Can't Sleep? No Sex Drive? No Partner?

Beliefnet.com happily had its offices Feng Shui'd by Brooklyn-based Feng Shui Expert, Nancy SantoPietro, author of "Feng Shui: Harmony By Design", and "Feng Shui & Health: The Anatomy of a Home". Now we're teaming up again to create a six-part series that will offer Feng Shui advice, and room/situation analysis (to enter your kitchen next, click here) and many simple tips to get you on your way to having great Feng Shui!

Based on the core principles of Feng Shui design, the bedroom is considered the most important room in the home. Because the average person spends a third of their life sleeping (and in their beds), the quality of the energy that surrounds them during their sleep state will have the most impact on their waking lives.

And although many factors ranging from psychological to physiological can disrupt someone's sleep state, from a Feng Shui perspective, proper bed positioning and good bedroom energy flow are two of the most important factors contributing to good health, rest, romance and happy relationships!

So what helps create good energy flow, great sex and a sleep time that would rival any bear in a cave? Simply, the various elements that make up the design and aesthetics of your room--such as your color choices, the location of your windows, the amount of clutter you have, type of furniture and the overall "feel" of the room.

In Feng Shui, the "chi," or energy, of a space enters the room through its front door and brings with it the life force. Life force carries the energy and the breath that fuels and nurtures your life. Good Feng Shui in the bedroom starts with the bed being in auspicious position with its occupants' facing the front door ready to energetically receive the incoming life force and all the good that it brings. This is a very powerful, life enhancing energy, so although we want your bed (and yourself) to be in a position to face this energy force, it's crucial that you are not in direct line with it!