Pets are family members and should be treated as such. The design of your home has a dramatic affect on their health and well-being. When your environment is in harmony with nature, it will have a positive influence. If not, behavior al and health problems will show up in your animals in subtle and not so subtle ways. By applying environmental science of Vastu Shastra, you can create harmony and balance in your home that will support your pets. Vastu Shastra was written some 7,000-10,000 years ago in India by rishis, or men of great wisdom. Over a period of thousands of years, these wise scholars studied and chronicled strong influence that physical environment has on all living things. Through these observations, an exact science was formulated, which established principles behind some of world’s most enduring structures.

My wife and I have experienced firsthand benefits that some simple corrections using Vastu can have on pets. Our dog had a variety of skin and bladder control problems. Our cat was aggressive and territorial, fighting with dog and bringing into house anything she could carry. It always surprised us how she could get adult rabbits and baby crows through cat door, but she managed! Small but effective changes using Vastu, reduced these problems significantly.

According to science of Vastu Shastra, all five elements (earth, water, fire, air and space) have an impact on your pets. Vastu balances five elements and promotes harmony within environment. When there is harmony, stress is reduced and animals can find their equilibrium. Due to their size, pets are far more susceptible to consequences of poor air quality and indoor pollutants than their caretakers. Flooring, decorating materials, mattresses, molds, toxic gases, pesticides and electronic equipment can all degrade air you and your pet breath, even if you are seemingly unaffected.

Aging is inevitable, but its most negative effects can be minimized and turned into a graceful progression. Exercise and proper diet are key factors. But, when your living or working environment is in harmony with nature, it has a positive influence on your well being, slowing aging process.

In nature, all five elements (earth, water, fire, air and space) are in perfect symmetry. As a building is erected, that equilibrium is disrupted. Vastu Shastra is an ancient architectural science that balances five elements and supports stress free living or working spaces. As an integral part of this earth, we live in a sea of electromagnetic and stellar influences. Every particle of energy is linked to next particle. Every shift occurring in this atmosphere has potential to affect our lives and actions. According to Vastu Shastra, sun produces different qualities of energy on its path from east to west and can influence our existence.

Each of five elements is associated with a compass point and each point has a specific impact on our health. Different aspects of positive aging are optimally supported by a specific direction. Aging is also affected by environmental stress, which is cause of most human disease

The earth is a magnetic force and is composed of five elements, as is our brain. The thalamus is relay center for all sensory and motor skills in brain. Neurological research has shown that firing patterns of neurons in thalamus function differently depending on which direction one is facing. Our mind is then interactive result of affect of magnetic field on our brain cells. By placing our bodies and environments in alignment with magnetic axis, we can think and act more compatibly with nature. Our actions will be more attuned to five elements, much like swimming with stream as opposed to swimming against it. For example, studies have shown that sleeping with ones head to south or east puts one in accord with powerful forces of nature.