VASTU SHASTRA TIPS FOR A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP
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Vastu Shastra and Its Guiding Principles for Ideal Sleep
Vastu Shastra is the science of building layouts. It aims to make harmonious buildings in places in tune with Mother Nature. This helps human beings inhabiting the building towards leading a well balanced and happy life. It deals with structuring the living, working and sleeping spaces based on the five elements of nature – earth, water, sky, fire and air. The layout is planned in eight directions with calculations based on gravitational and magnetic forces. Living on Earth, we are at all times exposed to various cosmic forces. Some of them are good, others are bad. And all of them hit us in a dispassionate manner. So, we must sleep in a place that has positive and harmonious energy conducive to a comfortable sleep. Vastu Shastra has a separate section about where your bedroom should be and how you should be sleeping. These guidelines will help you soak in favourable energy while sleeping and avoid malefic ones. The direction in which you rest your head while sleeping is most important. As per Vastu, the South is the favoured direction, while laying in the North direction should be avoided. The prescriptions are as follows- Adults should sleep with the head towards the South or East
- Children should sleep with their head towards East
- Guests are allowed to sleep with their head towards the West
- Sleeping with the head towards the North direction is prohibited as per Vastu Shilpa Shastra