Totke Remedies

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Inspirations for She Space & Me Time

Inspirations to get started creating a space just for you to be yourself, a place to restore and revive and for some much deserved me time.

Men for too long have had their dedicated escape space – the he-shed. But it can be hard for us as women to find our very own "she space" in the home. Here are 4 practical inspirations to get started to create that me time in your home.

Step 1. Decide what you want from your she space
Before you begin, think about what the intention is for your space. What are you seeking to feel and be in this space and how do you want to use it. Do you want to:
Create a private space for meditation, yoga or reflection?
Create a space to inspire creative passions or hobbies?
Designate a shared space for connecting with others or recreation?
Creating a space for worship, rituals or other spiritual work?

Step 2: Find inspiration in what you love
Make your she space personal. Choose what tastes, sounds, smells, looks and feels good to you. Choose objects that give you energy, inspire you or help you get into the ritual of your meditation, prayer, creative or other pursuits.
Step 3: Decide where you should locate your she space
You can create your sacred space:
Where you can see it easily— a special object of meaning—across from your bed, a desk, on a bookshelf that is open and available to you.
As a small part of any room — whether it's a single meaningful object, an arrangement or an altar
Wherever you have room — if not an entire room, then a corner of a room (dividing screens are perfect for this)
In a secluded area — such as a spare room or attic/basement as long as this a space you can connect with and create your space in.
In the garden — a section just for you or inter-space which is half inside/half outside (alfresco or courtyard)

Step 4: Decide on the kinds of items you should include in your space
What items do you already own or need to have that speak to you, inspire you and moves you to spend time in this space?
• Mementos: objects that are meaningful to you
• Talismans: symbols and items of peace and inner power
• Art—your own creative works or friends, collections or pieces that speak to you
• Photographs of loved ones and special places
• Stones, shells and other nature elements collected from special places
• Candles, incense and other aromatherapy
• The five senses as colour, light, textures, patterns, water fountains, sound such as chimes and music.
• Living nature such as plants and flowers
• Personal spiritual items such as books, statutes, tarot and the like
Step 5: Use your power of intuition

She space starts with a desire within you to create something on the outside of yourself. Remember that this space is yours. Trust your intuition and lead from your heart which will show you the way to creating your own space. See where it takes you!

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Less Is Better

Is staying focused or getting motivated a lost cause in your home or office? Do you feel like you have lost the war even before the first shot is fired?

In the world of Feng Shui this lack of motivation, inspiration and focus is a sign of blockage or stagnation in your physical environment. For example, a very bright young freelance journalist named Peter was missing his deadlines and struggling to write his stories. Even once he began he had trouble staying focused and finishing his projects.

After careful evaluation of his home office it turned out most of his blockage was right on the wall he faced. Above the two guest chairs and a small table across from his desk he hung additional pictures earlier in the year. They added to an already overcrowded wall of artwork, quotes and family photos.

Each of the items on the wall had special meaning, was inspiring or held fond memories. But, when he added more pictures to the grouping it threw the energy in the room -- and Peter -- out of balance and into overwhelm. There was no blank wall space for his eyes to wander to, rest and refocus. The wall he faced became the enemy, draining every ounce of his focus and motivation. The myriad of pictures shapes and thoughts became constant distractions to his mind and his spirit.

Are Your Rooms on Overwhelm

This type of energy drainage, focus distractor and motivation killer can be found in any room of the house and can cause a variety of setbacks. If a bedroom is on overwhelm due to clutter on the furniture, boxes on the floor, too many pictures or a poor selection of paint color on the walls, the result could be restlessness such as not getting enough sleep. In a kitchen it can cause eating disorders, family feuds and digestive disorders.

Is Your Thinking on Overwhelm?

The loss of a loved one, an unexpected argument with a friend or your boss, a family member struggling with a serious illness or worrying about how you are going to pay your bills is a major distraction and motivation killer. The same Feng Shui principle applies to your negative loop thinking and allowing your thoughts to distract and disengage you. The more you focus on the negative the more overwhelmed you become – the result: distraction, lack of focus and no motivation.

The Feng Shui Solution
You deserve better. Take control of your surroundings and thinking so you can accomplish what you need and want to do efficiently and effectively.

Design your rooms and office with the ultimate reward of focus, motivation and inspiration in mind. Get rid of stagnant blocked energy by eliminating clutter, whether it is boxes of stuff on the floors or stacks of paperwork on desks and tables. Remember to keep chairs empty – they are to be used for sitting not storing.

Discover the difference when you hang only enjoyable and meaningful pictures on your walls. Do not overcrowd the wall space. For maximum comfort there should be at least twice as much wall space as there are decorative things hanging on it. The ratio should be no more than 2:1. On the other hand, do not place one medium-sized picture on a huge blank wall with high ceilings. This leaves you feeling empty and always wanting. Balance is the operative measure for placement of artwork.

Go beneath the surface. Observe your internal thoughts to see if they are also distracting your focus and discouraging you. While you cannot see them as you would too many pictures on a wall, you can hear them if you listen. If you are dealing with sadness and loss, financial pressure or family issues, take time to write all these negative thoughts on a tablet and shred them. If they try to return, post a mental “no trespassing” sign and tell them they are no longer welcome. Then drink a glass of water or take a quick walk to re-focus.

Don’t compromise and make room to place or hang something new on a wall or in a room, thinking it won’t matter. It does matter. When things are out of balance or overcrowded it affects your calm, clear thinking motivation. As parents of young children, don’t be tempted to hang all of their newly-created artwork everywhere on refrigerators and walls. This causes chaos and distraction – instead hang one or two of the newest ones or best ones and then cycle them, removing the old and hanging the new.

When Peter removed one-third of the items hanging on the wall in his office he was amazed to find that his focus returned, his concentration improved and his efficiency dramatically increased. Now he is able to respond quickly, assess objectively and meet deadlines.

Change your life for the better. Evaluate your walls, furniture, chairs and even closets to see where your focus, motivation and inspiration are blocked. Clear and eliminate the blockages and stagnant energy to get more done and get more out of life.

How to Decorate Your Home With Vastu

Home decoration is an inspiration that comes from imagination. You have to apply your thoughts practically. A variety of designs is available for your choice of interior and exterior decor of the home. You have to look through them keenly, compare and evaluate their appearances, characteristics and uniqueness and then go for the best one. You should think about aptness of idea not just by the way it looks but by aesthetic appeal it gives. The following ornamental tips will help you to make your home looks more amazing, well ventilated and well-designed.

Using Trendy Colors

Pick color palette cautiously while selecting background colors for walls, flooring, window treatments and articles of furniture. Select the colors which are currently in fashion and keep excellence for a few years. Neutral and earthy colors are secured and its combination gives calming effect to the room. Colors like yellow, green, red are in fashion. As it’s very difficult to replace colors of floors, windows etc. so choose such colors as last long.

Using Monotone Theme

Same tone decoration seems to be very large. You should use such a devise as gives monotone (same tone) with color palate. The monotone like white sofas, white table, and white glass can be pleasant with color cushions and garnishes. Brown and tan colors are used for warm monotone.

Using Conspicuous Imagery

Paintings are good to make walls pretty. The way to arrange paintings plays an important role as it modifies whole of the room. This makes the room seems bigger. It is essential to choose eye catching paintings for attraction to the guests. Also you have to decide which colors and glooms are attractive. Choose those colors which impress you the most.Light colors look pretty on wall paintings and provide pleasing sense to the eyes.

Using Decorative Lights

Use lighting sensibly by arranging it in a form of triangle while positioning lamps. Use coffee or yellow shade to make a warm glow, style and mood more appealing. You have to use lamp lighting rather than overhead lighting i.e. spot lighting.

Whimsical Lamp

Lamps are considered nice to give warmness and superiority to dinning room. On each side of the room lean lamp should be used for comfy look. Yellow or mica shade gives tranquil effect and provides a sense of love and greeting to dinning room. Stunning lamps on table is another approach to make the room warm and cozy.

Use Stylish Furniture

The furniture is a great way to make décor of your home. Slip covers are nice to make over your furniture and will also help to add further life to your furniture. Pillows and cushions also give tranquil effect to home. Table covers with similar fabrics are utilizing for curtains which give fabulous makeover to your room.

How To Organize Your Home In 4 Simple Steps

Does the thought of de-cluttering your home, closet, a drawer or any space in your home make you uncomfortable? Perhaps you feel tired, sad or ashamed so you feel which stands in your way of de-cluttering your home. If you said yes to any of these questions perhaps you are hanging on to beliefs that just aren’t true when it comes to getting rid of clutter.

I was talking with my friend who shared this story with me and I have to say we had a good laugh. We were talking about our belief systems and what beliefs we hold on to even when they are proven to be false.

His wife was on some kind of a diet where she had to use a lot of lemons throughout the day. He noticed she always put the lemon in the microwave before cutting and squeezing it. He asked her why she did this and she said because she had been told she would get more juice out of a lemon if it was heated before cutting and squeezing. He thought that could not be true so he did an experiment to see if it was true.

He took a lemon and carefully cut it in half. One half he heated in the microwave and one half he didn’t heat. He then squeezed the lemons and poured the juice from each into separate glasses. There was the exact amount of lemon juice in each glass—one half having been heated and the other half cold.

Even with proof that heating the lemon did not change the amount of juice she got from it she continued to heat her lemons before squeezing them. Her comment was “we must not have heated it high enough”. That is too funny.
What beliefs about getting rid of clutter are you holding on to? Getting rid of clutter is not rocket science, but sometimes we hold on to beliefs that would make it seem like it is.

Some popular belief about not being able to de-clutter are:
1. I don’t have time. Get up 30 minutes before your normal time and de-clutter one small space. Do this for a few days and you will be happily surprised at how much you accomplish. Before going to bed at night take 10 minutes to tidy up. Teach family members to be responsible for their own clutter.

2. Just looking at clutter makes you tired. Instead of looking at the whole area and thinking it all has to be de-cluttered at once section it out into smaller “bites”. Set a timer and de-clutter for 15 to 20 minutes. When the timer rings take a break. If you still have energy or are in a good rhythm set your timer and de-clutter another 15 minutes. Do not do too much at one time so you don’t get burnt out.

3. I don’t have homes for everything. Take the time to assign homes for everything that has become clutter. Put magazines in baskets and clean them out every three months. Tear out the articles you want to save, place in page protectors and put in a three-ring binder. Be very selective on what you keep as this can also become clutter if you are saving too many articles and never read them.

4. I can’t put anything away because then I can’t find it. When creating homes for everything in your home think about where you will go to find them when you need them—think ahead to what is the most logical place you will look. Make a list of where you put things and tape it to the inside of a cupboard.

Is it time to update your beliefs about de-cluttering your home? Using these tips will have your home organized in a flash and you will be able to keep it clutter free.