People work harder and have more stress today than they have in decades. The demands of difficult jobs, longcommutes, and family combined with the need for adequate sleep, nutrition, exercise and relaxation can wearout even the most energetic people. Alternative practitioners and gurus say that most people live their lives outof balance and that the lack of balance can lead to all kinds of health problems.It’s true that stress can cause serious problems. Doctors have found a correlation between excessive stress andproblems like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure and other chronic problems like fibromyalgia or chronicfatigue syndrome. Doctors often recommend to patients suffering from these problems that they take steps toreduce the amount of stress in their lives by exercising, eating more nutritious foods and meditating or pursuinghobbies that help them relax.One method of dealing with stress and restoring balance that has become much more popular in the last decadeis the Chinese art of Feng Shui. Feng Shui can help improve your health by creating balance in your home, youroffice, or just about anywhere. Practitioners of Feng Shui say that Feng Shui can be applied to every aspect ofyour life including the style and décor of your home, where you put your furniture, what jewelry you wear, whatcolor clothing you wear, what type of car you drive, where you live, even what burial plot that you choose.Even though Feng Shui has only been popular in the West for a decade or so it’s actually an ancient art andscience that was created thousands of years ago in China. The most basic principle of Feng Shui embodies theAsian idea of perfect duality, the yin and the yang. Feng Shui is built upon the Taoist idea of balance and theprinciples of Astronomy, which represents the Yin aspect and Geography which represents the Yang aspect. InChinese the characters for the name of Feng Shui translated literally mean the Tao of Heaven and Earth.The principles of Feng Shui are also believed to effect personal relationships, the gathering of wealth, and otherareas in which people usually have imbalances that can cause negativity, depression, illness, and failure. ToFeng Shui believers the practice of Feng Shui as an everyday science is crucial to finding success in life whetherit’s in business or in relationships with friends and family.