Episode 144 - SPECIAL EPISODE Easy Feng Shui For Your Home in 2023

This is my 3rd Annual Feng Shui episode where you can find out how to EASILY Feng Shui your home for good energy all year long according to the annual flying stars.

All information comes from a source I've been using for around a decade.  They provide insight, advice, cures, software and more.  I also purchase their annual cures every single year. 

Get a pen & paper handy, a compass (which you can use from your smart phone) and figure out your space first, then you will know which colour pop to use where, where to use candles, where to put your saltwater cures, and more.

To learn more, or to purchase cures or software, go to https://www.fengshuiweb.co.uk/.

Transcript

Sandy Kruse: 0:02

Hi everyone, it's me, Sandy Kruse of Sandy K Nutrition Health and Lifestyle Queen. For years now, I've been bringing to you conversations about wellness from experts from all over the world, whether it be suggestions in how you can age better, biohacking, alternative wellness. These are conversations to help you live your best life. I wanna live a long, healthy, and vibrant life. Nevermind all those stigmas that as we reach midlife and beyond, we're just gonna shrivel up and die with some horrible disease. Always remember balanced living works. I really look forward to this season. Hi everyone. Welcome to Sandy k, nutrition Health and Lifestyle Queen. This is my special annual Fung Shui episode. It is now the third annual Funk episode, and people seem to love this because it's an easy way that you can optimize the energy in your home. According to the annual flying stars, you do this once a year, so it's kind of a fun thing. So definitely get your pen and paper ready and write down. I'm gonna try and transcribe this, see if it works. And hopefully you can just print this out. But of course I'm gonna have an announcement before I let you listen to the entire episode. I am officially a certified metabolic balance coach. So what does that mean? Well, I'm actually going to be 53 very, very soon, and I noticed in the last year, actually longer than a year, maybe a year and a half, my weight has really gone away from me. And here I am, a nutritionist who knows how to eat clean. I know the right foods to eat. However, my cravings for carbohydrates were high. And at this stage, really midlife, it's harder to process all of those white carbohydrates. I am not saying go keto or go low carb all the time, but really at this stage in our life, midlife and onward, the sugar number one and white processed carbs, so that includes pasta, okay, potatoes, if you boil them, that's not processed, but it's white. And I still eat potatoes, but I cool them, I cook them in the skin. There are just so many tips and tricks to learn with metabolic balance. And while I'm not talking about how much weight I lost in terms of pounds, I am gonna tell you that I did lose 7% of my body weight and I did not lose muscle mass. So this is an incredible program for anybody who feels that their waste is expanding. Okay, that's a big clue you guys. That's a clue that something is going on with the way that you process glucose. So this is huge. This is something that you wanna take a look at because it could possibly be an indicator of insulin resistance, type two diabetes, heart disease, all of these factors. So especially if you are a woman who has a waist size of 35 inches or higher, or if you are a man with 40 inches or higher in terms of waist size, you need to take a look at what you're eating. So I am starting a group metabolic balance program. This does require blood work. If you are interested, I am going to do this at a very special rate. And I'm gonna include coaching on longevity, on biohacking and therapeutic grade, third party tested supplementation. So with this group only, you're gonna get five coaching sessions. You're gonna get, well, depending on where you are, I can provide you with a blood work requisition if you're in Ontario, if you're outside of that, we can talk and and see what we can figure out. If you're in the US or anywhere internationally, I would give you all the markers that you would take to your doctor. Now, metabolic balance does not diagnose cure or heal disease, but it does provide you with a customized meal plan. So this is according to your specific blood work and needs. It checks your glucose, it checks your um, cholesterol, it checks your enzymes and provides you with a meal plan. Now there's four phases to the program. It's going to be an amazing opportunity at this rate, it'll be$1,100 and you're in the program as long as you need to be in the program. So if you are interested, send me a message, Sandy, sandy k nutrition.ca, and don't wait till the last minute. Like, I'm a recording this in December and I feel like there's gonna be a flood of people and I'm gonna have to turn you away<laugh>. So definitely, definitely get in touch if you're interested. If you're not already, go and follow me on Instagram at Sandy K Nutrition. I'm also on TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, uh, YouTube, and it's Sandy K Nutrition everywhere. Follow me there and rate, review and subscribe. When you put a few little words about how this podcast helps you or if you share this podcast, you know, it really, really helps me to secure a great lineup of guests. And boy, 2023 is going to be incredible. I have topics in every area of wellness, and this is not the mainstream stuff guys. This is different perspective from more of a biohackers alternative perspective. It's just not mainstream. So please do share, please, pleased to review. It means the world to podcasters like me. And now let's cut on through to my episode on Fung Shui for 2023, how to optimize the energy in your home for great luck, wealth and health. Hi everyone, welcome to Sandy K Nutrition Health and Lifestyle Queen. Today it is just me, myself and I for my annual Feng Shui episode. This would be my third annual Fung shui episode where I just help you guys Feng Shui your home for every new lunar year, just to provide you with a little extra luck, maybe a little extra money, some good health, and all the things. And I have to give credit 100% credit to https://www.fengshuiweb.co.uk. I have been following their advice for at least a decade. I buy all of their cures. I actually love what they've been putting out for so, so long now. So 2023 is actually gonna be the year of the yin water rabbit. And like I said, I think it starts January 22nd. However, you're gonna wanna do your cures, which is what I'm gonna talk to you about on February 3rd or fourth in and around that time period. So the first thing people always ask, well, how would I even know what area is what in my home? So you're gonna start by drawing, uh, three by three by three. So nine squares in total, it's gonna be a little grid. And in the middle square you're gonna put a C for the center of your home. Then you're gonna stand in the center of your home and you are going to face your front door. You're gonna hold your phone at your waist level with the compass app open. I know in an iPhone you just have to search for Compass and you'll get your compass and face your door and see how or where your front door faces. Okay? So I think minus, oh God, south or southwest. Anyway, I'm really bad with directions. Believe me, if I can do this, you guys, anyone can do this. So what you're gonna do is you're gonna do what I said and stand in the center of your home and see which way your front door face is. And then you're gonna make a little grid. So let's say your front door faces the south, so directly north of that little C in the center square at the top row of those squares, you're gonna put an S and then you're gonna follow it directionally going clockwise. So south, southwest, west, northwest north, northeast, east, southeast. Then you are going to know where every direction is in your home. So let's say southeast, let's say that's your garage. You're not gonna worry so much about your garage, right? So you are gonna have an idea of where everything is in your home. So that's actually the very, very first step. So they're predicting that this year there's actually a lot of opportunity for a lot of money to be made. So pay attention to the areas that I'm gonna talk about that are really, really good areas that you're gonna wanna enhance to provide yourselves with some extra luck in the money area. But I always say, listen, money's great guys, but health is always number one. Let's start with the south area of your home. It is the annual number eight star, and it will come and fly into the South palace in and around February the fourth, depending on where you're located. And if activated correctly, all the occupants of the home can benefit from tremendous wealth, luck this year, especially females of the home. So ladies listen up. What you're gonna do is you're gonna wanna have colors that are earth colors and fire colors and that, and, and by colors I also mean elements. So if you have a nice clay pot, or I don't know if you have candles, candles, you're gonna wanna put candles in this area and burn them often so that you activate the area with fire. There's nothing more potent than fire itself versus, you know, something that symbolizes fire, right colors. So like I said, you're gonna want beiges, browns red, orange, purple, pink, burgundy, lilac. You are not going to want metal water and wood colors or anything that symbolizes those elements colors to avoid. You don't wanna have greens, white, silver, gold, copper, bronze, black, gray, blue. And people always say, well, come on, like I can't change my couch if my couch is red. Well, okay, red actually would be a really, really good thing for the south for this year. However, I personally avoid having big pieces of furniture or large walls painted red. I feel it's so much easier you guys just to buy a nice low or um, some pillows and things like that just to bring in the elements that you really wanna bring in for every single year. So for example, you know, in my house most of my walls are pretty much gray or white or close to white anyway, and my furniture is light colored gray, or I have navy couches in my family room, so everything's pretty muted. But the way I add what I wanna add is through the elements. So like if it's I, I don't have a ton of red in my house, but I also buy the cures from https://www.fengshuiweb.co.uk. Now I have absolutely no affiliation with them except for the fact that I love their, their cures. I love them and I've been buying them for so many years. So for me in particular, I don't necessarily have to do the throes or the rugs or anything like that because I buy their cures. So that's up to you, of course, I'll tell you where you can get the stuff. But you can do all of these things and these enhancements that are so minor with colors, with simple pillows in this area, because it is very strong for wealth and success and also for romance, you can put your important financial papers here. So if you happen to have an office in the south, it's a great place to have all of your financial papers. You can put, um, any kind of symbolic cures. You could put your three-legged toad. I have a couple of them. It's, um, you want that facing into your home, into your directional. You can have a pair of rose quartz crystal hearts for romance. And it's, it's an all around really great area. I also have, I personally have rose quartz mandarin ducks. That's where you're gonna wanna put them in the south for 2023. Okay, let's move on through to the southwest. So it is the number one star in the southwest, the annual star. It's a water element and it's a really important area for the household matriarch and all females in general. So it's also important for the guys, but mostly for the ladies out there. And this influence can bring lots of luck and advancements to career, finances, relationships when activated correctly. Now the color choices for the southwest, you're gonna wanna use whites, silver, gold, copper, bronze, black, gray, blue. You are not gonna wanna use greens, browns, terracotta, beiges, yellows, oranges, reds. So you're gonna avoid woods. So the element of wood, fire and earth. Okay, so browns, um, yellows, beiges, you're not gonna wanna have that in the southwest. You are gonna want elements of metal and water in the southwest. You can use a couple of foo dogs in this area. You know, they look like the lions, the guarding lions. You can also put in a couple. So it has to be in pairs of the, they call them the zing wang, Buddhas, just happy little Buddhas that are matching. Um, this is a good area for that. And you can have, oh, see I really like singing bowls. So I have a couple of those. They're metal and they're round, so they're not like sharp metal objects, which is this, it's a thing with fung shui. You don't wanna have menacing looking objects. So this is a great place to place, um, singing bowls in the southwest. I have a couple of them, so I'll definitely put that in there. You don't wanna put crystals here because apparently the number one star can destroy the energy of crystals. So don't put your crystals in the southwest. Okay, let's move on through to the west. Now this is the, what do they call it? The heaven sheen six white star. Now this can be a really, really good area, but can also be a not so great area. So when it's activated, the number six star can bring substantial wealth and career and luck, especially those who are involved in politics or leadership rules or anyone in a higher up position. The color choices for the west are browns, terracotta's, beige, yellow, white, silver, gold, copper, bronze, black, gray, blue. You want to use elements of metal and earth in the west. You do not want to use wood, fire and water elements. Okay? So avoid reds, orange, purple, burgundy, pink, lilac. You definitely wanna avoid candles in the west part of your home this year. So you don't wanna aggravate the three killings and Soho energy. I know I'm not pronouncing it right, forgive me. And the number six star can also with the Soho energy can affect female health and especially with their chest and that area. So you don't wanna have this a really noisy area. So if you're looking to put a pool in the west area of your property, they're saying it's not advised. Um, you know, if your main door is in the west, not advised if it's unavoidable, make sure you put the proper cures into place. Anything that is really, like when they speak of noise, they don't want anything that kind of shakes the ground. So any kind of major renovations where there's drilling and loud noises and that's why they even speak of music. You know, if you have really loud music with bass, you know, that shakes the house. So this is an area you don't wanna have any of that. Okay, let's move on through to, to the northwest. Ugh, it's just awful. It's the, the annual five yellow Leanne Zen star of tragedy in the northwest. You know, it's just so menacing, like some of it's the star of tragedy people, but guess what? There are things you can do to avoid that star of tragedy. So let me tell you about that. You definitely don't want to activate this, um, star because it can bring illness, accidents, fatalities, bankruptcy. Guys, you know what, like, I hate to talk about all this stuff, but you know what, it's feng shui, right? And this is kinda how they deal. So this is the three most potent cures you can use in the northwest are the following, a six rod hollow metal wind chime, that's number one. And I have mine and I cleanse it and I reuse it every year. I bought it from Feng Shui web. It's, it's beautiful and I put that in every year in the appropriate spot. So this happens to be the spot northwest. You also want a salt water cure. I have done a couple of demonstrations each year I do one, you need a mason jar, you need, I think it's six Chinese coins. Um, you need salt and you need water. And that's basically it. And if you go on my Instagram, I'm sure you're gonna be able to find, uh, a demonstration of how to do that. You're gonna want a saltwater cure here. Now remember, with a saltwater cure, you're gonna dispose of them every year. You're not gonna try and reuse the jar, you're not gonna try and reuse anything. You're gonna literally take that jar and chuck it. You're not gonna touch the crusts that form along the outside. You're gonna make sure that it doesn't dry up because it can dry up. So you have to make sure that there's always water in there for there to be activation of the saltwater cure. Now the third most potent cure for this area are the six Chinese eye chain coins tied in a row. You know, they're tied, you've probably seen them, they're tied with a red bow or ribbon or something like that. And you're gonna say, well, you know, these areas, they say they don't want fire in these areas, but that's tied with red. Well, let me explain. So it's the six Chinese coins that are the luck for that area and the positivity for that area. And the red ribbon that's tied around them are what activates the good energy of those coins. Get it? There you go. So color choices, you're gonna want white, silver, gold, copper, bronze, green in the northwest, you're gonna avoid reds, orange, purples, burgundy, pink, lilac brown terracotta, beige yellow. So you're gonna wanna use metal and water elements. You're gonna avoid wood, fire and earth elements in the northwest. This is another one of those areas. You're not gonna wanna do renos in this area as you guys. And not a lot of really, really loud noises, loud music, loud TVs, drilling, that kind of thing. Definitely no candles here, you guys. Okay, north area. So they're saying north area of your home is a really, really lovely area for 2023. So they're suggesting you make the most out of this area and you can work from this area. If you work from home, try and set up your desk in this area and yeah, it's a really, really nice spot in your home. So the color choices for the north are green, red, orange, pink, burgundy, Lila, white silver golds, um, blues, black grays. So here in this area you can definitely use your candles. So it's gonna be a nice cozy litter little area. You can read your book, put on a nice little non-toxic candle of course. So you definitely want to use elements of fire and wood. So colors of fire and wood. You want to avoid earth, water and metal. And what's interesting is that I guess some colors would cross over between wood and earth. Don't really worry so much. What I always am very cognizant of are reds and fire colors and candles and things like that in this area. It's a great place to have your plants, green leafy plants or blue flowering plants, violets, things like that. Fresh flowers will bring really positive chi into this area. Okay, let's see what the northeast will bring. Oh, look at that. It's the number seven argumentative star<laugh>. Great. And it's, if it's disturbed, the influence can bring problems related to assault, deceit, violence, robbery, it's not a great area if you suffer from lung problems like C O P D asthma. But like with everything, this is why I love feng shui. There is always a cure. So follow the advice. You're gonna wanna put colors like greens, blacks, grays and blues in this area in the northeast. You're not going to want beiges yellows, white, silver, gold, copper, yellow reds, burgundy pink, lilac. So you're gonna want elements of wood and water and you're gonna avoid elements of metal, fire and earth. So no candles here, folks. It's another one of those areas you're gonna wanna try and avoid any major ground disturbing renovations. You're gonna want it to be kind of a chill area if that's possible. It's a great area to have water colors like blue in any of your decoration. And I always say this, so I used to have group of seven paintings and I actually gave a few of them away because when I looked at the artwork, I didn't find it to be calming artwork. So I'll give you an example in funk, you wanna have blues in this area. Let's say you have a painting and it's of a really, really, hmm, let's say it's like a giant wave that looks very angry and ferocious. Well that is not the type of artwork that you're gonna want in that area, at least not for this year. Moving on to the east. Now right off the bat they're saying that the east is not a nice area<laugh> as we have the number two annual star and they're saying not to activate the two afflictions in this area and you're gonna be fine. And the east will affect all the occupants, especially males, especially the eldest son. It's really interesting how they come up with this. I don't know, I am not, I mean I've been into feng shui for about a decade now, but I am not a fung shui consultant. I follow their advice. So there you go. Same idea. You don't wanna activate it with a ton of, you know, that booming loud noise because it can bring, bring problems into the entire home. It can affect your wealth, stress, illness, disease, arguments, just general bad luck colors. You're gonna wanna have white, silver, gold, copper, bronze, black grays, blues. So very kind of subdued, chill colors. You're gonna wanna avoid greens, browns, beige, yellow, red, orange, pink, purple, burgundy, lilac. You're gonna wanna use elements of metal and water and you're gonna avoid elements of wood, fire and earth. And this is the second spot for a salt water cure and the six Chinese coins tied with the red ribbon. So remember, if you are going to do anything that I give you advice on here, avoid red and candles where they say not to use fire. Okay? That's number one. Number two, get yourself those mason jars and put in two salt water cures in the areas that I indicate. And this is one of them. So east is one, and I think I talked about the woos, the, the metal or brass woos. I have one by every single bedside table. I love them. They, they look like little health gourds, like little, they're great to have in every single bedroom. You can find them on Amazon. I would just really, really suggest that you cleanse them. And a great way to cleanse any cures that you buy off Amazon or anywhere else is, let's say they're the six Chinese coins tied with the red ribbon. You can put them outside on the eve of a faux moon. You can also take salt and put salt on them and put them outside in the sun. Just be careful because they can corrode the metal depending on, you know, if where you are it's hot. But these are great ways to cleanse. The other way is to do a smoke cleanse with sage or any herbs that you choose to cleanse them with. I personally choose that in the winter. Sometimes if I have a nice sunny winter day, I'll put them outside and do the salt thing. And that's a great way just to make sure, cuz you know, if you're buying from Amazon, you're really not sure where it was, how it was made you, you really have no idea. So it's always a good idea just to cleanse them. This is another area by the way, you do not wanna place crystals here because this will feed that not so great energy of the annual. Number two. So no crystals in the east, this is another area that you can put singing bowls. Remember I mentioned the metal singing bowls another great spot. Okay, this is the second last area, the southeast. This one's not looking so good you guys. It is the number three uh, Chen star. And it's not great. You wanna have this area calm, but the interesting thing is you want to use fire and earth symbols. Okay? And you, so that means put your candles here. You want reds, oranges, purples, lilacs, browns, terracottas, yellows, beiges. You wanna avoid greens. White, silver, gold, copper, bronze, black, gray, blue. So you don't wanna use elements of wood, metal and water in the southeast. This is actually a really great place. If you have one of those Himalayan salt lamps that have a light pink hue that you can leave on all the time, this is a great spot to do that. I know I've done that in my house and it's kind of funny because there's times where I leave the Himalayan salt lamp on all the time and then there's other times where for the entire year I actually don't turn it on at all. So this is a place in the southeast where it's a good spot to have lights on, you know, burn your candles or have that Himalayan salt lamp on all the time. Okay, last one is the center of your home and it's actually the number four romance star. It's a beautiful area area and unfortunately like the center of my home is like nothing. I think I have a closet and a table in there. So like, I don't know how many people have a ton of stuff in the center of their home, but this year in funk, it's a really good spot. They say you wanna put photos of you and your partner, pictures of people who you would even like to bring into your life. If you don't have anybody, this is a great manifestation area. You could put your wishlist, your photos, um, your dream car. This is just like the most beautiful spot in the home and what you want in the center. All shades of green, blue, black, gray. You don't wanna have any white, silver, gold, copper, bronze, red, orange, purple, burgundy, pink. You don't wanna have that in the center. No candles, no metal and fire. You want wood and water in the center. So this area is ideal if you have a nice painting that has water, always calm I say. So what they're saying is the center of your home should be treated as the creativity and relationship area for 2023. I mean, I don't know many people who have an office in the center of their home, but it would be a great spot for it. This is also a great spot for fresh flowers or green leafy or flowering plants. Great spot for it. Yeah. So that is it for the year. I'm gonna try and transcribe this episode. Hopefully it worked. Um, and that way you can print it and you can kind of go around your home. And I welcome you guys to ask me questions about this. This is a passion of mine For the last decade, I used to map friends' houses. I never did this for any kind of financial gain, but I did it because I love it and I feel it really brings good energy into my home every single year. And of course I'm gonna say open windows, bring good clean energy in regularly. You're gonna wanna, you know, I personally use smoke, so not smoke as in like smoking cigarettes, but I burn clean incense. I love that just to move energy. You know, I know people, they don't realize how much clutter can affect the energy in your home. You know, even look under your couches, you know, the dust bunnies, that kind of thing. You wanna just kind of clear that out. And typically the tradition is before Chinese new Year, before the new year, you wanna clean your house thoroughly and declutter and do all of that so that the year starts off really clean and fresh. And the fact of the matter is when you declutter, it really makes space for good to come in. So I'm gonna end with that and wish you all a very, very happy Chinese New Year. And feel free to send me a message if you have questions, sandy@sandyknutrition.ca. Bye for now. I hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to share it with someone you know might benefit. And always remember when you rate, review, subscribe. You help to support my content and help me to keep going and bringing these conversations to you each and every week. Join me next week for a new topic, new guest, new exciting conversations to help you live your best life.