Five Tips For Garden Sanctuaries

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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.

About the Author

Michael and Robin Mastro's synergistic approach successfully assists people in living in peace and harmony with themselves and others, and in creating balanced lives filled with unlimited possibilities. Visit us at www.VastuCreations.com

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