Mirrors are a common decorative feature in bedrooms, but some believe that placing mirrors across from the bed or in other orientations can negatively impact sleep, relationships, and even spiritual energy. In this article, we’ll dive deep into the debate around mirrors in the bedroom, including both scientific and mystical perspectives.
What Does Feng Shui Say About Mirrors in the Bedroom?
Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to promote harmony with the environment, has strong opinions about mirrors in bedrooms. According to Feng Shui principles, mirrors should not be placed directly across from beds.
Why it’s a problem
Feng Shui practitioners believe that the reflective energy of mirrors pointed at beds can cause excessive energy in the room that can lead to restlessness and insomnia. The mirror’s amplified energy can also impact personal relationships and connections in the bedroom.
Alternate placements
If you don’t want to remove your bedroom mirror entirely, Feng Shui recommends placing it on a side wall, closet door, or even facing a window instead of the bed. These orientations allow you to keep the mirror without directly reflecting energy onto the bed.
Vastu Shastra Guidelines for Mirror Placement
Vastu Shastra, the Indian counterpart to Feng Shui, also has specific guidelines about mirror placement to optimize energy flow in the home. Like Feng Shui, Vastu prohibits hanging mirrors directly across from beds.
Avoid opposite wall placement
In addition, Vastu Shastra specifically prohibits placing mirrors on the wall opposite beds. This orientation causes an “energy beam” between the bed and mirror that can disturb sleep. It also creates a feeling of unease and perpetual reflection.
Other side wall restrictions
Vastu Shastra also restricts side wall placement in some cases. You should not place mirrors on the wall to the right of the person sleeping in the bed. However, the left side wall mirror placement is acceptable.
Best locations
The best Vastu-approved location for bedroom mirrors is on the closet door. You can also place them on other walls around the room as long as they don’t directly reflect the bed.
Scientific Research on Mirrors and Sleep Quality
Beyond spiritual implications, some scientific evidence supports the idea that mirrors aimed at beds can disrupt normal sleep cycles and relaxation.
Increased brain activation
A small study on mirror placement showed that participants had increased brain activation when sleeping in a room with a mirror facing the bed compared to not having a mirror present. This indicates a higher level of visual cognitive processing that could make it harder to fall and stay asleep.
Differences based on paranormal beliefs
Interestingly, researchers found that participants who had stronger beliefs in the paranormal, extrasensory perception, and life after death experienced more discomfort and unease when mirrors directly faced beds. Those with less paranormal belief didn’t have any problems with mirror placement.
So while mirrors aimed at beds might not bother everyone, they certainly have the potential to disrupt sleep and relaxation for some people based on scientific evidence.
Mirrors and Paranormal Phenomena
Beyond impacts on sleep and harmony, some people believe that mirrors can invite paranormal activity and spirits into a space. While no scientific evidence supports this view, the mystical and superstitious implications provide an interesting perspective.
Portals for Spirits and Entities
Some paranormal investigators and mystical practitioners believe that mirrors create portals to other dimensions and realms. As such, they could allow spirits and entities to enter into the bedroom. While still highly speculative, it introduces reasonable doubt about the advisability of mirror placement in bedrooms.
Amplification of Spirit Activity
In haunted locations, paranormal investigators often report increases in phenomena like apparitions and cold spots when mirrors are present. The reflective quality of the mirrors seems to amplify this type of activity and enable greater interaction with spirits. Again, while not empirically proven, many have observed this correlation.
Scrying Dangers
Mirrors can also be used for the practice of “scrying” – looking into mirrors to access spiritual visions and hidden information. When used improperly or untrained, scrying is believed to increase vulnerability to dark spirits and dangerous psychic influences. The bedroom is considered an especially unsafe place to practice mirror scrying.
While paranormal implications remain speculative, the mystical precautions around mirrors provide interesting food for thought about their placement in bedrooms.
Should You Have a Mirror in Your Bedroom?
Given the diverse perspectives about mirrors in bedrooms, here are some helpful reflections on making your own decision:
Consider Feng Shui and Vastu
If you adhere to Feng Shui and Vastu Shastra spiritual principles, it’s best to avoid placing mirrors to directly reflect the bed. Follow the placement guidelines to find alternatives that allow you to keep mirrors without disrupting energy.
Evaluate personal sleep patterns
Keep a sleep diary for a few weeks with your existing mirror placement, then move the mirror to another wall and track your quality of sleep. See if you personally notice any differences in your own rest based on the placement.
Assess paranormal perspectives
While paranormal implications remain speculative, evaluate your own beliefs and comfort level with the ideas that mirrors could serve as portals or amplify spirit activity. This can help guide your orientation decisions.
Use warding techniques
If you want to keep your mirror but are concerned about paranormal issues, use protective warding techniques like prayer, positive affirmations, sage, and crystals around your bed and room. Intention and shifting energy resonance provides protection.
Choose what feels right intuitively
Beyond all the recommendations and guidelines, sit quietly and reflect on what placement “feels” right intuitively according to your own comfort level and beliefs about mirror energy.
Trusting your intuition combined with evaluating your sleeping patterns and considering spiritual principles allows for clear decision making about mirror placement in your bedroom. Remove the mirror if needed or keep using protective practices. Most importantly, choose the orientation that grants you the best sleep, relationships and peace of mind.
