To maintain a balanced environment at your work-from-home set up, ensure productivity and attract positivity, it is important to follow Vastu guidelines, shares Manoj Srivastava

During the pandemic, working from home has become the new normal. Many software and consulting organisations have switched to work-from-home till the fourth quarter of this year. Even otherwise, due to several modern professions, there are a growing number of home-based professionals and entrepreneurs who now find working from home more productive. Many new mothers also switch to professions that can be conveniently managed from home.

Most work-from-home professionals choose to set up their workspace in a corner of their bedroom, on the dining room table, in the corner of a passage, or maybe even in the guest bedroom. However, to maintain a balanced environment, ensure productivity and attract positivity, it is important to follow some Vastu guidelines.

Vastu energies are present subtly in a space that can be harnessed as a catalyst to our growth and progress. Here are a few simple steps which you can follow to ensure the benefits of good Vastu energies while working from home.

• Try to arrange your work desk such that there is a solid wall behind you. This helps in bringing stability to your work.
• Establish your work desk preferably in the Northeast, East, Southwest, or West corner of your home. To establish the directions stand at the approximate centre of your home with a compass and locate all the above directions. Then decide which is the best as per the other parameters suggested in this article.
• As per Vastu Shastra, the best productivity can be achieved when you sit facing North or West. If your job is related to software programming or software application operations it is best to sit facing East. If it involves a lot of financial decisions, such as these days a lot of people trade in stock markets, then it is better to face the North. Those whose responsibility is to ensure project execution can sit facing South.
• You should not install figurines or paintings depicting Gods and Goddesses on the wall or cabinet behind you. If you want, you can place the idols in front of you either on your work desk or on the opposite wall.
• Preferably, do not set up your home office in your bedroom. The bedroom is designed to ensure good rest and sleep and having your home office will not do well to your productivity.
• The room used as a home office should have bright vibrant colours. Even light shades of orange, blue and green are suitable for keeping you upbeat and focussed.
• One of the most important Vastu advice for a home office is to keep your desk and office room clutter-free. Your files and desk drawers should be properly arranged. Equal emphasis should be given to your computer files and desktop screen. Keep them arranged and neatly labeled. This will go a long way in increasing your productivity and focus.
• Do not put paintings depicting loneliness, sadness, darkness, storm, and tempest. Paintings that depict nature and celebrations are the best.
• Do not place figurines or sculptures depicting war or fight in your home office set up. They should not be placed anywhere in your home but especially not in the home office.
• The worktable should be rectangular. Irregular and oval-shaped work desks are not recommended as per the tenets of Vastu.

Following these easy suggestions are sure to go a long way in your career growth even when you are working from home.

(The writer is a Vastu Acharya with more than 20 years of corporate leadership experience.)