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Feng Shui For Your Desk
by Debra Zimmer, CEO, SwankSpace
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement. It's based on the concept of a universal life force energy that connects us with each other and our surroundings. Through basic Feng Shui principles you can manipulate that energy to create an environment that is (powerfully) harmonious --an environment as large as your home or as small as your office desktop.
Why do that? When you are in harmony with yourself and your surroundings, your energy state is pure and unblocked, turning you into a giant magnet able to attract the things you desire. Want to attract more money in your life? Want a promotion? Use Feng Shui to enhance your ability to get that raise. Can't we all use a little help?
How does it work?
Let's look at it on a micro level, specifically looking at how to apply Feng Shui principles to your desktop. If you look at your desktop right now, how does it make you feel? Tired, tense, gloomy, depressed, or full of dread? Or do you feel calm, excited, invigorated, inspired? Is it "Wow, what a mess" or "How inviting; I can't wait to sit down"?
Most of us have messy desktops. When you so much as say the word "mess," you can pretty much feel the tension: a slight tightening of the chest, the blocking of energy, chaos. Scientifically, it might suggest the misalignment of atoms, a lack of polarity or lack of magnetism. On the other hand, the word "inviting" suggests attraction, a drawing towards, an alignment of atoms, magnetism. In which environment do you think you'd be more likely to attract the things you want?
To create a magnetic desk environment and change your energy from tired to inspired, you'll need to understand some basic Feng Shui principles, namely the Bagua Map, and apply some basic clean-up practices.
Step 1: Freeing the energy
First, clear out the clutter. Clutter is the biggest obstacle to a positive energy flow. Clear off your desk, file items, place books on a shelf, return the dishes to the kitchen, and throw out the garbage. Create a clean slate, a free-flowing energy state. Think about two magnets overcoming distance and snapping together. This happens only if there's nothing between them. So remove the clutter and increase your magnetism.
Second, keep it clear and clutter free. Find holders for frequently used items. File consistently. Place a file holder on your desktop for work-in-progress. Commit to cleaning off your desktop daily or weekly at minimum. Can you think of a nicer way to start your day than to arrive each morning to a clean and inviting desk? Remember "inviting" equals "inspired" equals "attracting what you want!"
Step 2: Stabilizing the energy
Print or copy the Bagua Map and lay it on your desk, placing the Career area at bottom center of your desk. Your chair will likely be in the Career area if you sit at desk center.
Now look at your desk with the Map overlaid on top. Each section of the Map and your desktop represents a different driving life desire. To help fulfill a desire-by maximizing energy flow and magnetism-organize items into the different sections of your desktop so that they match the desire and its Element. Specific examples follow.
Back Left
The back left corner of your desk corresponds to the energy field that attracts wealth, prosperity and good luck. It is impacted by the element Wood. In this corner place items that represent wealth or Wood:
Financial goals$1 million billSales forecastFull piggy bank (represents a goal reached)Landscape picture in a blue or green frameWood frameBlue pencil holder (is columnar and blue in color)Plant in a wicker planter
Back Center
Here, place items that represent your desired reputation and Fire:
Desk lampSomething triangularPictures of animalsAnimal skin or print itemAnything redYour monitor (emits light like a lamp)Triangular leadership awardPicture of a pet with a red background
Back Right
Place pictures or items representing your spouse or partner, and representing Earth:
China bud vase with a yellow rosePicture of your husband in a rectangular earth-tone frame
Middle Left
Items that represent health and family and the element Wood:
Your health goalsAffirmations of the relationship you want with your bossPictures of supportive people or familyWood desk accessories or framesPlants or flowersBlue or green items
Middle Center
Items that represent balance and peace and the element Earth:
Your work space, notepad or computer (which contains silicon and ceramics and is a long flat horizontal surface)Blotter (which is also a long flat surface)
Middle Right
Items that represent creativity or children and the element Metal:
Pictures of your kidsMetal itemsAnything oval or whiteMetal desk clock with an arched topGranite paperweightCrystal bowl of candies
Front Left
Items that represent self reflection and the element Earth:
Work in progressThings to do during quiet timeYour schedule
Front Center
Items that represent your career and dreams and the element Water:
Your black or dark-tone chairYour keyboard on a black pull-out trayBlack gel wrist supportAsymmetrical mouseAffirmation of your life or career vision
Front Right
Items that represent helpful people and travel and the element Metal:
Your white or cream phone (to attract helpful people)Marble paperweight on a pile of pastel paper notesPicture of a place you'd like to travel in a crystal frameMail (as it represents helpful people contacting you)
If you spend a lot of time at your desk, you might as well give these basic Feng Shui principles a try. What do you have to lose? A little clutter maybe? Huge piles of who-knows-what with some food crumbs mixed in?
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