Author: IANS
Publication: The Times of India
Date: June 2, 2002
First yoga and meditation mesmerised
the West, Now it's the turn of Vastu, with stores here showcasing a new
book whose author spent 12 years in India studying Vedic sciences.
Kathleen Cox's "The Power of Vastu
Living; Welcoming Your Soul Into Your Home and Workspace." is the second
she has authored on the subject.
"I believe I am a messenger and
I am doing my best to spread the word," Ms Cox said about Vastu. Ms Cox
describes Vastu as organising your home or workspace to improve your well-being
and says it is vital in these times, especially in the West.
"Our lives have become so fragmented,"
she says "that we need to find a way to rediscover our balance, to re-centre
ourselves, and to rediscover our connection to what really matters," Ms
Cox studied Vedic sciences, such as yoga and ayurveda, for nearly a decade
and studied Vastu for over three years,
Ms Cox explains these sciences are
all inter-connected-"While yoga and ayurveda focus on our body to increase
our well-being, Vastu works on the external environment in which we live
and work to achieve this same goal.
Ms Cox also believes that Vastu.
like all valid sciences, is logical and was meant to evolve over time,
"No science is static," she says. In her own adaptation for the West. Ms
Cox has substituted the use of ayurveda in place of astrology
So how does one practice Vastu?
Ms Cox says that first a person's ayurvedic constitution is determined,
which allows specific needs to be addressed.
Then three Vastu principles are
followed. The first principle asks one to respect the rhythms that govern
the universe by honouring the five basic elements that exist in all creation-
The second principle asks us to
draw the world of nature into our home and workspace, Nature is calming
and its presence in the home reminds us that everything that exists is
interconnected.
The third Vastu principle asks us
to celebrate our own identity and willingly put it on display. IANS
