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Dear Cecil,
Thanks so much for your detailed reply. But I must bother you for some more clarifications. I have a lot of questions, but if it is not too much trouble, will you please answer all of them?
You mentioned that it is good to have the head rest against a wall. Since I sleep on a mattress on the floor, would it help to pull it up against the SE wall - there is a big window on this wall which I keep open, but would this be fine?
On the south side, there is space between two cupboards. I would have to change their placement around a bit such that the smaller one faces me and the taller one has its side to me. Is this okay??
My mom sleeps on a cot to the right of my bed. When she sleeps, her feet point towards the open window. The bed has no headrest, so we have pulled up a table on the head side for support. Any suggestions?

Cecil, you had mentioned in one of your replies that one should not try to do too much feng shui. But then what about all the things about too much yin, yang, elements, etc.? For example, I might place something somewhere solely going by aesthetics, what I intuitively feel, but if that is causing an unconscious irritation, how do I know? Could you help or will Glyn help me make out a correct report for the elements and how to apply it?

Also, there is an Indian science of placement called Vastushastra. You've heard about it? A lot of it seems very different from feng shui. In vastu, all the north directions are considered positive and all the south directions negative. So it advises that the storeroom, cupboards should be kept towards the south and the north should be kept free. If both feng shui and vastu are applied, won’t it clash?

In my initial enthusiasm, I went and bought a book on feng shui by Sarah Shurety of the Lucky Feng Shui Co, London. She confidently and freely advocates using chimes, crystals, plants, colours, use a steel sink, etc. But you discourage most of it. Does this book have any merit or is none of it proper feng shui? Please advise.

With thanks and regards,
Sudha