I’m an interior design expert – a mirror in your bedroom may make it look bigger but can lead to a bad night’s sleep
ALTHOUGH a mirror in your bedroom might help it look bigger and give you one last look at your outfit, it could be contributing to a bad night’s sleep.
Could a mirror in your room be the culprit to an evening of tossing and turning?
According to a few experts that spoke with Homes & Gardens recently, leaving the mirror to only the bathroom is a better idea.
Nishtha Sadana, an expert in the ancient Chinese practice of home living called Feng Shui, says: “‘Mirrors can readily make your room feel larger – but at the same time – they tend to reflect much energy throughout the room. This will affect and deplete [the room’s] energy.”
The energy that you emit in the room is reflected back upon you from the mirror, according to astrologist Johanna Aúgusta. “If [a mirror] is placed opposite your bed, then it will reflect back the energy you emit while you sleep,” she says.
“If you have a lot of negative energy in your bedroom, it is said that mirrors can amplify this and make it worse.”
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Certified life coach Jod Kapilakan also notes that varying energies are reflected back upon you during sleep with a mirror in the bedroom.
“‘It is thought that at night, when the bedroom is reflected in the mirrors, all kinds of energies are reflected back, which might even sap your own energies.”
He recommends taking the mirror out as it could bring about poor rest and sleep habits.
“They could thus encourage insomnia and interfere with the quantity and quality of your rest.”
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It seems as though a mirror in the bedroom is only dangerous to sleep if the energy in the space is negative.
According to these experts, the energies in the bedroom can sometimes be unpredictable during sleep.
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For them, it’s probably best to leave the mirror out in order to avoid that reflection back upon you.
However, a bedroom space is personal, so if you decide to keep a mirror for styling purposes or any reason — make sure you’re taking the steps to ensure good energy before bed.