Q&A Sunday: Blue Sodalite Healing Crystals

Anjie Cho December 12, 2021

I received a piece of blue sodalite last Christmas as a gift. What is the best way to use it as a healing crystal?

Sharon R., Danbury, CT

Hi Sharon,

What a great question! As you may know, each natural stone has its own vibrations and special purpose, and blue sodalite is no different.

Sodalite is associated with the throat and third-eye chakras and is especially helpful in finding your voice and intuition. If you are struggling to find your own way or truth, wearing or carrying blue sodalite can help you to better understand the truth of your life and sculpt your intuition. Intuition is a powerful and helpful force that each of us possesses, but sometimes it can be difficult to tap into to it with everything else going on in our minds. Imagine if you could always hear and follow your intuition! Blue sodalite can help!

Sodalite can also help you tap into creativity, which is something we hear about often lately. If your job requires creativity or if you are an artist or are just looking to be more creative in your everyday life, this stone can help.

Since sodalite is connected with the throat chakra, it can also be very helpful in supporting you as you speak your truth. You can carry with you or place it on your desk in the Knowledge area for extra support with your voice or speaking truth in your work. You can also place it in the bedroom Knowledge gua for the same in marriage or in life in general.

Sodalite is a lovely gift and is very personalized! Perhaps you need to spend some time this year looking at and listening to your intuition! Whether you wear the stone, carry it or place it in an auspicious place, be sure to do so with intention, and it should bring you clarity and vision!

by Anjie Cho

If you’d like to learn more about feng shui, check out Mindful Design Feng Shui School at: www.mindfuldesignschool.com

Q&A Sunday: How to Lay the Bagua in BTB Feng Shui

Guest User November 28, 2021

Does your method of feng shui use the main door to lay the bagua?

First, I want to clarify that the feng shui that I practice is not my method. Feng shui is an ancient practice, and no practitioner living now has created it. It is lineage-based, and it’s been passed down for generations. It is true that there are many schools of feng shui, and I study and teach BTB or Black Sect feng shui.

In BTB feng shui, we lay the bagua according to the main entrance to the home. We align the bottom of the bagua map with the front door, so your front door will fall in the blue, black, or grey area of the bagua map. The red area, often called Fame, will be on the wall opposite to the front door. If you’re working with a different school of feng shui, this may be different, but that is how we lay the bagua in the BTB school of feng shui.

I also want to note that all schools of feng shui recognize the importance of the front door in how they look at the energetics of a room, and how they place things in the home. Even though they might not place the bagua according to the front door, it is still an important feature to pay attention to.

If you are wondering how to lay the bagua on your home, I would definitely encourage you to work with a skilled practitioner. It might seem simple, but unless you have a very rectangular floor plan it can actually be quite complicated. You can also get on the Mindful Design mailing list to be notified when we do floor plan bootcamps or other workshops where you may have the opportunity to see us lay the bagua on your space.

by Anjie Cho

If you’d like to learn more about feng shui, check out Mindful Design Feng Shui School at: www.mindfuldesignschool.com

Q&A Sunday: The Best Feng Shui Bedroom Color

Guest User November 14, 2021

What’s the best feng shui color for a bedroom?

I get asked some version of this question a lot, and I’m going to let you in on a feng shui secret: there’s no perfect feng shui color for a bedroom, or any room for that matter. The best color for you depends on what you want to manifest, your unique energy, and what colors you like. For me to recommend a color for your bedroom, I would need to know what elements you need more of, where you need more support, and what you’d like to work on.

For example, if you want to invite in a partner, pink or peach could be a supportive color for you. If you want to feel more grounded, an earthy brown or yellow might be the most nourishing. We can look at feng shui color theory, but I can’t give you a cookie cutter answer. If that was how feng shui worked, it would be really easy to just say that all bedrooms should be blue. However, not everyone wants a blue bedroom, and it might not be the best fit for everyone energetically either.

When choosing a color for your bedroom, first think about what it is that you want. Then, you can start looking at different colors and the connections you have to them. You can look at the feng shui meaning behind colors, but also pay attention to what you like and what resonates with you. If you read somewhere that orange is the best color for a certain room but you hate orange, it will be bad feng shui for you to paint your room orange.

What colors do you gravitate towards? What colors do you not like as much? I have a lot of metal element naturally and I love metal element colors, like whites and off-whites. I also really like black, which is connected to the water element. Those tend to be good colors for me to work with because I enjoy being around them.

Another thing to note is that there are many ways to bring color into your life besides painting the walls. Once you’ve figured out what kind of energy you want to create and which colors resonate with you, you can start by bringing in that color in small ways. It’s often a good idea to play around with accessories before committing to a new wall color. You can even start wearing a color, and see how it makes you feel.

by Anjie Cho