You are absolutely on point with the idea that feng shui - or any practice, for that matter - is not one-size-fits-all. I've studied feng shui quite a bit over the years, but have yet to hear how certain structures and placements can negatively affect those with trauma. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you for joining the conversation. I can understand your question. I come from a form school/western approach to Feng Shui. Several years after I was certified, I was noticing that there were patterns present in homes that were obstacles that had nothing to do with placement or bagua theory. that is when I decided to further my education in trauma and the environment.
There are a few examples I can recall- a man who who's office desk was in command position that was drowning in work. He was so in command that nothing could flow. I moved his desk out of command (and used a mirror instead) and he discovered much more flow and a more manageble workload. Feng Shui said "command" was right, but it was not for him.
Second, a woman who had a one floor very orderly home (and had a little knowledge of Feng Shui) who panicked when I entered her kitchen...she didn't want me to touch or move or suggest anything. She had severe attachment disorder because of previous medical trauma. (at that time I referred her out because I wasn't educated in trauma. I knew Feng Shui wasn't what she needed.)
Our built living spaces are inherently woven with our nervous systems and to look at the space and not consider the somatic impact is an incomplete approach. I think classical Feng Shui does a better job of individualizing. trauma often interrupts processes like circadian rhythm and can heighten sensory loads--they may not need "calm" they may need a better understanding of what their behaviors in their home truly stem from.
Sometimes a clients reactions are appropriate for what they are experiencing and we have to take into account that they made need more fire even though the bagua says... no not there, or more yang lighting because they need momentum...in a place where the philosophy said Yin is needed.
My philosophy is more formedbecause of the western idea of Feng Shui because I think it loses its personalization at the sake of yellow flowers in the middle of the house. It also champions the polarized idea of calm, when some people actually need patterns and color and sympathetic nervous system arousal. Calm is what some clients have been asked to do all their life, in some cases that means it further suppression or compliance. We don't want to"erase" them because the bagua says we need harmony.
I'm more interested first in how the body responds subconsciously i the space. Then we can surmise if Feng Shui is the proper approach.
You are absolutely on point with the idea that feng shui - or any practice, for that matter - is not one-size-fits-all. I've studied feng shui quite a bit over the years, but have yet to hear how certain structures and placements can negatively affect those with trauma. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you for joining the conversation. I can understand your question. I come from a form school/western approach to Feng Shui. Several years after I was certified, I was noticing that there were patterns present in homes that were obstacles that had nothing to do with placement or bagua theory. that is when I decided to further my education in trauma and the environment.
There are a few examples I can recall- a man who who's office desk was in command position that was drowning in work. He was so in command that nothing could flow. I moved his desk out of command (and used a mirror instead) and he discovered much more flow and a more manageble workload. Feng Shui said "command" was right, but it was not for him.
Second, a woman who had a one floor very orderly home (and had a little knowledge of Feng Shui) who panicked when I entered her kitchen...she didn't want me to touch or move or suggest anything. She had severe attachment disorder because of previous medical trauma. (at that time I referred her out because I wasn't educated in trauma. I knew Feng Shui wasn't what she needed.)
Our built living spaces are inherently woven with our nervous systems and to look at the space and not consider the somatic impact is an incomplete approach. I think classical Feng Shui does a better job of individualizing. trauma often interrupts processes like circadian rhythm and can heighten sensory loads--they may not need "calm" they may need a better understanding of what their behaviors in their home truly stem from.
Sometimes a clients reactions are appropriate for what they are experiencing and we have to take into account that they made need more fire even though the bagua says... no not there, or more yang lighting because they need momentum...in a place where the philosophy said Yin is needed.
My philosophy is more formedbecause of the western idea of Feng Shui because I think it loses its personalization at the sake of yellow flowers in the middle of the house. It also champions the polarized idea of calm, when some people actually need patterns and color and sympathetic nervous system arousal. Calm is what some clients have been asked to do all their life, in some cases that means it further suppression or compliance. We don't want to"erase" them because the bagua says we need harmony.
I'm more interested first in how the body responds subconsciously i the space. Then we can surmise if Feng Shui is the proper approach.