Cooking For Prosperity

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Feng Shui For The Kitchen

Nourish the body, nourish the soul. The kitchen is the heart of the home and in Feng Shui (the Chinese art of placement) this key room represents nourishment and prosperity. It's important that the food we eat be prepared in an environment where there is good chi (energy). Therefore, a clean, harmonious kitchen is important to our physical health and our spiritual health.

Keeping the kitchen squeaky clean is not only good hygiene, it allows for a healthy flow of chi so that the cook may create delicious, healthy meals. One of the most important principals of Feng Shui is clearing clutter and in the kitchen this includes old, stale foods in the cupboards and refrigerator. It's also important not to have an excess of stored food, even in the freezer. To encourage prosperity, you have to have room to grow.

Along with keeping all appliances sparkling, they should be in good working order. Use all appliances regularly to encourage chi flow. Because the stove represents health and wealth, using all the burners equally symbolizes good things coming from multiple sources. To double prosperity, a mirror or reflective aluminum, may be placed at the back of the stove. This also allows the cook to be in a position to see what is going on behind his/her back thus keeping them in a position of command. It's particularly important to the honor the cook since they bring chi to the food we eat.

To balance the fire element in the kitchen, cooling white, light green, and blue are good colors. White particularly mediates between the water and fire elements in the kitchen. And, for a harmonious kitchen, it's better to separate opposing elements, such as the oven (fire) and the sink (water). If they are opposite each other, a green rug on the floor or a plant on a wooden kitchen island (also a good divider) between them is a pleasing remedy.

Plants, flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables all encourage healthy chi flow. When the kitchen is welcoming, the heart of the home is filled with positive, healthy energy which overflows to the rest of the house and the family that lives there.

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