7 amazingly simple Feng Shui tips for kids' bedrooms

A healthy energy flow is believed to encourage wellbeing and a sense of serenity – just what any mum would want for her little ones!

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice which favours the flow of vital energy,

known as chi, to create a ‘zen-like’ atmosphere.

Use these simple feng shui tips to make it easier for your kids to fall asleep at night and to provide them with a nurturing and soothing environment that they can de-stress in. Maybe you’ll even notice less temper tantrums!

Place a loving parental image in the room

Placing a photo of smiling, loving parents in a prominent area of the bedroom can help kids to feel secure. Not only does the image of mum and dad evoke a feeling of protection, but it also resonates with a child’s sense of authority. This feng shui tip is actually thought to be a quick and easy fix for behavioural problems – of course everyone responds differently, so please bear this in mind.

No TV at Bed Time!

Many kids have tech in their rooms. According to feng shui practitioner, Robyn Bentley, the electromagnetic frequencies, or EMFs, that are emitted by TVs, video game consoles, tablets, and other devices can have a harsh effect on an adult’s energy, let alone a child’s. EMFs are thought to decrease the body’s melatonin production, making it difficult to get that restful slumber that all kids need.

Minimise electronics in the bedroom. Ideally, there should be nothing more than a lamp, placed at least two feet away from the bed.

Use the command position for the bed

When arranging your child’s bedroom to optimise the flow of chi, start with the all-important bed – the place where your munchkin is (hopefully) spending ten or eleven hours each day! The bed should be placed in what is known as the command position – in a spot where you can walk around each side, but the headboard is against a wall of the room (but not sharing a wall with the bathroom or toilet, a placement that is thought to cause health problems!).

Make sure your child can see the door when lying in bed, although you don’t want the bed to be directly in line with the doorway, or directly under a window. This arrangement should encourage your child to feel ‘in command’ in their room.

Be wary of water energy

To avoid the potentially intense energy flow of the water element, leave aquariums and photographs of ocean scenes out. Anything associated with water could be disruptive. Here are a few water energy items that shouldn’t be in your little one’s room:

Fountains
Paintings, photos, or artwork associated with the sea
Aquariums
Deep blue colours

No Mirrors

Hanging mirrors in kids’ bedrooms is another feng shui faux pas. They are thought to absorb energy and are known to disturb rest, especially if they are facing your child’s bed.

Keep plants in another room

Bringing nature into your home is a feng shui fundamental, but not for bedrooms. The place where your children sleep should have a gentle balance between yin and yang energy to create a harmonious, restful energy. Plants, which bring life and vitality to a space, are too energising for sleeping spaces and can create too much yang energy.

Balanced Colours

Pastels are wonderful colours for children’s bedrooms in the world of feng shui. Soft pinks, blues, yellows, or greens will help your little one to feel at ease. Too much white, as well as bright, bold colours or excessive patterns, may make it difficult for your child to relax. Do you have a hyperactive pre-schooler or a fiery teenager? Maybe it’s time to paint over the fuschia walls.

Hopefully, these simple feng shui tips won’t just make your kids more at ease, but they’ll make mum’s life a little easier too. Calm kids always make happy mums!

Do you have any feng shui tips you’ve implemented for your children’s’ bedrooms? Share you tips and tricks below.

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16 Comments

- - cherz said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    3:51 pm
Only place for my sons bed is with the bed head sharing the toilet wall… oh what do I do now. ???

- - rovermum said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    11:31 am
My teen son’s room is a tech-free room. No laptop, no TV, no i-devices. House rules! We seem to have followed the feng-shui rules without even realizing it, except for the bold red walls, at his bed head and foot end. His bedroom is footy-themed and it works. However, it may be ready for a change soon. Our teen has plenty of sleep – it’s not an issue for us, but he’s now trying to exert his independence in terms of how he wants his room. I’m okay with that, within house rules though.

- - ella12 said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    9:42 am
It is tech free in my daughter’s room.

- - tessie said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    9:40 am
Not possible to use these tips as our house is an old mine house built in the early 1900’s. Put in a bed and dressing table and it’s full.

- - mom134803 said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    3:45 am
I don’t believe in Feng Shui as a source of healthy energy as such, but have done some of their tips anyway (like a loving picture of the parents, no tv at bedtime, no water or picture of water in the bedroom, no plants in the bedroom and use of pastels).

- - mom70876 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    4:12 pm
I didn’t know some of these (plants e.g.), but love the first one “loving photo of parent”
- Sheree BSPC replied
  
  02 Aug 2016 , 11:57 am
  Particularly younger kids, love having a picture of their parents close by as reassurance.
- - mum4107 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    5:48 am
We have placed the bed correctly, no tv in her room, no fish or pictures of water.

- - mom160421 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    8:35 pm
Fortunately my daughter’s room meets all the criteria listed above.
- Sheree BSPC replied
  
  02 Aug 2016 , 11:58 am
  Great. It’s too easy when you feng shui a room without even realising!
- - mom112217 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    4:31 pm
Thanks for your article,alot of people are into feng shui!
- Sheree BSPC replied
  
  02 Aug 2016 , 11:59 am
  Cheers! Fads do come and go but feng shui has stood the test of time and really seems to make a difference to so many people.
- - mom90758 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    1:11 pm
Very interesting. Years ago I read different feng shui books and found a lot of inspiration.
I knew about the position of the bed and I always managed to place it in the right position.
No technology in the bedroom is super important. My daughter has just her laptop on her desk but she never uses it before going to bed. No television in her bedroom, and in our too.
I’m just not sure that the bunk bed my daughter has, is feng shui. I wanted a normal bed for her new bedroom when we moved house, but she really wanted a bunk bed, with a desk and book shelves underneath. So we bought it for her.
- Sheree BSPC replied
  
  02 Aug 2016 , 12:01 pm
  I agree, whether you adhere to the principles of feng shui or not, it’s a really good idea to keep technology out of kids bedrooms.
- - mom168864 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    9:59 am
That’s interesting and the no hanging mirrors for kids bedrooms. I also have dark blue curtains in my sons bedroom.

- - Nas01 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    9:03 am
Very intresting. I’ve not Italians gent shui before but surprisingly my kids rooms meet most recommendations.