The presence of positive energy in your home makes way for continuous good health and happiness around. It assists you in leading a positive life, which results in balancing and creating the required harmony for your betterment and of your family members. Like we mentioned in our previous blog, “No matter how much you invest in the latest and unique home décor pieces, wall paints or high-end technological equipment, radiating the right kind of energy plays an altogether different and important role.”
In our previous blog on the series – “The Art of Vastu Shastra – Radiate Positivity”, we learned how to maintain the Vastu of the living area of your home. Moving on, in this second blog of the series, we will give you ideas on how you can maintain the Vastu of your Kitchen area. Right from the positioning of certain elements in your kitchen to what should be included and what not to radiate positivity around, let us take a dive into the details.
Choosing the Best Locations
What and where you place and position in your kitchen directly results in maintaining the Vastu of the space. Let us help you understand how and why:
Cooking Hob
Choose the South East or North West corners of your kitchen to install your cooking hob. Whether you have an L-shaped layout or a U-shaped layout, you can choose the ideal positioning for the hob and use the rest for other activities and placement. This started earlier when hot winds blowing from South West to North East stopped the chances of the kitchen spaces catching fire.
Kitchen Sink
According to Vastu, the placement of the kitchen sink should be in the Northeast area. This concept or requirement as we can say started from the early days when water for cooking or washing utensils was stored in containers. It was believed that placing in the position helped kill germs with the sun’s rays and purify the water.
Drinking-Water
Ensure that you place the water filter(s) in your kitchen or other rooms in the northeast direction. The first rays of the sun come from this direction which helps the water to get sterilized and purified as they get exposed for your consumption. When there were no filters in the early days, drinking waters were placed in large containers in this direction for the natural filtration process.
Appliances
Like cooking hobs, cooking appliances such as a microwave and more should be placed in the South-East direction to avoid chances of catching fire. Refrigerators should be placed in the South West or North-West directions and so should ovens. Then on the East side or the opposite side of the main cooking area, install the exhaust fan and chimney.
Food Storage
Never keep your food storage boxes or containers above the stove on cabinets or shelves. This is because you may leave the cabinets open when in a hurry which can cause unwanted circumstances such as fire, developing stains from the cooking or creating odours. Choose the sides of the opposite spaces for the placement of the boxes and containers instead.
BONUS Tips
Along with these important tips, also ensure:
Painting the walls white because it helps create a positive vibe as the colour is associated with purity. Moreover, the natural sun rays are soaked up which then reflects in the room and brightens it up.
Choosing pastel shades of blue, pink and green makes the food look attractive and helps you to enjoy your meal well.
We hope that you enjoyed reading the piece and will start incorporating them in your kitchen space. This age-old practice comes with practical concepts, hence allowing you to lead a better and secure life.
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