Feng Shui: Yin & Yang

When learning about Feng Shui (the art arranging one's environment to create a healthy and positive atmosphere), the terms Yin & Yang are often used. Yin and Yang are the feminine and masculine phases of cyclic flow of energy (chi). While Yang is active which puts for energy, Yin is restful, and receives energy. Often people are confused that Yin = a woman, and Yang = a man. This is false. Every woman and man hold both Yin and Yang energy. They simply represent different phases of a cycle. They are opposites and they are inseparable. Simply saying one implies the other. You can not have light without darkness, and thus you can not have Yin without Yang.

Let's explore Yin and Yang in regard to the art of Feng Shui. Yin is the energy in an environment which expands, and produces lightness, cold, diffusion and quiescence. The Yin personalities is gentle, tranquil, and magnetic. Yang energy contracts, produces density, gravity, heat, and activity. The Yang personalities is active, commanding, concentrated, and fiery.

The following are simplified terms to assist you in determining if you have a balance of Yin-Yang energy in your life, and which on you may lean toward more~

Yin Type	Yang Type
Key Words~ ~ indoors ~ low ~ dark ~ cold ~ water ~ night ~ fall-winter ~ valley ~ middle of the block ~ space	Key Words~ ~ outdoors ~ high ~ bright ~ hot ~ fire ~ day ~ spring-summer ~ mountain ~ street corner ~ time
Facial Features~ ~ Eyes are more wide, far apart ~ Cleft facial features: line running down the forehead making for two visible lobe's, cleft at the tip of the nose, parted front teeth, and cleft chin. ~ The eyebrows slant away from the center of the face ~ The nose is large or protrudes ~ The cheekbones are slight ~ The mouth is large and lips are full ~ Lines on face appear to be more horizontal than vertical.	Facial Features~ ~ Eyes are close together, deep set and narrow ~ Eyebrows are narrow and slant toward the nose ~ Nose is small or narrow ~ Cheekbones are pronounced ~ Lips are thin ~ Line in face are more vertical
Occupations~ You express yourself through thoughts. ~ Research ~ Scholarship ~ Teaching ~ Writing All activities that require more mental exertion.	Occupations~ You express yourself through actions. ~ Sales ~ Sports ~ Performing Arts ~ Mechanics ~ Armed Services ~ Police All indoor and outdoor activities that require exertion.

~ Your environment should thus reflect Yin and Yang in a way that will assist you in
balancing the Yin Yang energy within you.

~ If your physical makeup and your occupation is yang than your environment should be
predominantly yin with a special area that is yang.

~ If your physical makeup is yang and your occupation is yin, then your space should be
predominately yin.

~ If your physical makeup and your occupation is yin than your environment should be
predominantly yang with a special area that is yin.

~ If your physical makeup is yin and your occupation is yang, than your space should be
predominately yang.

A Yang Environment~

This environment is warm, with bright colors and lighting. It is very stimulating and is ideally located high up or on a street corner.

A Yin Environment~

This environment is cool with restful colors and lighting. It is very restful and calming, and is ideally low down or in the middle of a block.

If you live with other people. Their energetic tendencies should also be included in the assessment of the Yin Yang energy in your home. This is just one of the many areas to explore when creating an energetically balanced home.