The Vaastu Workbook: Using the Subtle Energies of the Indian Art of Placement

by Talavane Krishna

• Detailed instructions for creating a home that harmonizes with the natural and spiritual energies of its environment

• Unlike feng shui, which favors adding "cures" to cover existing problems, vaastu (like holistic medicine) focuses on fixing underlying problems for the health of the entire system

• By the director of the foremost vaastu center in India

• Includes 100 line drawings to make all the complexities of vaastu understandable to a beginner

Feng shui practitioners are quickly discovering vaastu, the Indian art of environmental design that helps you create a home that is in harmony with the natural and spiritual energies surrounding it. Until now, books on vaastu have told you where to place your doors or ponds without fully explaining the rationale behind this. The Vaastu Workbook presents vaastu as it was meant to be understood--as an interconnected part of the great Indian tradition of sacred knowledge, along with yoga, ayurveda, and astrology.

Using hundreds of clear line drawings, The Vaastu Workbook takes you through every conceivable vaastu situation, exploring the dos and don'ts of window and door placement, interior design, street focus, directional facing, landscaping, and much more. Introductory chapters provide a thorough grounding in the basics of Indian astrology, the five elements, and the healing tradition of ayurveda, all of which is necessary to truly understand the details of vaastu. With this knowledge in hand, even a beginner can quickly learn how to design a new home--or renovate an existing one--in order to bring peace, prosperity, and happiness to those who live there.

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Rashmi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for beginners of Vaastu or those looking for a leisurely foray into ancient Indian sciences. The line drawings make the theory very easy to understand. It is also well written for the purpose of practicum in vaastu. If you are really into it, you will begin to see every constructed space from the point of view of directions, airflow, angles etc. It is quite fun!

[Sujit Sumitran · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t have any to compare this with since it was the first book I have read on the topic. I found it interesting but certain sections didn’t have the clarity that I was looking for - especially when answering the assessment. Overall I’m quite happy.

[Ankita Agarwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to know about the Vaastu basics. Simple to read and follow.

[Clara LeBLanc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book

[Bhau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth Reading!!

I have read 3 different books on Vastu and I will rate this is the best and easy for the reader like me who want to understand it in easy way.