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The design of your garden has
an amazing affect on your family’s health and
well-being. Here is how you can create harmony in your
garden—which is considered a living entity—and bring
peace and happiness within your home.
Vastu Shastra is an
environmental science written about some 7,000 – 10,000
years ago in India by rishis, or men of great wisdom. They
observed the workings of Nature and recorded how different
rays of the sun, the magnetic poles, the makeup of the
land, soil, slope, structures, etc. affected all living
things. It is the oldest recorded architectural treatise
known to man and it is from this science that some of the
world’s most enduring structures have been created.
According to the science of
Vastu Shastra, all five elements (earth, water, fire, air
and space) need to be in harmony. When a seed is planted,
it requires that all five elements be balanced for a seed
to germinate, sprout and become a strong, healthy plant.
The disproportion of any one element— whether it is the
quality of the earth (soil ph), the amount and quality of
water, wind (air), sun (fire), or the amount of space it
is planted in—will inhibit its growth. In this way a
wise gardener sets up a balanced environment for his
plants to grow free from disease and stress.
Briefly, each area of your
garden is associated with one of the five elements. The
earth element is associated with the southwest area of
your garden and creates a sustaining and grounding force.
In the northeast, the water element is at home. This
element allows plants to flourish. The fire element in the
southeast supports disease-free plants. The northwest is
related to the air element encouraging cross-pollination.
The space element is associated with the central area of
your garden, enhancing the flow of beneficial influences
that nourishes the other elements. Positive magnetic
energies coming from the north and the positive solar
energies coming from the east promote harmony and balance.
Here are five great steps
you can use to bring the five elements into balance within
your garden and make it a sanctuary that is not only
beautiful to look and wonderful to spend time in, but will
actually have an empowering affect on the health and
well-being of you and your family.
1. Build up the southwest
area of your garden to produce the stabilizing force of
the earth element. You can do this with a rock garden,
tall trees and even a stone statue. This will help to
collect and hold the positive solar and magnetic energies
coming from the east and north. Since yellow is the color
associated with the southwest, choose daffodils, roses or
wisteria to accentuate this area. This is also a good
place for a storage or tool shed.
2. Represent the water
element by using low plantings in the northeast that will
allow the flow of positive solar energy. Add a fountain or
reflection pool or pond in this area to reflect this
beneficial energy throughout the garden. Herbs, white
pansies or geraniums can be used as accents.
3. Add a barbeque or a fire
pit in the southeast as your fire element. Red symbolizes
this direction so plant tulips, geraniums and dahlias
here.
4. Use wind chimes to
balance the air element in the northwest. Since blue is
the color of this area, plant bluebells, forget-me-nots
and iris to enhance the influences coming from this
direction.
5. Represent the space
element by an open area in the middle of you garden. It
can either be a patio or grass. Finally, by keeping your
garden neat and tidy you will be maintaining balance and
attracting the positive influence of each of the
directions.
A well-designed and tended
garden, using the principles of Vastu Shastra, will
benefit you and all the members of your family for years
to come. By reconnecting with the natural balance inherent
in the environment, you will encourage better personal
health, improve the quality of relationships and enhance
well-being.
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