All living things, substance, man & other animals are made from the five basic elements i.e. the sky, the earth, the wind, the water & the fire. The five elements are related closely to man & his environment. Nature has given them their proper place according to merit. If we rightly place these elements at proper places in our building then we become one with nature. In other words, application of VastuShastra will bring virtues of all the five elements into the house.

Vastu means 'house' &Shastra means 'science' viz. it is the scientific method of construction. VastuShastra considers the house to be a living entity, the VastuPurush, having Prana (life sustaining force) & whose breathing is governed by the sun streams (sooryanadi) & the moon streams (chandranadi), which have relevance to directional aspects.

Many people have a wrong perception about VastuShastra in their minds. They think that application of VastuShastra would be very costly & would involve huge structural changes, but they are not aware that changes can be brought by simple orientation adjustments of furniture & fixtures in right direction in the house as well as other remedies.