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Consider Your Personal Needs
Keep in mind your personal needs and preferences, which were determined in the above questionnaire. If your particular constitutionvata (air), pitta (fire), or kapha (water)reveals an unhealthy balance, let your home and workspace contribute to your cure.
Renovations and Alterations? Proceed with Care
If you are planning a renovation, remember: buildings and their surrounding environment are organisms that emit their own vibrations. Modifications to the structure of any space can disturb the harmony of the vibrations, which can in turn harm you. So be careful with renovations, alterations, and remodeling.
First draw a design of your intended changes on a copy of your vastu blueprint. See if your plans disturb the elements assigned to each quadrant. If you notice that your changes could cause a problem, play it safe and appease any element and its deity that may be disturbed. The disturbance could have a negative impact on you.
For example, you may be planning to expand your kitchen. When you create your blueprint, you notice that your new sink, which obviously uses water, is going to be placed in the quadrant of the kitchen that belongs to the element of fire. If you can't shift the sink, then this is a situation in which you would make an appeasement: The element of water will be trespassing into the realm of the element of fire and this can cause problems. You will want to placate both of these elements: water because it has been displaced from its correct quadrant, and fire because its realm has been violated by the presence of water. (See Chapter 9, Appease the GodsAppease Your Soul.)
Some renovations, however, can be highly beneficial. For instance, lots of walls in a space can impede the free flow of vibrations, the positive cosmic energy, and the positive flow of spiritual power. Removing walls and creating some wall-less environments allow these flowing energies and vibrations to move around more freely through the space. Adding built-in bookcases

 
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