Here are 10 simple Feng Shui tips and techniques you can use to shift the energy and create a positive environment that nurtures health, improves wealth and encourages love.

1. Space Cleansing: At the end of each on-site Feng Shui consultation I address the energetic cleansing of a space with the Chen Pi Purification Space Cleansing method, which is similar to the Native American practice of smudging with sage but, most of the time, it is even more effective.

This purification is carried out using both fresh orange peel and aged dried tangerine skin, called Chen Pi, which is available in both Chinese medicine and food stores. This method alone creates a dramatic improvement in the energy your space.

2. Life Energy: One of the cheapest and most effective ways of turning a space into a home is by adding life energy such as real plants, fresh flowers and delicious fruit. Take a look at the higher-end catalogs and home magazines. You’ll notice they all have one of these three items in every photo.

3. Pets: Having pets can raise the chi of a home or space. Their movement, sound and energy can circulate the chi of a space and facilitate the movement of stagnant or stuck energy.

4. Lights: The simple act of adding light to a space can help not only the feeling of a space but also how you experience a space. Consider having certain lights on a timer to welcome you home when you walk in the door at night and notice how it feels. This can also be displayed on the exterior of a house to lift the chi energy.

5. Feng Shui Consultant: One method is to hire a professional consultant to help you shift the energy of the space where they can focus and adjust the mundane aspects such as addressing the visible factors while reviewing and correcting the invisible aspects of a space. Many times, after I visit a space, people report feeling a difference in the space right away by describing it feeling lighter, experiecing higher level of energy and new opportunities.

6. Religious / Spiritual Masters: Based on your religion, you can incorporate the leaders of your faith to visit your space and analyze or bless the space. In severe situations or difficult cases, some will hire Tibetan lamas to actually chant within a space for several hours and conduct blessing methods.

7. Blessing Methods: There are several blessing methods that can be provided by religious leaders and spiritual masters that can shift the energy of a home. For the individual, the simple act of filling a bowl with water and orange peels, stating your intention and walking throughout the space while sprinkling the water can provide a blessing that is referred to as the Housewarming blessing method.

8. Colors: Changing the colors of a space can change the way you experience the space. I’ve seen many examples where just the change of color or a fresh coat of paint has made a positive impact on not only the space, those that occupy the space but also the exterior area or the neighborhood around the space.

9. Friends: Want to circulate the chi and get things moving? Consider having your friends over for an evening of dinner full of fun and laughter. This can invite positive energy to enter your space and liven up the energy of a space.

10. Music / Positive Noises: Many times you can use sound to disrupt stagnate chi. This can be done with a simple clapping of your hands, playing of music instruments, using Tibetan singing bowls or ringing space clearing bells.