Feng Shui gifts for new homes

Moving into a new home is a major life event that involves a plethora of changes and adjustments, which can at times be quite daunting. Feng Shui gifts are some special items chosen with love and care believed to infuse positive energy or “good chi” into a new home. These gifts can help create the right balance in your new home by adding elements that blend with Nature. Feng Shui gifts can range from lucky bamboo to usher in prosperity to wind chimes for circulation of energy and many more in between.

So, picking the right Feng Shui housewarming gift transcends mere aesthetics, it’s all about making the new space buzzing with positive energy, so that the houseowner’s health and prosperity are promoted.

Here are some Feng Shui gift tips:

# Scented candles: Aromas are known to affect peace of mind and help people relive their golden memories. Candles, on their part, are supposed to help improve socializing skills and usher in vibrant energy so that you can embrace your new neighbours and make friends quickly.

# Laughing Buddha: The statue of the Laughing Buddha, with its ample belly and infectious grin, always elicits a smile with its benign vibe. Radiating positivity, it is believed to represent luck and wealth for the family. Having one at home is a constant reminder to keep smiling. Hence, it’s a perfect housewarming gift.

# Bath bombs: Long, warm baths are always great for meditating and bringing back harmony in your life. So, if your friend who has moved into a new house has a bathtub, gifting him/her a bath bomb is a fabulous idea. It is said to help bring more balance to the home.

# Red accent pillows: Red accent pillows embossed with an attractive dragon symbol could also constitute a beautiful new-home gift since these are believed to bring in positive energy or good Chi to the home.

# Vase with flowers: In Chinese Feng Shui culture, it’s quite common to bring flower vases to housewarming parties as gifts. When paired with lucky flowers, vases are meant to bring in peace, harmony and calm to the household.

# Tea sets and tea: For centuries, the Chinese have sipped tea to feel better. They discovered that tea leaves have useful antioxidants which offer significant health benefits. So, gifting a tea set with tea leaves is a perfect Feng Shui idea.

# 3-generation turtle: The tortoise symbolizes health and long life, according to the tenets of Feng Shui. So, when you bunch together three tortoises as a housewarming gift, it can tantamount to blessing the new home for three generations.

# Hanging crystals: Glass crystal spheres are supposed to usher in good luck with money as the eight sides of the crystals bestow eight different blessings on the homeowner. Besides, crystals, hung on a sunny window, can be a beautiful sight and lift your spirits.

# Lucky bamboo: These plants bring in a feeling of freshness and positive energy to the new home. Not needing too much care, lucky bamboos are still known to offer auspicious Feng Shui energy to the owners.

# Basil: Gifting basil is doubly beneficial to the recipient, because not only does it bring in good luck, it also has a pleasing aroma and is an extremely useful herb for your dishes. So, a gift of basil is both useful and thoughtful.

# Peace lily: Gifting a set of peace lily plants to the new homeowner is a symbol of ushering in peace and harmony to the household as well as being a visually pleasing and soothing present.