Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui -- Book Review

In her book Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, author Karen Kingston covers how to understand and identify clutter and ultimately how to clear that clutter from your home, body, mind and spirit. She then gives tips for staying clutter free.

Kingston writes that “the four categories of clutter are things you don’t use or love, things that are untidy or disorganized, too many things in too small a space, and anything unfinished.” Clutter is blocked energy that can affect you physically, mentally and spiritually and should be cleared to allow the flow of positive chi throughout our lives. In this book, you will learn why you are addicted to clutter, how to actually identify clutter, how to clear clutter from your body, mind and spirit and how to keep your life clutter free.

In Part 1, Understanding Clutter, Kingston covers some basics of Feng Shui and space clearing. She goes on to explain exactly what clutter is and how it affects you. She says clutter can put your life on hold, depress you, cost you financially, and distract you from important things in your life. There are many reasons why people keep clutter and these are discussed along with how to let go of your clutter.

In Part 2, Identifying Clutter, Kingston covers clutter and the Ba Guas, the clutter zones in your home, clutter in the form of collections, paper clutter and huge things you no longer need or use. The huge things could be a piano that no one plays, a rusting car behind the garage or any other oversized junk that is easier to keep than it is to dispose of. Some clutter might not even belong to you so it could be difficult to clear. This is especially true of clutter belonging to your teenagers, your partner or relatives.

In Part 3, Clearing Clutter, Kingston covers the ways to get started. She discusses the best time to clear clutter, how space clearing can be effective, making a list and getting motivated. One of the best ways to begin your clutter clearing is through the use of boxes, one for trash, one for repairs, one for recycling, one for transit and what she calls the dilemma box. The dilemma box is for those items you’re not real sure whether to get rid of or not. When starting your clutter clearing project, you might take her clutter test when deciding whether or not to get rid of something.

Also in Part 3, you will learn the basics of staying clutter free once you have cleared your home of its clutter. How to get organized, how to stop clutter before it starts, and whether or not to hire a professional are all discussed.
The last 4 chapters in Part 3 discuss clutter clearing your body with colon cleansing, how to clean mental clutter, clearing emotional clutter and clearing spiritual clutter.

The Appendix provides 21 steps to basic space clearing from preparation to procedures.

Even though it’s dated, I feel this book provides a straightforward approach to clutter clearing for good Feng Shui that is ageless. It’s easy to follow and has some excellent advice although I’m a bit skeptical about the colon cleansing.

Published in 1999, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui is a 179 page paperback book and can be purchased at Amazon.