Tips for illuminating with candlelight

Tips for illuminating with candlelight
By: Marissa Anteby

There's something hypnotic about lighting candles. Associated with spirituality, the act of lighting candles helps to elevate our connectedness to something greater than ourselves. The sight of a flame is mesmerizing, and the melting of the wax lulls the senses in to a state of calm. As you already know from experiencing it first hand, being calm is a key gateway to getting closer to yourself and everyone around you.

The soft lighting produced by candles radiates a gentle energy that transforms the mood and feel to a room. Couple that with making a wish or a prayer, and positive energy abounds. Here are some suggestions for candle placement in your home:

Den: Placing a bunch of candles grouped together on a tray, can build camaraderie and enhance the team spirit of friends and family.
It's the, 'we're all in this together' attitude that spreads contagiously. You'll find that people will be more expressive, outgoing, and social.

Dinning Room: Floating candles in a low, wide vase, or bowl, unites fire and water. The dramatic effect is intriguing and striking.
It stimulates the mind and sparks conversation. The act of eating together is already a natural adhesive for relationships, because sitting around a table brings people physically closer. The lit candles strengthen this bond. There's a soil element associated with food and food preparation, because we're nourished and thriving from the land. We deepen our ties to the earth and each other by breaking bread together.

Living Room and Office: Lighting a single candle can foster clear-minded insights.
The fire element encourages your personal drive and ambition to expand and intensify just like the flame. Gazing at the flame will bring your attention to a single point and slow your internal chatter. Your focused thoughts become attached to the light waves as they spread out from the candle, filling the room. You can make believe that with every breath you take, the flame is growing brighter and your thoughts are projected further. Imagine your dreams flow with the candlelight to cover all the surfaces they touch.

Bedroom: Putting two candles side by side will deepen your partnership. This symbolic coupling reinforces unity.
The candles' glow is romantic and brings the energy level down to a lower, more quiet tone. For an added benefit, turn off electrical lighting, and reduce your exposure to artificial electromagnetic fields and their harmful side effects. This will bring you and your partner closer to see each other in order to talk, and you will therefore forge better communication.

Candles intensify emotions and heighten your senses. So play with adding candles to different places in your home and see what they can do for you!

Marissa Anteby
marissa@embodyinc.com
www.embodyinc.com