Back to school and feng shui tips to help.
It is almost time for the back-to-school madness, getting yourself and your children back into school life routine, did you know that many parenting tips are actually from some Feng Shui principles.
Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) is an ancient Chinese system of balancing our physical environment to promote harmony and a sense of well-being and connection with the energy of the Earth.
While learning the art of placement can help you create optimal living within your home, it can also help you and your children create a more efficient, less chaotic system for staying on top of all aspects of their education, including homework and school bag organization, that will help in a long way of reducing school life stresses.
Bringing Feng Shui into your child’s regular routine can keep things running smoothly for the whole family. Even when the children have already gone back to school this year, these habits and principles will help them, and you keep things on the right track.
Here are 8 tips on how to use feng shui the organization of your child’s back-to-school routine will help you maintain your sanity all year long.
Create a “day before” routine.
A day before routine will help remove clutter from the home/ bedrooms so the school day can start off on a better more organised vibration.
Set a timer on your phone for 30 minutes that you and your kids can use to get everything cleaned and organized, then set another for 2 minutes just to put any cleaning supplies away.
When you start the timer, give the house a quick run over, including a quick swish of the bathrooms, a sweep or vacuum, flat surfaces wiped and finishing off with cleaning your kitchen sink.
Put out the clothing for the next day, often the uniform ready, inc underwear. Make sure all homework is completed, packed lunch ready, and bags with all equipment and PE kits as needed. Place shoes and bags by the front door and pack lunches near the breakfast. This will all help the morning time as everything is ready and in place to help the day run smoothers and independence in your children. There will also be fewer “Mam where my shirt” issues, lol.
Within Feng Shui’s perspective, messiness can block the flow of chi and cause arguments and other distractions. We want to reduce these ready to start the next morning as positively as possible.
Set boundaries for yourself and your kids.
However, your lifestyle is, you’ll need to set boundaries for both your work time, children’s time and some much-needed “me” time.
Use this time to prepare for your day, organize your things and your thoughts, or have a quiet reflection.
By setting these boundaries, you will guarantee that there is a time for you to focus on what you need to get done, so that you won’t become overwhelmed when taking care of your children’s needs. This will help you stay focused in the morning and relaxed, and this will flow better. Work with what suits you best.
Simplify your family’s living space.
The living room is a space where you, members of your family, and friends all gather. Therefore, it’s important to ensure this space has good feng shui and welcoming to all who enter it.
All it takes is a little decluttering and balancing of elements in the room. Cleaning one shelf, one drawer, or even one tabletop per day, it’ll be a great idea to have your kids do the same. Teamwork is key, and we all know children learn through role modelling rather than constantly being told what to do.
Being consistent with this concept is key. This tidying method is a great habit for them to learn and keeps the feng shui energy in the living room fresh and vibrant. Add it into your day-before routine too.
Rearrange your child’s room.
The command position is an important concept in feng shui. It means that we can see the door from where we are sitting, cooking, working or sleeping, but are not in line with it.
For younger kids, it can be ideal to put the bed against a wall as it makes them feel secure at night. For older kids, move the bed away from the wall, and add bedside tables on either side, as it gives them more independence and room to move around as they grow, as well as balancing stability.
If you don’t have room and the bed is in line with a door, place something between it and the door. Have a strong wooden headboard on all beds.
Set up an area devoted to homework only.
This can be a space in their room or somewhere else suitable. Over time, they will start to associate this space with homework, and it will improve their focus. Even if you only have a combined space develop this into their daily routine and doing homework will become a habit.
Keep your child’s use of electronic devices limited and not in their bedroom.
Electromagnetic force (EMF) is the energy that emits from electronic equipment and phones. It is recommended to move electronic equipment and TVs from all bedrooms.
If your kids have their cell phones/laptops, encourage removing them from the bedroom or placing them away in storage solutions. It’s also best to keep TV out of a young child’s room.
Clear clutter from underneath the bed
A feng shui staple to help kids to sleep and feel better is to remove anything stored under their beds so the energy can move freely. Having an open-based bed helps the energy flow better and keeps away stagnant energy, if you need to store stuff, try to keep it to essentials, like bed linens and be extra organised and tidy.
Establish an evening routine.
Get back into bedtime routines to help you and your children get a good night’s sleep ready for the following day. Also here don’t forget the day before the routine.
I hope these tips help you to build a routine that will help you daily in your family’s school life.
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