Harmony at home

WHEN YOU are sick you consult a doctor. When you are down you may want to talk to somebody who could suggest methods you could try to banish the blues - but when things are not working out as they should in your home, what do you do? Well, you could try Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese method of balancing and restoring the positive energies that a home has.

Many of us would have heard of Feng Shui but would not be clear about its role in our lives. As is with most things of this genre, much of it is based on faith. Practitioners say it is a way of harmonising the living space, bringing about positive changes.

So, here is Geeta Rajagopal, a Feng Shui consultant, who says it is a way of enhancing your life by shifting the position of the various articles in the house. Unlike vaastu which involves structural changes, Feng Shui only reorganises or arranges things in the house". It heals houses," she says "and I am a house doctor," she adds with a smile. Feng Shui solutions are very simple and inexpensive - they can be implemented with a little reorganisation because they are all about energy flow. Besides, the doctoring you do in your house could be accomplished quietly without any one even realising it.

Geeta is also gifted with a rare sense of intuition, which enhances her feel for the well-being of houses. She complements it with her background in interior design and gives solutions, which her clients swear, make a tremendous difference to a home. For instance, quarrels get sorted out, relationships get strengthened, positive things keep happening and harmony is something well within reach in terms of attitudes and among people.

A postgraduate from the Lady Irwin College, Delhi, Geeta has travelled extensively all over the world. All this while in Prague where she learnt the art of Feng Shui, Geeta has now made Chennai her home. What drew her to it? "Well," she says, "mostly out of necessity". Our home in Prague was struck by lightning. It was also a time when everything seemed to go wrong. A friend suggested that she give Feng Shui a shot. She tried it and went on to do a course which she says, combined with her skills of intuition, palmistry and face reading helped her put the positive things back in her life. "You know", she says, "just moving a mirror or a piece of furniture can make a difference? Anything to do with health, wealth, and food can be corrected with such small changes. It's amazing how things take a turn for the better," she claims.

Well, at a general level, what are things one could do to make a difference? "Never keep cactus in the house, any spiky plant is a 'no no'; always make sure plants are healthy and not dying; never keep dried flowers because there is no regeneration, or stuffed animals or pictures of hunting or anything that even hints at violence; try not to use black in the bedroom and living room; if you can keep cats, dogs and other pets it is good because they keep the positive energies moving right through the house," she says.

Geeta is also an artist, a self taught one at that - her aesthetic apartment on Chamiers Road is full of paintings done by her. The harmony she talks about is truly reflected in her demeanor and home - a healed home perhaps? She can be contacted at geeta-lakshmi55@yahoo.com

CHITRA MAHESH

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