Feng shui, the ancient practice of decor, is based off arranging indoor spaces to optimize a room’s life energy or chi flow. You don’t have to believe in chi, though, to benefit from the teachings of feng shui when it comes to bed positioning. There are five feng shui bed position tips that are in line with modern sleep psychology and common sense.
Commanding Bed Position
Feng shui’s commanding bed position places a bed where a sleeper can see the bedroom door, but is not in line with it. The rationale is that chi enters through the bedroom door. By positioning oneself out of the door’s path, one is not bombarded by excessively direct energy, but “commands” the energy as it flows throughout the room.
The practicality of this bed position lies in humans’ primal desire for safety during sleep. The commanding bed position allows a view of any intruders while remaining partially hidden. If sleeping in a less ideal position, the subconscious hesitates entering deep sleep. Instead, the mind remains partially heightened, ready to wake in case of danger. The commanding position is inherently ingrained in humans, as a study for the Evolutionary Psychology journal discovered. When tasked with arranging bedroom floor plans, participants predominantly chose positions in which the bed allowed a view of the door, but was distant from it.
Headboard Against a Wall
Headboards and walls generate supportive energy for feng shui sleepers. From a different viewpoint, space above your sleeping head brings an insecure feeling that correlates with the primal desire for sleep security. A wall is one direction from which a predator can’t attack. By placing one’s head against it, a head-side attack isn’t something the sleeping subconscious has to worry about.
Don’t Share a Bed’s Wall With the Bathroom
Feng shui’s explanation is that bathrooms flush away energy…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: The Joint Chiropractic — https://www.thejoint.com/new-jersey/jersey-city/jersey-city-03004/323221-practicality-feng-shui-bed-positions
C.B. James Writing 