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How Rearranging Your Child’s
Room Can Make Better Study Habits This Year
Every school year parents
and students dutifully trudge through the malls in search
of the perfect sneaker or the cool new outfit for the
coming school year. However, it’s unlikely that the new
shoe or shirt will benefit them at school like a new room
arrangement. How so? According to feng shui, a child’s
room that is arranged well can positively impact study
habits and create better grades.
Feng shui, the Chinese
technique for design and arrangement, suggests that rooms
that have good energy, or “chi”, create happier,
well-adjusted children. Feng shui theories believe that
for a child’s room to have good “chi,” the room must
follow certain guidelines to be harmonious.
If the room follows these
guidelines, the room will not only be restful, it also
promote good relationships others and generate good
self-esteem. Perhaps most importantly, a harmonious
bedroom will encourage good study habits and promote
greater success in school.
Follow these eight feng
shui tips to help create a room that inspires your child
to study more and to do better at school.
1. The room has a desk.
It sounds obvious, but many
kids’ only workspace is a bed, the bedroom floor, or the
family dining table. Every child needs a suitable study
area in the bedroom that includes a desk, chair, and a
lamp. Children with study areas are more likely to study.
Better still, having a
study area keeps all the school books and papers confined
to the child’s room. Feng shui also teaches that it’s
best for children to study facing the northeast, the
direction of wisdom and learning.
2. Ground your kids.
Buy your kids a globe to
promote interest in geography and to help ground them and
encourage them to study. Add a globe in the Northeast
corner of the bedroom, if possible, as this enhances the
wisdom corner.
3. Create an “achievement
area.”
Every child needs to have
recognition for a job well done. A perfect way to gain
this is to create an achievement area on the South wall of
the bedroom.
According to feng shui,
this is the recognition area and it is the perfect place
to pin up awards, papers with good grades, letters of
recommendation, ribbons or trophies. Hang a roomy bulletin
board here to make an “atta’ boy” or “atta’
girl” spot in your child’s room!
4. Hang a crystal in the
Northeast corner of the room.
Crystals are used to make
computer chips go faster, so why not use them to make your
child study better? Hang a crystal in the study location
to create more “study” chi and to help sharpen the
child’s ability to “process” or think!
5. Put your child in the
command position.
Avoid having children face
a wall when studying because this represents an obstacle.
They should be able to when someone enters. Position the
desk so that they can see the door.
6. Display maps and other
educational artwork.
Maps are another way to
ground and encourage educational pursuits. They encourage
“worldly” interest and curiosity and they make
suitable images for a child’s room. Avoid scary
creatures, pictures depicting violence, or sad or dark
subjects.
7. Eliminate TV from the
bedroom.
Sadly, too many of
today’s children have TVs in their bedrooms. This is a
feng shui no-no because it can make children much less
likely to study and rest fully. If your child doesn’t
study as much as you would like and has a TV in the
bedroom, ask yourself what is more important: television
or school?
8. Shells and fish are
symbols of education.
Conch shells and koi or
goldfish are excellent symbols of educational success.
Place the conch shell in the Northeast corner of the
bedroom. Or, hang a picture of koi or goldfish in the
Northeast corner. It is not recommended to keep live fish
in the bedroom as water in the bedroom is associated with
loss.
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About
The Author
Kathryn
Weber is a certified master practitioner
in classical feng shui and the publisher
of The Red Lotus Letter a weekly feng shui
E-Zine. She has been featured and quoted
by publications and websites, including
Seventeen Magazine, First for Women,
Martial Arts Professional, the Indy Star
Newspaper, Self-growth.com,
and Transformations.com.
Log on to www.redlotusletter.com
to subscribe or to contact her about a
personal consultation, speaking
engagement, or workshop.
kweber@redlotusconsulting.com |
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