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{vastu shastra}: rearranging your home to transform your life

The ancient Ayurvedic architectural art of {vastu shastra} exists to align you with the world and your environment. With the aim of allowing vital energy or {prana} to flow freely through a space, the principles are designed to make you feel welcome, nourished, and supported in your home, thus laying the foundations for better health, relationships and success in work. Are you ready to try it?

1. Clear your space

Clear out the old and make way for new joys and opportunities to come flooding in. Single out clutter and objects representing old or stagnant energy, and free trapped energy by deep cleaning every corner of your space with all doors and windows open.

2. Arrange for joy

The {vastu shastra} rules of interior arrangement are plentiful but, to master the basics, keep your hallway and front door clear, hang a mirror on the eastern wall of your kitchen and, ideally, position your bed in the southwest corner of your bedroom, sleeping with your head facing south.

"A holistic practice - a lot like yoga for the home... It was the ancient belief that our homes should echo the sacred geometry of the universe"

3. Colour yourself happy

Where redecorating is an option, use the power of colour to invite a positive mindset and attract good energy. Soft pinks, oranges or creams for the kitchen and dining room, blue, green or white for the living room and bedroom, and green lamp light in a child’s room to encourage creativity and thought flow.

4. Bring in the elements

To complete a happy home, the four elements should be balanced. For air, burn incense, for water, keep out a bowl of water with petals or flowers, for earth, keep crystals or clay pots containing healthy plants, and for fire, burn candles. Leaving space, on shelves, for example, honours the element of ether.

"The elements - ether, air, fire, water and earth - play an important part in {vastu shastra}"