Adapting Vaastu and Feng Shui in the construction and designing of a home or office enhances the quality of energy flow and the benefits can be tremendous. The premise behind Feng Shui is to ensure that your home and the surrounding exterior environment supports and enhances greater human potential, opportunity and positive experience for those living in the house.
By orienting your home to a good direction, properly placing important rooms, locating the ideal site for water features, wall décor, floorings, painting and even landscaping the house supports the occupants and gives them the motivation and strength to weather the ‘storms of life’ with minimum impact.
If it’s a home or an office which already exists, you can adapt Feng Shui tenets and activate the good sectors to transform the energy and correct defects. This is applicable not just for grounded properties but even to condominiums and row houses with limited scope for renovation or reconstruction.
The most important classical Feng Shui factors in the home design and floor-plan are correct chi/energy directions and their relationship to room placement.
The key area is the location and direction of the front door which brings in the flow of Chi (energy). In the case of apartments and condominiums, the balcony and picture window are also important.
Some simple tips for achieving good Feng Shui design in your building:-
■ Assess the geomantic survey of your block of land and the location of the ley lines and underground water veins. This will help you avoid sleeping above health hazards zones.
■ Ensure there are not too many missing corners in the design of the building. Integrate good landscape and garden design, decks, fountains or swimming pools auspiciously positioned to overcome any missing corners in the design.
■ Buying property? Get a ‘feel’ of the place, connect with the surrounding nature and views, visualise your ‘dream home’ on that specific place and empower the land with positive vibes.