Feng Shui can also benefit those of us who live in apartments, with the first step being to focus on the entrance to your Feng Shui apartment. Mapping the bagua on your floor plan will play a vital role for us here. Since there are a variety of apartments available, the practice of Feng Shui may differ slightly from place to place depending on the type of apartment you have.
However, it is important to note that even if there are a wide variety of apartment styles, the basics of Feng Shui will still apply to any space or location.
If you live in an apartment building, you should keep two very important things in mind. The first is the building entrance and the second is the Feng Shui apartment entrance. Map your bagua tool with the north side aligned with the wall with the main entrance of the apartment. This will prepare you to apply any Feng Shui cures and enhancements you wish to use to energize and activate areas of your life. Your entryway should be free of clutter and generally welcoming, inside and outside your door. Less clutter will allow more energy to flow into your apartment. In Feng Shui, the position of the entrance to any room or space is very important, it can block energy or allow it to flow.
When looking for the best location for an apartment, you should avoid those that are on an elevated structure. How would you know if a given apartment building is sitting on an elevated structure? This is easy to determine because these buildings often have a parking garage on the ground floor, making it appear as if the apartment building is rising from the ground. Due to the fact that these structures are not grounded, it can be a possible place for bad and stagnant energy.
Most apartment buildings have swimming pools located in the attic or on the top level of the building. This is not a good Feng Shui sign because it means that everything else is under water. Feng Shui strives to maintain balance between the five elements, as well as Yin and Yang, so having one element dominate over the other is a big no-no.
If you have the option of living in an apartment located on the lower floors instead of the upper floors, keep in mind that the lower the apartment or closer to the ground, the better. The chi will travel a long way before it can reach an apartment on the upper floors, but to help, you can keep the lights on or hang a plant outside your house to help the chi flow.
Another popular type of apartment style is a studio apartment, which is not conducive to Feng Shui. Although, by using the bagua map aligned with the entrance of your Feng Shui apartment, mapping the nine living areas will be quite simple. Meaning, it will be much more obvious where you should place the heals. Ideally, the different areas should be divided and the boundaries should be set correctly. A studio apartment means that all areas are molded into one main living space. If this is the case, you can use dividers or curtains to delimit the different areas of your apartment. The most important thing is to divide the bedroom from everything else.
If you are looking for an apartment, you should keep in mind that the ideal apartment is a place where there are no garbage disposals or dumpsters nearby. Apartments that are too close to the stairs or elevator, as well as apartments at the end of a long corridor, are also not recommended.
Remember, you can use the bagua to help as your apartment’s Feng Shui entrance map. Just line it up like a floor plan of your apartment, starting at your entryway (align this wall to north on the map) so you know which directions the different living areas in your environment will relate to, and start the feng shu-ing!