7 Great Feng Shui Gifts to Give for the Holidays
With the holidays fast approaching, I am often asked “is there such a thing as a good Feng Shui gift?” “What should I look for when trying to buy a great Feng Shui gift for someone special on my list?” “Is there any excellent Feng Shui gift I can give my boss?” The gift list requests go on and on.
Yes, there are numerous great Feng Shui oriented gifts that can be purchased, in many cases for quite reasonable amounts of money, gifts that continue to be given throughout the year. However, the first thing you need to know about gift giving is the criteria or process for choosing a gift.
Give a gift your recipient would love to receive
Many people assume that they can just go into a store, pick out something they’d like to give someone else, buy it, wrap it up, and give it to them. Well, that may work for some, but the secret to gift-giving is knowing what the other person would love to receive, not what they’d love to give. There is a big difference between these two options.
Choose all your gifts knowing that the recipient would love to receive the gift you have chosen. For example, he may see a beautiful piece of china that he thinks would look perfect on his friend’s coffee table. But, you forget to take into account that your friend doesn’t like anything that even remotely resembles a trinket or, more nowadays, what is known as “dustable”. All of your time, hard-earned money, and good intentions are wasted because while your friend will appreciate the thought behind the gift, he or she certainly won’t appreciate your gift sitting on your coffee table taking up space and needing to be dusted every weekend.
Great Feng Shui Gifts
Now that you know the secret to giving the perfect gift, here are seven ideas that would make great positive energy gifts for your family and friends.
1. Since gift-giving is all about relationships, especially your relationship with the recipient, give a gift that symbolizes rapport, like two movie or theater tickets that you can share. Or, if the recipient is a family member, parent, or spouse, give a beautifully framed photograph of yourself or you and family or you and spouse at a joy-filled event. If the gift is for a loved one, you might consider a beautiful double heart-shaped glass bud vase with two fresh roses in their favorite color and a promise to fill it once a week for the next three months.
2. Create a Money Pot as a gift. Buy an attractive little wooden container and place seven US silver dollar coins in it. You can also use the new US gold dollar coins, or if the gift is for a lady, use the new gold US dollar coins. of US dollar Susan B. Anthony. This should be placed in the southeast area of the room or an office. This makes a great personal gift or a gift for your boss. For those who like plants, an indoor money plant or lucky bamboo would also serve the same purpose.
3. Feng Shui Music can be purchased at most music stores and online. There are a number of wonderful CDs available or check out Steve Halpern online. Any of his music will also work. This type of music can be played anytime, anywhere. It will lift your spirits, de-stress and nourish your soul.
4. A photo album filled with years of memories is a great gift of positive energy. This works best if you get the album in advance and put together several album pages with great photos of the recipient, you, and anyone else the recipient is particularly fond of. Be sure to include photos of a few places the recipient has also traveled to that are full of wonderful memories of past joys. Leave some empty pages to add new images.
5. An indoor tabletop water fountain placed near the front door encourages positive and welcoming energy to enter the home or office. If it is placed in the north it also energizes the career and divine spirituality. Make sure it sounds nice but not overwhelming. If it doesn’t make any sound, look for another style. The sound is as important as the appearance.
6. Wind chimes hanging outside near the front door encourage new energy to enter the house. Once again, sound is just as important as appearance. Don’t buy something so noisy that it disturbs the neighbors or your recipient. There are many hand-tuned wind chimes available at garden stores along with ones made from bamboo. Bamboo has an unusually soothing sound.
7. Buy a day or a few hours at a Day Spa to give the recipient a wonderful few relaxing and relaxing hours. This can be as simple as a manicure and pedicure gift certificate, a full body massage, or an extravagant gift certificate that includes a year of styling or maintenance. This gift keeps on giving whether it is used immediately or three months from now, when it is needed most.
Remember the secret to gift giving: Give a gift your recipient wants and loves, not one you want to give. Then try any of the above great positive energy Feng Shui gifts for loved ones, friends, and hostess gifts during the holiday season or throughout the year.
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