Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch! Today I am talking about Decorating & Dressing for Love! I specialize in a particular niche in Feng Shui that I am also certified in called Fashion Feng Shui. While Feng Shui is all about our relationship with our environment and creating the right setting for things, our bodies are actually our most intimate environments. Just like we work with the elements in Feng Shui, we apply the same principles to dressing in Fashion Feng Shui. We work with Earth, Fire, Wood, Metal and Water and each of the elements is imbued with specific characteristics and ways to communicate our intentions and help us embody the roles we wish to play in life.

In Fashion Feng Shui, we dress with intention and the elements help us harness specific energies to assist us in achieving our goals.  Color is one of the most powerful ways of representing an element.  Think about how you might dress for say a funeral. Context matters here. You generally wouldn’t wear red to a funeral unless you were trying to cause a scene or be disrespectful. You would typically wear something black and demure or formal like I did last year for my mom’s funeral. She passed away last February a week before Valentine’s Day. Her funeral was the day after Valentine’s Day, so I can’t help but make this analogy.

Certain color palettes are associated with specific elements. Black and very dark colors like Navy represent Water. And what happens at funerals besides everyone wearing black, well lots of tears are shed. Peoples emotions flow so black being water element makes sense here in this context.  Black also represents qualities like depth, mysticism, and creativity.

Silhouettes also play an important role in Fashion Feng Shui and they are associated with specific elements as well as our body types, skin, hair and even eye color. Shapes, prints and designs are also very powerful and associated with the elements. And of course material and what our clothes are actually made of matter. Cotton for example is Wood.

We each have a personal elemental profile that helps determine what elements, colors, silhouettes and styles suit us best and amplify our energy.  Our Essence represents the dominating element or energy of your spirit or archetype.  We also have an influencing element that comes a close second as an archetype.  And finally an Element that represents our Intention or qualities we aspire to.  These elemental profiles that we address in Fashion Feng Shui work in a similar fashion as how our sun, moon and rising signs work in Astrology.  I for example I have a Water, Fire combo as my Essence & Influence, however I vacillate between which is more dominant.  I think I was very watery when I was younger and as I get older my Fire wants to shine.  Maybe it’s my Leo moon finally coming out to play.

All that said, you can harness specific elements to achieve or communicate something of importance on a particular day. Think of dressing as a language or a story you are curating each day with your body as the billboard.

I have been thinking about Valentine’s Day because I’m teaching a Welcome The Love with Feng Shui Masterclass that day. It will be taught live on Zoom Saturday February 14th at 2pm Pacific. I’ll share a link for Welcome The Love in the show notes for anyone who wants to participate and could use a little more love in their life! It’s $20 and will be an hour of beautiful Romantic Feng Shui Wisdom to help you Welcome The Love this year.

As I was deciding what to include in the class I thought to myself I need to include some Fashion Feng Shui because that’s a big part of how I personally prepared for love. Last year after my mom’s passing immediately came Valentine’s Day which was particularly sad for me. Per usual, I was single and extra morose because I was mourning. I decided at that time to make some changes to my life and actively make room for love and blessings.  Our days are numbered and you want to experience as much love as you can while you can.

So what did I do? In addition to practicing Feng Shui on STEROIDS, I started curating a dating wardrobe. Part of what I included in that wardrobe love capsule was lingerie. I basically only purchased clothes for the love capsule with an emphasis on evening wear. Then for a couple months, I would just hang out in my house in my lingerie as if my lover was coming over. Until he finally did. I know that sounds a little delusional but before I knew it, I had actually manifested him just 2 days before what would have been my mom’s birthday on August 8th. 

Honestly, that just occurred to me as I’m writing this. Maybe she was in on it; who knows. From February to August, I was dressing for the role of lover and embodying it. I really had fun deciding what I would wear for my imaginary boyfriend. Then when he finally showed up, I had all these great outfits to wear! Listen if you’re single I feel you. If you’re in a relationship that could use some spicing, I feel you too.  Either way, let’s Feng Shui it. I’m excited to help you Welcome The Love with Feng Shui on Valentine’s Day! Sign up with the link in the show notes and don’t forget to spread the love by subscribing, liking, and sharing. Cheers & Ciao for now!

PS The Pod Normally drops on Feng Shui Fridays but I had some technology challenges this week. I hope you were pleasantly Surprised when it arrived in your inbox Saturday morning instead! Cheers 😊

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