Excerpts from Fast Feng shui: 9 Simple Principles
for Transforming Your Life by Energizing Your Home

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Principle 5: Clear Your Clutter

Clutter in your home blocks the smooth flow of chi through your space, weighs you down energetically, and keeps you in the past. Clutter makes it very difficult to move ahead in your life.

When your relationship power spots are filled with clutter, your love live can feel stagnant, messy, moribund, or like a burden rather than a joy. You may find yourself living in the past emotionally, unable to let go of "what if" and "if only" thinking so you can focus on someone new. Spring cleaning your power spots is a great way to spring clean your love life and get new energy flowing.

An additional benefit of getting rid of your clutter is that it can literally lighten you up and help you lose weight! All that stuck energy in your environment affects you on a physical level, and encourages extra pounds to hang around. I'd heard about this, and discovered that it is true when I moved from New York City to Maui. I sold, gave away, or threw out most of my things, including a ten-year accumulation of clutter, and in the process I lost 12 pounds. If self-consciousness about your weight is contributing to a lack of energy for your love life, tackling your clutter everywhere in the house should be a key part of your romantic make-over plan.

We'll take a closer look at why-and how-to get rid of clutter as we explore Phase 2 of the Relationship Cycle.

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