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Vastu and Feng Shui consultant Rashi Gaur reveals simple tips to maintain a blissful marriage or add renewed vigor to a flagging relationship.
1. Keep negative energy away from your sleeping zone by keeping the mattress and pillow in the sun at least once a month. This is important as it helps to get rid of negative energy from the room.
2. Ensure that the space around the bed is clutter free. Never place old clothes, books, personal items or memorabilia under your bed because it attracts negative energy.
3. If your bedside table starts piling up with books and other kinds of junk, spend some time each month to sort through and put things back where they belong as it attracts negativity.
4. Use saffron water to clean the space that the bed occupies. Sprinkle saffron water as you walk three times around the bed in a clockwise direction. Saffron is a very powerful substance for purifying space. Do this cleansing ritual at least once a month.
5. Paint the South West wall of your house in yellow colour to nourish your relationship or marriage. This part of your house and bedroom should not be cluttered. Keep this area free of unwanted junk and a least once a week spend a few minutes clearing away whatever has accumulated in the south west to keep negative energy at bay.
6. Place pictures of you and your spouse in the South West zone of your house. This will increase your love and respect for each other.
7. To revitalize your relationship, light two red candles for a few hours in the South West zone of your bedroom. You can even place a pair of mandarin ducks or lovebirds here.
8. Ensure there is no mirror reflecting the bed as it leads to disturbed sleep.
9. Never have a body of water or fountain to the left of the bedroom door (when you are looking from the inside of the room facing out) or the bedroom as it causes problems and rifts such as arguments, fights and infidelity in marriage. Two separate mattresses concealed under the sheets also leads to fights and arguments.
10. Few dashes of red, such as a red lamp or a red cushion in the south zone, keep the relationship alive and buzzing.