Our homes are mirrors of our self-images, our outlooks, and our lives.  Our living spaces tell a story of exactly what is going inside our minds as well as the outcomes we’re experiencing in our lives.  How can this be?  Well, what we place around us in our homes along with the structure that our home naturally has creates cues –visual and otherwise-- that we subconsciously use to create or maintain a certain reality, whether we’re aware of it or not.

Our home is a metaphor for our life, all aspects of our life… including our sex life.

So how does this work exactly?

Well, let’s say you live in a dark, cluttered, cramped living space with insufficient ventilation, tattered furnishings, burnt out light bulbs, dirty dishes and dirty clothes strewn about, dying plants and cobwebs in the corners, dust on the furniture and any number of other unappealing décor.  Odds are you don’t live in such conditions, but let’s say you did.  Does this environment sound sexy to you?  And do you imagine that if you lived in such a place that you’d feel sexy?  Would you want to bring potential mates back to your home for a romantic tryst?

I imagine you wouldn’t. 

And I imagine you wouldn’t because living in a place like the one we described would leave you pretty depleted of chi (life force energy).  I predict you would feel lazy, uninspired, tattered, burn out, and unappealing… certainly not passionate, confident or sexually voracious.

However, if your home is well-lit, ventilated, filled with healthy, vibrant plants, clean and tidy, smells good, is filled with sacred objects and vibrant décor, has furnishings you love, has well-maintained appliances and provides enough space to live and thrive, I imagine an opposite experience will happen to you.  Your life will be filled with zest, happiness, lightness of being, confidence, sacredness, health and sexual confidence. 

When our life force energy (our chi) is able to move, flow, and dance unimpeded, we can be in a state of perpetual arousal.  We experience a lust for life and a tremendous attraction to beauty, excitement and desire.  We are more in touch with our desires, more  aroused by our senses, more responsive to our sensuality.  

Add more excitement and arousal to your life with these feng shui tips:

1)    More light creates more lightness of being which in turn produces happiness and confidence that carries over into amorous encounters
2)    Ventilation in your home creates a feeling of freshness as well as fresh smells that inspire sexual excitement.  Place a bowl of water in rooms where you entertain and drop 5 to 15 drops of an essential oil like jasmine or ylang ylang to enhance sensual excitement
3)    Fresh or artificial flowers are a beautiful visual representing romance, attraction, and mother nature’s perfect chemical allure
4)    Soft pillows and fabrics on an inviting sofa or bed create the perfect location for a little Kama Sutra action
5)    Keep a book like the Kama Sutra or 69 Ways to Pleasure Your Lover at arm’s reach for spontaneous inspiration as well as visual reminders of the joys of ecstasy

Claire Rumore is a certified practitioner of Advanced Interior Alignment Feng Shui, as created by Denise Linn, author of Feng Shui for the Soul  and Sacred Space.  She has more than ten years of feng shui experience, having discovered the art when she was barely 19.  Her areas of specialization include teaching shamanic energy awareness, blending feng shui and Tantric principles, helping clients enhance healthy intimacy and abundance consciousness in their lives.  Claire is also a popular coach, teacher, change agent and visionary.  Visit Claire at her website www.ClearingTheNoise.com and be sure to sign-up to receive her FREE E-book “Feng Shui: the Architecture of Desire.”