Embrace Feng Shui!
19 December 2014
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Feng shui (literally meaning "wind and water") is an ancient Chinese art aimed at harmonizing a place's environmental energy to promote well-being and prosperity for its occupants. It's one of the Taoist arts, similar to acupuncture, sharing a common knowledge base. (Wikipedia)
Applied in the office, these well-being techniques impact stress, absenteeism, and dynamism, indirectly influencing turnover.
"Major companies like Yahoo, Shell, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Mark & Spencer, Body Shop, and Virgin have arranged their headquarters with this in mind, while in Hong Kong, over 80% of offices and professional spaces strictly follow these rules," says Agnes Dumanget, the only professional in France, graduated from the Lillian Too Feng Shui Institute in Malaysia.
1. Order and cleanliness are the keywords of Feng Shui.
Tidy up the exterior to be honest with the outside. The idea is simple. This means eliminating dirty coffee cups cluttering your desk, open envelopes lying around, or various scattered sticky notes that hinder clarity and mental efficiency.
Declutter! Clean, throw away, organize, and air regularly because nothing should obstruct the flow of Chi, the vital energy naturally present in the environment. On a Feng Shui desk, everything should be in order and easily accessible. The unnecessary has no place.
2. Each direction corresponds to a certain type of energy.
According to Feng Shui, you should energize certain areas by placing the right objects in the right place:
- North: your planner and anything related to your career and schedule.
- South: a lamp with soft shapes to shed light on your future prospects.
- East: a green plant (with rounded, fleshy leaves) to improve relationships with colleagues and bosses.
- West: the telephone, fax, business cards, anything related to human contacts and the outside.
3. A well-defined space.
A few books on one side of the desk and a rug on the floor under your chair can also pleasantly (re)define your space, and if you don't have a protective wall behind you, use a high, enveloping armchair that will form a kind of soft armor around you. Personalize the place with objects that speak to you: a photo of your children on vacation, a scarf…
What's crucial for Feng Shui is that you feel safe in this space to develop more gracefully.
4. A balance between Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang are fundamental principles of Feng Shui. At the office, Yang naturally predominates. It's a place of passage and action, of material and tangible life, of raw and virile energy. If you want to add a touch of Yin to counterbalance this slightly masculine energy, soften the excess angles using furniture with rounded shapes and soft colors: pale green and blue that soothe tensions, yellow that stimulates creativity, mauve for concentration, and peach for tedious tasks. Beige, sand, light gray, rose, and light yellow are recommended. The colors should be warm without being too bright to avoid creating extra stress.
The ReKrute.com Team
Applied in the office, these well-being techniques impact stress, absenteeism, and dynamism, indirectly influencing turnover.
"Major companies like Yahoo, Shell, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Mark & Spencer, Body Shop, and Virgin have arranged their headquarters with this in mind, while in Hong Kong, over 80% of offices and professional spaces strictly follow these rules," says Agnes Dumanget, the only professional in France, graduated from the Lillian Too Feng Shui Institute in Malaysia.
1. Order and cleanliness are the keywords of Feng Shui.
Tidy up the exterior to be honest with the outside. The idea is simple. This means eliminating dirty coffee cups cluttering your desk, open envelopes lying around, or various scattered sticky notes that hinder clarity and mental efficiency.
Declutter! Clean, throw away, organize, and air regularly because nothing should obstruct the flow of Chi, the vital energy naturally present in the environment. On a Feng Shui desk, everything should be in order and easily accessible. The unnecessary has no place.
2. Each direction corresponds to a certain type of energy.
According to Feng Shui, you should energize certain areas by placing the right objects in the right place:
- North: your planner and anything related to your career and schedule.
- South: a lamp with soft shapes to shed light on your future prospects.
- East: a green plant (with rounded, fleshy leaves) to improve relationships with colleagues and bosses.
- West: the telephone, fax, business cards, anything related to human contacts and the outside.
3. A well-defined space.
A few books on one side of the desk and a rug on the floor under your chair can also pleasantly (re)define your space, and if you don't have a protective wall behind you, use a high, enveloping armchair that will form a kind of soft armor around you. Personalize the place with objects that speak to you: a photo of your children on vacation, a scarf…
What's crucial for Feng Shui is that you feel safe in this space to develop more gracefully.
4. A balance between Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang are fundamental principles of Feng Shui. At the office, Yang naturally predominates. It's a place of passage and action, of material and tangible life, of raw and virile energy. If you want to add a touch of Yin to counterbalance this slightly masculine energy, soften the excess angles using furniture with rounded shapes and soft colors: pale green and blue that soothe tensions, yellow that stimulates creativity, mauve for concentration, and peach for tedious tasks. Beige, sand, light gray, rose, and light yellow are recommended. The colors should be warm without being too bright to avoid creating extra stress.
The ReKrute.com Team
