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Your home - your second body

"Stay at home" is the motto of the moment! And even if most of us think of pandemic prevention and shutdowns when we think of staying at home, the effect of our own four walls on body, mind and soul should not be underestimated.

Vastu Shastra - the Ayurveda of living

From the perspective of Vastu Shastra, the Ayurveda of living, the room we live in is like a second body. And just as our body shape, size and proportions are an expression of our individual constitution (Prakriti) in its physical and psychological quality, our house/apartment also acts as a shell of our own self.

The same laws apply as in Ayurveda: positive qualities reinforce positive well-being and negative influences increase disharmony and susceptibility to illness. It is therefore worth following a few rules of Vastu Shastra to improve the quality of the space in your own home so that you can do something particularly good for yourself when you are at home.

Three Vastu rules for your home

  1. Pay attention to your heart space

    Every community needs a place to come together and feel good: And just as everyone in a village meets in the market or church square, your home also needs a heart space, the so-called Brahmasthanam, from which the entire energy can unfold. Just as in our bodies, the life energy (prana) circulates from the heart (space) through the whole body, nourishing our spiritual well-being and a loving relationship with ourselves and others. In the spirit of Vastu Shastra, we should pay attention to a free heart space in the center of the house. If this is - as is so often the case - in the hallway and is used as a storage area and wardrobe, rearranging, tidying and decluttering can help to create a more open heart space and thus a better flow of energy and a stronger energy family field.

  2. Cooking with rising solar energy

    It's not just passionate amateur chefs who are spending many hours behind the stove right now. As temporary self-caterers, we now determine our quality of life and health with what we cook, how we cook and where we cook. And even if many of us are already well aware of the general Ayurveda dietary rules, only a few of us realize that the location of the kitchen and the orientation of the stove have an important influence on the elementary quality of the food. According to Vastu Shastra, the kitchen should ideally be located in the south-east or north-west of the house and the stove should face east in order to enhance the vital life force of the daily food.

  3. Strengthen the mental space

    It's not just our body that reacts to the place where we live, but also our psyche. We all know that we feel particularly comfortable in certain rooms, can concentrate well or sleep better than elsewhere. And an important aspect of holistic health - alongside a healthy diet and balanced exercise - is mental balance. If we succeed in centering and strengthening the mind, this promotes physical and mental immunity and resilience. Ayurveda recommends regular yoga and meditation practice, ideally in the early hours of the morning. If the meditation room also faces north-east or east - i.e. towards the sunrise - the cosmic energy can unfold its renewing power particularly well with the rising sun.

The body as a temple

In the Vedic sciences, every body is regarded as a vessel and a temple. Just as our body is the temple in which our soul lives, our house is the temple in which we live with our body.

In this sense, the call to "stay at home" is also an invitation to be mindful of our own body and our own living space. So let's use the time to design our inner and outer spaces in such a way that our entire being feels comfortable in them.

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Article by Mark Rosenberg