng Shui, Vibrational Energy
Healing, Dimensional Living & Spiritual Law!

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