What does your home have to say?

How many times have you opened and closed your front door? Before your hand released the knob you infused it with the love & happiness you felt as you saw your loved one, friend, or neighbor standing in the threshold of your home.  Now, think about how many times you have turned a faucet on & off over the course of time that you have lived in your home. How many times you have taken a shower, done laundry, or washed the dishes is more than a daily ritual. It becomes an energetic memory that stays alive within the memory of your home. We bond with the physical space we call home.

As a certified Feng Shui consultant, I am very aware of how energy lives within a home and how it can influence those who live and sleep with its walls. I also understood the elemental forces and the role they play in our lives through the principals of the Chinese BaGua.  Then, I was introduced to Lisa Michaels and The Natural Rhythms Institute where I learned how to work, play with and integrate the elements.
Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit! My level of awareness has expanded far beyond my first elemental dance with Feng Shui. From the Natural Rhythms perspective, I now embrace and move more freely in my elemental dance with life.

Having experienced the richness and depth of each element through my understanding of Feng Shui and Natural Rhythms I was able to guide my aunt through a very difficult time when my uncle passed away from cancer. Within days of his transition, the home they had shared for 40 years began to emulate her grief.  She woke up to a water filled kitchen floor, faucets were leaking, the air conditioner was acting up and more. Every day it was something new, all water related! I explained that the water element is about our emotional realm and that crying is a natural way to release our sadness and sorrow. My uncle Parker infused so much love into his home that it too needed to release sorrow through the energy of water.

The flow of tears stopped for a brief moment when my Aunt realized that her physical space (home) was experiencing the same heart break. She said to me “That makes sense!  I just couldn’t understand why all of this was happening .NOW, of all times! I understand because, he loved our home!” This new awareness helped her through a very difficult time and brought home to each of us how our false ego can trick us into thinking we are separate from what we experience.

Thank you, water, for showing us how our emotions lead the way to healing and discovery. The power of water flows within us and out into our physical world. Home is where the Heart is and our homes do speak to us through the elemental world. What does your home have to say?

Paula York is a Natural Rhythms facilitator in the Northern Ky, Cincinnati, Ohio areas.

Send Paula a message on p.york@hotmail.com