Healthy living and working with Maharishi Sthapatya Veda

Vedic Building Biology:
Vastu-Vidya

When rooms speak: The emotional impact of architecture

Have you ever had the experience of entering a building and feeling at ease or becoming calm inside? This could be the home of a family friend, a sacred building such as a church or a temple, a simple house or even a palatial building such as a castle.

What makes a building have an effect on us? Is it the materials, the colors, the shapes, the orientation or the room layout? We are often unable to judge.

The old art of building

While modern building biology assumes that the materials are mainly responsible for the indoor climate of a house, the ancient Vedic architecture “vastu vidya” or “Sthapatya Veda” says that of all the factors mentioned above, structural elements such as proportions and room layout play a major role. Vedic architecture has systematically studied all these influences and combined them to form a whole. Unfortunately, only a few principles of this ancient science are in use today.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) meticulously revived various branches of Vedic knowledge and made them accessible to our modern society. These include Transcendental Meditation as well as Maharishi Ayurveda and Maharishi Sthapatya Veda.

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda

About 20 years ago, Maharishi said: “If your house does not conform to the laws of Vedic architecture, then leave it as quickly as if it were on fire!” That sounds very drastic. The buildings in which we work and live have a strong influence on our health and on our economic and social well-being.

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda is primarily involved in the construction of new buildings for families, companies and institutions. This begins with the selection of a suitable plot of land, continues with the planning of a building that contains unique structural elements and ends with the implementation, in which only biologically compatible building materials are used.

Residents of such houses are enthusiastic about the comprehensive effect of these outer shells. “Since I have been living in my Maharishi Vastu house, every day feels like a Sunday,” says Mr. Andrej M. “I am much more relaxed and my sleep and meditation are much deeper. Before, I always felt a lot of pressure, now many things happen automatically. Our children are now much stronger and more self-confident, they get more recognition at school. One son had asthma and is now healthy. All these things are going very positively as long as I keep to the laws of life. I notice very quickly when I deviate from this – I suddenly lack the support from nature that I now experience all the time.”

Creation of a Maharishi Vastu building

Anyone planning to build a new house should seek advice from experts in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda when looking for a plot of land. This is because the shape, location and surroundings of the plot of land are decisive in determining whether it is suitable for Maharishi Vastu. After the plot has been chosen, the client, local architect and Maharishi Sthapatya Veda expert work out the space program and other requirements of the building. Based on this information, the local architect first draws up sketches, which are then refined and adapted to the many requirements of Vedic architecture in collaboration with the Vedic architects. The style of the house can and should be adapted to the local architectural tradition.

Important criteria for Maharishi Vedic architecture

Some requirements are essential: the building must be aligned with the cardinal points, have an east or north entrance and the rooms should be grouped around the center of the house, the so-called Brahmasthan. Symmetry and order are important design elements.

High-quality building biology

Our entire building is constructed to a high building biology standard. We have used only natural building materials without toxic additives and shielded all sources (EMS). Wherever possible, the building materials used were sourced regionally (the wood, for example, comes from Dr. Schachinger’s forest).

The room furnishings come from the company Team7 – Natürlich wohnen, which also produces from local woods in Upper Austria. Our beds are made without metal.

In addition to the use of organic building materials, the entire house and all rooms are structured according to the rules of Vedic architecture (Vastu – Maharishi Stapatyaveda). This creates a high energetic value of the living experience.