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Feng Shui Bed Guidelines - Do You Have a Good Feng Shui Bed and Bedroom?

What Makes a Good Feng Shui Bed

By Rodika Tchi, About.com

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Best feng shui headboards are the ones that are solid and made from wood, or the upholstered ones, as they have a good feng shui combination of gentle and supporting feng shui energies for your bedroom.

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This article on feng shui bed placement and bedroom solutions has three parts.

You are now reading part I.


Part I: The Bed: Feng Shui Guidelines for Your Bed
Part II: Bed Placement: Position Your Bed with Feng Shui
Part III: Feng Shui Solutions for Your Bed & Bedroom Challenges

Your bed is the most important feng shui piece of furniture in your entire life. Strong feng shui statement, isn't it? Strong, but true. Your bed is the only piece of furniture that has the most intimate (and intricate!) connection to your personal energy.

The role of the feng shui of your bed and your bedroom in relation to your health, your well-being, as well as the quality of your relationships cannot be overestimated.

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Needless to say, feng shui-wise, a good bed is one of the most important feng shui purchases you will make for your own well-being.

What makes a great feng shui bed? Three things:
  1. Good headboard. While you are drifting off to sleep, your body is going intro an extra busy energy repair work on many levels. Subconsciously, your head needs good backing, protection and support, just like your back needs it when you are seating in a chair for extended periods of time. Best feng shui headboards are the ones that are solid and made from wood, or the upholstered ones, as they have a very good combination of solid, but also gentle and supporting feng shui energy for you and your bedroom.


  2. Good mattress. There is a variety of mattresses on the market, choose wisely and invest in the one that will promote best sleep and relaxation. The better you sleep at night, the better your health during the day, this is really simple. Be mindful of good feng shui and do not buy used mattresses - you never know what energy they have accumulated from previous owners.


  3. Good height. To allow for a balanced feng shui energy flow under the bed you need to have your bed at a reasonable height above the floor level. Generally, the beds that have built-in storage drawers underneath to help you with storage solutions are considered bad feng shui beds. Why? Because the energy needs to circulate around your body when you sleep, which is not possible if the space underneath the bed is blocked.

Hopefully your bed meets the feng shui criteria for a good (or great!) feng shui bed. What do you do next? Well, you see if it has the best feng shui positioning in your bedroom.

=> Continue to Part II: Bed Placement: Position Your Bed with Feng Shui
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