Feng Shui Plants for Positive Energy
AGRITA CHHIBBER

You can bring good energy into your home with feng shui plants while admiring these live decorations’ beauty.
Feng shui, an ancient Chinese art of positioning furniture, objects, and spaces, takes its cues from nature to create harmony and balance in a space: Chan claims that shui denotes water and feng denotes wind. In order to attain the highest harmony, it takes into account your relationship to your home as well as its design and energy.
In the last several years, especially as our houses have evolved into places where we live, work, and relax, we have all gone a little crazy for house plants.
There are several advantages to adding indoor plants to the rooms in your house, not the least of which is that they may soften and enhance the appearance of a place, and in the case of bedroom feng shui, are even thought to help sleep.
But have you also thought about how you might enhance positive energy flow in your life by carefully selecting and placing feng shui plants for particular locations in the home?
The goal of feng shui is to increase the flow of Chi, our essential life force energy. The wood element, represented by living green plants, is thought to foster human toughness, flexibility, healing, and growth. By incorporating plants into your interior space, you may not only bring these traits into your life and home but also create a more harmonious relationship between your inner and outer environments.
If you want to add more ease and flow to your life and space, seek feng shui plants with leaves that are generally soft, rounded, and especially heart-shaped. “For example, you might not want to place two cacti in a partnership space, like a bedroom, as this would introduce prickly, sharp energy.”
Spiky plants are bad for feng shui since they are said to drain personal energy because of their sharp points, therefore plants like cacti don’t encourage healthy energy. The majority of indoor plants are naturally air purifying, the wood element creates balance, and adding green colour to the room is excellent because it is a very energizing colour. Because they bring in such wonderful subtle energy, leaves with rounded edges are beneficial for every area of the house.

Describe a bagua map.
No matter the bagua, according to Cho, you can employ feng shui plants in any part of your house. But if you want to boost the energy in a particular area of your life, locate it on your bagua map and then plant an upward-growing plant there. Set your intention for any potential “stuck” energy to be revitalised and for the plant’s energy to aid in growth.
If you were to imagine that you were gazing into your home from the front entryway, the region for wealth and prosperity would be in the far upper left, and the area for marriage and relationships would be in the far upper right. Bonus points for including a money tree in the riches and success area or a plant with leaves shaped like hearts in the marriage and relationships area. Cho advises either doing this or finding a plant or pot that matches the colour of that bagua area. Within the room, it will have a greater impact.
Money Tree

Money trees are frequently utilised as feng shui plants and are thought to bring good fortune and money. However, they stand for more than simply material riches; being wealthy doesn’t always translate into feeling prosperous on the inside. Plants require time to cultivate; they don’t develop rapidly, and this teaches you patience. A money tree prefers deep, infrequent waterings when the soil volume is 75% dry.
The goal is not to get wealthy quickly, but to establish a consistent, healthy flow of riches into your life. It grows best when periodically turned so that each side receives an equal amount of light. It thrives in bright, indirect light.
- Monstera Deliciosa

These gorgeous plants, also known as “split-leaf philodendron,” are adored for their enormous, heart-shaped leaves and can assist open the marriage and relationships area of your house. The monstera plant does well in indirect light and with the correct quantity of watering.
- Philodendron Green

The traditional philodendron plant, with its quick-growing tendrils and low maintenance requirements, is a good feng shui plant for attracting love. According to Cho, this plant’s tender, heart-shaped leaves can aid in energising the marriage and relationships part of your space. You might want to possess two to add to the impact! “A pair of complementary plants can emphasise an equal, balanced partnership you’d like to invite in,” the author explains.
- Pothos

Pothos plants are great air purifiers, making them ideal for neglected areas of your home like the top of a kitchen cabinet or the bathroom. They are ideal interior hanging plants since they frequently have long, green vines. These plants require very little upkeep, gaining the nickname “Devil’s Ivy” among negligent gardeners because they are practically unkillable.
These are excellent for beginners, says Cho. Their smooth, rounded leaves encourage harmony and gentleness throughout your room, and they are one of the easiest feng shui plants to maintain.
- Jade Plant

Because of their rounded leaves, jade plants are considered to be lucky and prosperous in feng shui. Jade plants are suggested by Pangborn because they do well in sunny locations and require little maintenance in terms of watering. They thrive in well-lit interior areas, such as those with windows that face south or west.
Agrita Chhibber is from Jammu
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