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Feng Shui is a profound versatile tool with universal applications. It can be used to harmonize the land on which a property sits, the property itself, individual rooms and more. Today we will explore some of the aspects related to balancing the energy of bathrooms. The bathroom is primarily a place for cleansing of the body. When we think about cleansing we also think water. Water is the most abundant element in any bathroom. Additionally, water in bathrooms is also being drained or eliminated at all of its sources: shower, bath, sink, and toilets. Water on a symbolic level has deep associations with emotions and abundance. As water relates to abundance, its elimination in bathrooms tends to create a feeling of waste and drainage. We want to shift the energy in the bathroom to one of nurturing and growth (a primary function of water in our bodies and our earth). Think Spa!

Color has a huge impact in the bathroom; we want to achieve balance with the five elements. Since the water element is already abundant in the bathroom, we want to stay away from certain colors, which bring in more water, such as hues of blues. Very earthy colors are not necessarily indicated for bathrooms. They may create a subtle feeling of sluggishness, muddiness, and stagnancy (water and earth create mud). Reds and cherries are colors that stimulate appetite, a body function that does not match well with bathrooms, besides, they carry fire energy, and fire is not necessarily compatible with water. The mixing of these two energies can create a feeling of imbalance and anxiety. So what should we do with the bathrooms in our homes? To assure a balanced bathroom, here are a few tips which your can implement right away and feel an immediate improvement:

The above is a very simplistic application of Feng Shui. Many other aspects related to bathrooms can be explored within the Feng Shui. These relate to things such as, how the location of bathrooms in the floor plan of the house relate to the Bagua (an important Feng Shui map which communicates how an area of our life relates to an area or our home). The Bagua contains nine areas that are constantly interacting with each other. They are: career, wealth and prosperity, children and creativity, relationships, health, knowledge, family and ancestors, helpful people and travel, fame and reputation. Think in terms of how well these nine areas of your life are flowing and the way people occupying the space are doing in each of these areas i.e. their career, relationships, health, and so forth. Depending on where your bathrooms fall in the Bagua, each area of your life may be affected differently and may call for various Feng Shui techniques and applications to help realize your goals in each of these areas of your life.

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