The Vastu Home: Harmonize Your Living Spaces Through the Practical Indian Tradition of Vastu - Hardcover

Pegrum, Juliet

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9781903296837: The Vastu Home: Harmonize Your Living Spaces Through the Practical Indian Tradition of Vastu

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ISBN 10: 1903296838 ISBN 13: 9781903296837

Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2002

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Harmonize your home using the practical and beautiful ancient Indian interior design tradition of Vastu Vidya. Providing a complete repertoire of interior design, The Vastu Home updates this ancient art of placement to accommodate the realities of our modern Western lifestyles. By following inspirational advice on layout and decoration, you can transform each room in your home and garden into a peaceful retreat or an energizing space. Assuming no prior knowledge of Vastu Vidya or interior design, The Vastu Home shows how the simple rearrangement of your furniture, as well as use of light and colour, can rebalance the energy of your home. If you would like to live in harmony with others, maximise your prosperity and harness positive energy, The Vastu Home is for you.

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About the Author:

Patrick McFadzean lives in Cambridge, England.

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Even though it may well predate feng shui, Vastu, the ancient Indian tradition that "seeks to align living spaces with their inhabitants and the cosmos," has yet to rise to mass public consciousness, but it's certainly growing. Pegrum, an interior designer and yoga instructor who has lived in India, explains the complex history, philosophy, and religion behind Vastu in a clearly written overview illustrated with color photographs and crisply drawn floor plans. Chapters divided into each area of the house outline the optimal placement of rooms and furnishings to enhance the flow of prana, or "cosmic energy," and notes ways to achieve balance in the least ideal conditions. Pegrum concludes with chapters about achieving pranic flow in unconventional spaces, such as lofts, and in gardens. The Vastu approach incorporates the increasingly trendy Indian health tradition of ayurveda, which will attract some readers. And, although Vastu isn't yet mainstream (unlike feng shui, there isn't a Vastu for Dummies), there will probably be demand for this sensitive, informative guide. Gillian Engberg
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