How to Position Your Bed for Good Feng Shui
Do you want some restful sleep? Are you looking to start each day recharged and full of energy? Then take some steps to make that happen!
Bedroom arrangement is essential in Feng Shui. Much about your energy is determined by your bedroom and the position of your bed.
While you sleep, you recharge. The exact position of your bed can help charge you in positive, healing and loving ways or it can leave you feeling restless and drained. The choice is yours.
The points I make here are more than just Feng Shui cures, they are a blueprint for how you should arrange your bedroom.
Keep an Open Mind
The Feng Shui rules of the bed are simple. Being able to adhere to those rules, however, can sometimes get a little tricky. The location of your bedroom and layout of your room can sometimes put you in a bind.
The first step here is to have an open mind. Just because you have had your bed a certain way does not mean it should continue to be that way. Do you want excellent sleep and do you want to be recharged with positive energy every night? Then, you may need to make some serious and creative changes.
Bed Position
Next, we need to try to get your bed in the ideal Feng Shui position. Â Keep these points in mind:
The best position for a bed is one where you can see the door from the bed, but you are not in direct line with the door (any door, if possible — even closets or bathrooms).  Energy enters through doors. Energy could be in the form of Chi, light, radio waves, etc. Redirecting and/or eliminating any of these types of energy can help you get better sleep.
Have the head of your bed against a solid wall (no windows or doors on the same wall).
As with doors, try not to place your bed in line with a window.
Keep energy balanced around your bed. If you have a nightstand on one side, have an identical one on the other side. Do not place a side of your bed against a wall, such as in a corner of the room.
Bedroom Items
Remove mirrors that may be pointing at your bed. Mirrors produce too much energy for restful sleep and are often the cause of many types of body aches or health issues.
Avoid poison arrows, like the corners of walls or furniture, from pointing at you while you sleep. If otherwise unavoidable, block them with decor or furniture.
Avoid ceiling fans, as they create a cutting energy. Do you notice that you also wake up with dry sinuses and a headache?
Minimize exciting imagery and objects in your room. This is not the place to add a motivational poster with people skydiving, for instance.
If possible, avoid all electronics in the bedroom, including TVs, cellphones, alarm clocks, etc. I can’t stress this point enough. If you must have something electronic in the room, try only using battery-powered devices and keep them as far as possible from the bed. Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) may be very unsafe and are known to prevent restful sleep. I would even go so far as to recommend cutting off electricity to outlet wiring in the bedroom.
Now, add some things to your bedroom that will help you relax. Items that help with aromatherapy or a white noise machine can be incredibly helpful. Your choice of calming colors also helps immensely.
Love Heals
Don’t forget that your bedroom also represents love.
Keep things in pairs and use symbolism to represent yourself being in a loving relationship, even if you are single. Â Make room for your partner or future partner.
When you get a chance, spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Love Corner, as taking some of the steps mentioned will help ground you, resulting in better sleep.
Next Steps
With some bedrooms, the above requirements will seem like they are next to impossible to achieve. Get creative when you Feng Shui.
For instance, if you have a closet door which is the only thing keeping you from your ideal bedroom setup, keep it closed when you sleep and cover it with a drape or a Japanese folding screen.
Still stuck? Sleep on it. Before bed, enhance your Creative Area and have a positive mindset that you will determine creative ways to make your sleeping arrangement more ideal.
This is one of those things that I think is essential in Feng Shui. Restful and recharging sleep can help you make the most of your life. Make it happen!
Remember to always think twice before you place an object in your home or office. Â Make sure it won’t conflict with your harmony and balance. Â Read up on the Feng Shui Bagua to make sure you have everything in order.
I am a 3rd generation Feng Shui expert and have helped thousands of people add harmony and balance to their homes and offices the Feng Shui way.  As your consultant, you will be able to get one-on-one advice for how to arrange your room and the rest of your home.  I offer in-home and virtual services.  Contact me today!
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I have windows (one off center) on both ideal walls to place my bed. I’m STUCK either placing the bed in direct line of the doors (both entering the room and the bathroom door), placing the bed against windows or placing the bed where I can’t see the main door. Help!!
Hi, Nic! That’s definitely an unfortunate situation for your bed location. If that particular room is the only one to use as your bedroom, we’ll have to opt for the least bad possibility. As such, it’s better to place the bed against a wall with a window than any of the alternatives you listed. As a remedy, cover the window with blackout curtains and/or a large headboard. Best of luck! Be sure to reach out for a virtual consultation for more customized advise to improve your life!
Hello loved the post 🙂 I just moved into a new house and currently have the head of my bed directly in line with my door. I’m looking to move my bed but the only two other walls suitable in my room both have windows. One wall has a large window that fills the entire space and the other has a small window high up, but it is opposite a full length mirrored wardrobe. I need to practice dance in front of the mirror so I currently have my bed pushed against the wall to maximise space and having my bed in the middle of the room is not really an option. Do I keep my bed where it is, move it so the headboard is against the small window wall facing the mirror and I am looking out the big window, or move it so that the headboard is against the big window wall with some of the window behind my bed and where the mirror is parallel to my bed. What would you suggest 🙂
Hi Jennie! Thank you for your feedback. I wish you had better options in your bedroom because none of them are ideal. Like with Nic earlier, we’ll have to choose the least bad solution for you. With that, you may want to have the headboard against the wall with the small window and cover the window with blackout curtains. I also suggest getting some curtains to cover the large mirror whenever you aren’t actively using it. Be sure to reach out for a virtual consultation for more tips on how to improve your life! Good luck!
i have a small bedroom and my main door and closet are on the same wall. and if i put the bed on the right side of the room i will be facing both doors. on the left side i have the window and a back door. i’m wanting to put the bed in the left corner, i wouldn’t be directly under the window but i could. but it would also be on the same wall as the outside door. and cant put the bed facing my main door because then my feet would be east.
Hi, Tatyana! I’m sorry to hear that your bedroom layout is causing so much frustration for you. I didn’t quite follow your explanation over text, so a virtual consultation over video chat may be the next best step. If you decide to go that route, please understand how my type of Bagua Feng Shui is different than that of the Compass School of Feng Shui. Either way, good luck!
Hi. I am trying to place my daughter’s bed diagonal to the door but with little space on that wall, her headboard overlaps the window (maybe a foot of her headboard is in front of the window), we have blackout curtains. If I turn her bed where she her headboard is flat up against a wall (and still diagonal to her door) then the foot of her bed is in direct line with her closet door. Not sure what placement is better?
Hi, Carla! It would be better to have your daughter’s headboard against a solid wall with her feet in line with the closet. Just be sure to keep the closet door closed at night. Good luck!
Hi Carla,
The bedroom I share with my partner is small and we are having difficulty placing our bed. In order to avoid alignment with our bedroom door, our bed must be placed in the corner of the room, which prevents us from equalizing energy on both sides around our bed with nightstands and lamps. Which is the better option, avoiding placing our bed in the corner or avoiding aligning our bed with the door?
Thanks!
Hi Justin! That is a tough situation! You either risk a partner leaving or a power struggle.
My first piece of advice would be to try to find a new room or home. Until then, the corner option is the lesser of two evils. Addition by subtraction is the best remedy by completely removing the bedside tables and such.
Good luck!
-Jessie