Feng Shui Your Work Area

First of all, study your work area carefully. Do you feel energized, safe and welcome when you stand in the doorway? If not, can you pinpoint what part of the room feels wrong? Windows? Door? Placement of your desk?

Below are some of the common problems that come up in connection with office spaces, along with the easiest 'cures.'

If your office is too dark or too small, start by cleaning the windows—unless you work on the 40th floor, of course! Windows are the "eyes of the room," and if they are cracked, streaked or grimy, you're likely to miss seeing details and trends that are important in your job. Check any blinds and shutters for dirt and damage, too. Tackle repairs promptly.

If the room is still dark after you have cleaned your windows, position a large framed mirror on the wall facing the window, where the glass will capture and reflect light into the room. You can also position a lamp so that it is reflected in the mirror, doubling its light.

Note: Never hang two mirrors facing each other. Their energy will loop back and forth, creating stress and irritability for those working in the room. And remember that mirrors symbolically "double" whatever they reflect. Be sure that they don't reflect clutter!

If the door to your office faces directly onto a bank of windows, this can create problems in a different way, because energy follows the line of sight, flowing straight out the window. The cure for this problem is fairly simple. Hang a bright sun catcher or a mobile in the window to hold your focus inside as you work. Use yellow for creativity, green for health, red to enhance energy and blue to build calm.

Next