Hi Heather!

You’ve got a lot of questions packed into this posting, so I want to start with a few general guidelines, particularly as it sounds as if you are just beginning to work with feng shui.

Your course is set up sequentially, and it’s a good idea to go through it as it’s presented. I’m a big fan of what I facetiously call “Post-It” feng shui when you are starting up. In each room where you’re going to be spending significant amounts of time, put up a post it in your four good directions (and your boyfriend’s if he is also going to be activating his feng shui). That way each time you walk into the room, you will have a reminder of exactly where your four best directions are and what they represent.

You want to start with your personal energy number activations. These are most specific to you and activating these first will clarify and empower what you are wanting to manifest on a personal level.

After you have done these in those areas where you spend most of your time, you will move on to the general space feng shui that you find summarized on the “Nine Directions Chart.”

While your personal directions pertain specifically to you, the general space feng shui will impact everyone who comes into the home. Most people do the general space feng shui on the home as a whole rather than in the context of a specific area such as the bedroom or the home office.

While you are correct that you could activate for all nine directions in one room (most feng shui activations can be done on a micro or macro level), that tends to feel cluttered and overwhelming. For this reason it’s good to do the general space feng shui, and your time feng shui (which is in Level Three) on the home as a whole.

Before you do any painting, you might want to complete the entire course. Many people like to use the guidelines for the 20 year time cycles in Level 3 for interior design colors, as that is a stable and long term energy. If you don’t want to do that, consider the color recommendations that are connected with the areas on the grid represented on the Nine Directions Chart.

I hope this helps clarify some of the sequencing and prioritizing challenges you are having.

It’s a process, so be patient with yourself and take one step at a time.

All the best!
Wendy Greer