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How to Place Your Bed for Good Feng Shui

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Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho is a certified feng shui consultant, professional architect, and author with over 20 years of experience designing spaces. She co-founded the Mindful Design Feng Shui School and wrote "Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home."

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Updated on 01/15/21

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According to feng shui principles, the bed is the most important piece of furniture in your home because it represents you. 

Just think about how many hours you spend in your bed. You probably devote more time there than any other place. And the time that you are in bed, you are typically resting or sleeping. When asleep, you’re in a passive “yin” state and more susceptible to the energies around you. So your bed placement affects you in your conscious and unconscious states.

Therefore, if you start anywhere with feng shui, start with your bed! If at all possible, always place the bed for the best feng shui. If it’s really impossible, there are some ways to correct it. I highly suggest you can place it in the best way and opt to correct it if you have no other option. Here are some tips to place your bed for good feng shui. 

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Feng Shui Tips for a Bed Aligned With the Door

By

Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho is a certified feng shui consultant, professional architect, and author with over 20 years of experience designing spaces. She co-founded the Mindful Design Feng Shui School and wrote "Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home."

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Updated on 01/19/22

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The bed is the most important piece of furniture in your home to locate for feng shui. Feng shui is a philosophy that looks at the flow of qi in your space in order to improve your well being. Since we probably spend the most time in bed than anywhere else in the home, it’s critical to have your bed following the most optimal feng shui guidelines.  

We also spend many hours in bed while we’re sleeping, in a passive state. When we’re asleep, we are more open to energies around us. Another reason why the bed’s feng shui position is so influential is because it’s a private place in the home. (Hopefully it’s not open to the public!) Therefore, you spend your most private time there. This is why in feng shui, your bed best represents and most deeply affects you.

The Coffin Position

Most of the dozens of schools of feng shui agree that the bed should not be aligned with the door if at all possible. The classical feng shui schools have something called the “coffin position.” This describes one way in which your bed can be in line with the door. 

How do you know you’re in the coffin position? When you’re laying in bed, your feet point towards the door.

The Commanding Position

When your bed is aligned with the door, it’s also out of the “commanding position.” Ideally you want your bed in command, which means that you’re in command of your life. This places you in the best position to receive positive energy, improving your success in the world. To be in the “commanding position," you want to have your bed situated so that when you’re in bed you can see the door without being in line with the door.

Flow of Qi

Another reason why it’s not ideal to have your bed aligned with the door is that when your bed is in this placement, the qi (life force energy) comes in through the door and directly into the bed.

Check If your Bed Is Aligned With the Door

Your bed is aligned with the door if you walk in straight through the bedroom door and keep walking in a straight line, you run into your bed. This is exactly how the qi flows directly into the bed. The diagram below shows two examples with a suggested correction.

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Tips to Adjust a Bed Aligned With the Door

Move the Bed

The first and best choice is to move the bed. Again, if at all possible, the most ideal way to correct a bed that is aligned with the door is to move the bed. A lot of people are resistant to this: They just jump to the second (crystal ball) option. But to be honest, the second option should only be used if you really can’t move the bed into a more favorable position. 

Hang a Feng Shui Crystal Ball

Another way to adjust a bed that is aligned with the door is to hang a feng shui crystal ball. If you use this method, be sure to purchase a new faceted feng shui crystal ball and hang it with a red string. The faceted crystal ball will deflect and disperse any qi that comes in through the door so it doesn’t rush towards you in bed.

Anjie Cho / Holistic Spaces

Hang the new crystal ball from the ceiling halfway between the bed and the door. The length should align with the top of the door frame. Be sure that the door does not hit the crystal ball. See the diagram above for recommended locations.

Use Furniture to Adjust

If your bedroom is large enough, you can place a piece of furniture, such as a screen or a free-standing bookshelf, halfway between the bed and the door. This will also deflect and disperse any qi that comes in through the door. It’s good option. 

If you use this option, be sure that the room is still spacious and not cramped. There should be a generous amount of space to get in and out of the bed and in and out through the door. Basically, don’t use this adjustment if the furniture becomes an obstacle to the door or the bed. Instead use the crystal option above.

How to put a bed in the bedroom according to Feng Shui? Basic Rules

Content

  1. The essence of feng shui
  2. Feng Shui cardinal points
  3. feng shui bedroom bed
  4. feng shui plants
  5. Order
  6. feng shui bedroom colors
  7. Do not place furniture in corners and niches
  8. feng shui mirror
  9. natural materials
  10. feng shui bedrooms in a nutshell

According to the philosophy of Feng Shui, everything is interconnected by the flow of energy. If it is interrupted and can no longer flow freely, it affects our general condition. The environment plays a significant role in this. Even furniture and interior items can affect energies. Here are some tips for furnishing your bedroom that will help you get more peace and relaxation. Let's look at feng shui rules together.

The term "Feng Shui" is on everyone's lips. But what does it really mean? The Feng Shui doctrine concerns the relationship between man and nature, describes how the environment can positively influence a person. In the center is vital energy - invisible qi. It plays an important role in home improvement. With the right arrangement of furniture and accessories, chi energy can flow freely throughout the home and maintain good health.

The bedroom is a yin room. Yin means peace and darkness here. Bedroom feng shui should be given special attention as it affects the well-being and harmony of the entire family.

The room itself is just as important as the placement of the bed. At the same time, both orientation to the cardinal points and the coordination of the bed with the shape and structure of the room, as well as the location relative to windows and doors, are of great importance. The direction of the head and feet affects feng shui.

The cardinal points according to Feng Shui are located as follows: at the top - north , at the bottom - south , on the right side - east , on the left side - west . Intermediate directions: in the upper right corner - northeast , in the upper left corner - northwest , in the lower right corner - southeast , in the lower left corner - southwest.

In order to achieve well-being, Feng Shui advises to activate the most important areas for you in the apartment. To begin with, let's figure out what meaning each side of the world has in Feng Shui.

First of all, we are interested in the bedroom. In this room, it is better that the windows face east or west. Where to sleep with your head in Feng Shui is also an important question.

A lot will depend on which direction you choose to sleep:

To ensure the free flow of positive life energy, you need to wisely approach the location of the bed. You can not put it in front of the door, so as not to create an obstacle to the flow of energy. The less furniture in the bedroom, the better, nothing should distract from calmness and relaxation.

The head of your bed should be against the wall. In case of a threat of negative energy from the door, you can install a partition.

According to Feng Shui philosophy, plants should not be placed in the bedroom. However, there is one “but” - there can be several plants in the room that emit oxygen, rather than absorb it. For example, chlorophytum, spathiphyllum or aloe.

Structure and order play a very important role in Feng Shui. So chaos and disorder certainly hinder the flow of qi. It is especially important to keep order in the closet with clothes. But the shelves and night table should also be tidied up.

In Feng Shui, different colors are assigned to the rooms in the house. For example, cheerful colors are welcome in the dining room to ensure a harmonious stay with family or friends. What feng shui colors are suitable for the bedroom? Restrained natural colors are optimal. They promote calmness and relaxation.

Feng Shui teaches that a square room without hidden niches is best suited for a bedroom. To avoid blocking the flow of energy, place the bed at some distance from the corners.

A large mirror is very beautiful and practical, but interferes with harmony in the bedroom. At the very least, don't place it in front of the bed. Mirrors in front of and to the side of the bed act as permanent energy reflectors and can significantly disrupt sleep. A feng shui mirror is best placed on the wall so that it reflects natural light and visually enlarges the room.

Well-being requires more than just the right arrangement of furniture. The choice of materials also plays an important role. Natural materials such as wood, cotton, or even glass are great for feng shui concepts.

  1. If possible, discard the mirrors in the bedroom - they carry conflicts and quarrels.
  2. Avoid electrical appliances.
  3. Do not put plants - the element of water in the bedroom means loss.
  4. The bed should not have sharp edges.
  5. The head of the bed should be directly against the wall, not in an empty space, but in no case against the wall behind which the toilet is located (rooms where there is moisture).
  6. The bed should not stand between two doors, and in no case should it be located under a free-lying beam. In addition, it should not be opposite the sharp corner of the room, but best of all - parallel to the window with sufficient indentation from it.
  7. The color scheme should be muted, and the light should not be too bright.
  8. You should not hang pictures in the bedroom with images of water, noisy fun, aggressive animals and natural elements.
  9. You can choose paintings for the bedroom that create a mood of peace and quiet, but do not hang them over the head of the bed.
  10. The bedroom should be dominated by simple, clear forms.

Feng Shui bed arrangement

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One of the main ideas of the Taoist sage Le Tzu is that life is a dream, and a dream is reality. He divided dreams into 6 varieties: ordinary, disturbing, scary, joyful, caused by thoughts or memories. His companions and followers also argue that nightly rest is the most important thing in life. Therefore, the correct location of the bed according to Feng Shui (Taoist practice) is an important task. The ancient doctrine of the organization of space will help to solve this difficult puzzle even for those who, for no apparent reason, have despaired of restoring sleep.

Dependence of sleep on the interior of the bedroom and bed

The atmosphere of the rest room depends not only on the shape and location of the bed in Feng Shui. For the circulation of vital energy Qi (according to Eastern philosophy, absolutely everything in the Universe consists of it), you need to take into account the overall design of the bedroom, including the ceiling. The best solutions for it are a smooth and plain surface without stucco, beams, or a matte stretch fabric.

Decorated in light pastel colors, the walls and ceiling create a feeling of softness and serenity, which is what a relaxation room needs. It is better to refuse bright elements only if it is not required to improve relations between partners in a delicate intimate sphere. In this case, it is permissible to place in the bedroom a couple of accents of crimson, yellow or red shades, corresponding to the “masculine” beginning of Yang. It is responsible for activity, firmness and courage.

Lighting elements are required to be sufficiently compact and unobtrusive. Heavy chandelier, sconces, hanging structures above the bed cause an almost imperceptible feeling of anxiety, which does not allow you to relax even in your sleep. The same list of items includes paintings, photographs, shelves.

A few basic rules on how to put a bed in feng shui .

  • The Feng Shui bed does not need to be placed with the feet towards the door, and the head between the windows, however, the exit from the room should be easily visible from the sleeping bed.
  • It is advisable to lean the head of the bed against the wall, and not the foot, so as not to lose a sense of stability and protection.
  • Both families and single people need to have free access to the bed from both sides. Sleeping against the wall next to a partner is undesirable: in this case, there is a risk of constantly feeling “pressure” from his side in everyday life.
  • The head of the bed in the Feng Shui bedroom should not be under the window. This makes the subtle matter Qi too active, and deprives the owners of rest in a dream. If you can't move the bed, cover the window with blackout curtains.

    • These are the simplest feng shui principles that tell you how to place a bed in the bedroom. If they are observed, the beneficial influence of Qi will be preserved and multiplied. Its course will become calm and measured.

    How to put the bed in relation to the cardinal points

    The location of the bed according to Feng Shui to the cardinal points also matters. Each of them has a certain effect on the sleepers. Let's look at examples of how the placement of the head of the bed affects sleep:

    How to choose a feng shui bed

    It is not enough to determine how the bed should be according to Feng Shui, you also need to choose the right model. What matters is the shape of the headboard, the stability of the legs and the size of the bed.

    Shape: although sharp corners have a bad effect on the location of the bed in the bedroom according to Feng Shui, round models are also not recommended for use. Most preferred in Taoist practice is a rectangular bed with slightly rounded corners.

    Size: it is important to pay attention that the bed is not too big or too small in relation to the bedroom. The bed for a couple of lovers should be solid, no need to connect 2 mattresses or 2 bases. One of the most popular bed sizes - 140 by 220 centimeters - is considered unfortunate in terms of the flow of Qi energy. Bed dimensions of 150 by 220, 19 are considered optimal.0 by 220, 220 by 220 or 220 by 240 centimeters.

    Headboard: as a symbol of security, it is an indispensable element of the bed.

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