Heal Your Home - December 2006

FIND YOUR PATH IN LIFE

Try these simple steps to discuss your new direction:

  • In fengshui, the career area is at the centre of your home. Hang a chandelier with six or seven bulbs here - its crystals with strengthen your intuition to help you find your perfect career.
  • Place an empty bowl or vase near your front door. This symbolises new beginnings.
  • You'll be more likely to drift aimlessly if you haven't made your home your own. Even if you live with other people or your family, you can make sure that at least one part of the home symbolises you. Paint this area your favourite colour, and fill it with books and music you love.
  • Create some space to meditate. Even if you don't do this formally, you can use it as a quiet corner.
  • Draw up a list of wishes and bury it in a plant pot of in your garden underneath a plant. Make sure you look after the plant of your wishes won't flourish.

THE PROBLEM
"Leon and I moved into this bungalow two years ago, and I have often felt very fearful here. I can sense a presence, which makes me shiver. I'm stuck in a job that I hate but don't know what to do instead. I often feel heavy and tired, which makes it hard to think about what I should do with my life. I'm sure the house is playing a part in this. I'm especially concerned as Leon has Tourette's syndrome, which give him involountary tics - I'm worried the house's energies might make him worse. Can you help?"

THE SOLUTION
We sent in Susie Shaw, who works by using a combination of space clearing, spirit release, dowsing and earth acupuncture.

SUSIE SAYS: "When I walked into Nadine's bungalow, I could sense many negative energies. No wonder Nadine's been feeling tired and discontented. I checked for geopathic stress - harmful earth energies caused by factors including underground streams and overhead power cables - by dowsing with my rods. They crossed in the garden, signifying a line of geopathic stress running through the home.

"I used earth acupuncture by hammering rods into the ground to dispel the negative energy, and then checked my dowsing rods again. This time they stayed apart, which shows how the geopathic stress had healed itself. I got Nadine to have a go with the rods, too, so she could feel the difference in energy.

"I realised Nadine had been uncomfortable because there was a dark energy in the kitchen and also a male spirit in the attic room, which felt very cold and unpleasant. Nadine wasn't using that room and nobody wanted to go in there. I called on the ancestors of the spirit to come and collect him, and immediately the attic seemed warmer and more inviting.

"Nadine felt quite detatched from the house - it didn't really feel as though she'd made it her own. I did a space clearing throughout the bungalow, using objects to represent the different elements. This expelled the negative energy in the kitchen. After a clearing, a house becomes an empty space, so it's important to go through the rooms and set their purpose. We did this in each room, with Nadine standing there thinking about what she wanted from the space. In Leon's room, for example, she asked for friendship and good education, as well as for calm, which is important for him with his Tourette's.

"I performed some aura healing on both Nadine and Leon, and finally I left Nadine with some decorating tips so that she'd be able to lighten the energy in her home. I suggested she change her bedroom - at the moment it has a dark carpet and blue floral wallpaper. It should be much lighter and brighter, perhaps white. She should also change Leon's room, as it doesn't look like a boy's bedroom at the moment - it's more like an elderly woman's room. She could paint it blue, or whatever colour Leon likes, and make space for more of his things.

"Finally, Nadine should make a wish list (see 'Find Your Path In Life') of everything she'd like to achieve, including a new direction. Then she needs to bury the list near the roots of a plant in the garden, water it and watch the plant grow to make her wishes come true."

NADINE SAYS: "Wow, what a difference! The attic room feels warm and welcoming now and the horrible cold draught has gone. After Susie left I felt a lot lighter. The house is transformed.

"I redecorated and there's a much nicer atmosphere now - it feels as though it's our house, whereas before we lived in a shell that other people had left behind. I planted my wish list in the garden, and everytime I watered it I thought about what I wanted in life.

"Leon has been much calmer too and his tics are a less pronounced.

"The session with Susie has put me on a different course in life.

"I have much more energy, and have even found the courage to leave the job I hated. I'm now studying herbalism and massage, which are my real passions. That was one of the wishes on my list!"