Figure 36 Ashtanga Yoga Chile – Windows are placed around the building, at high and low levels to avoid direct exposure to sunlight and allow natural cross ventilation.
( B ) LIGHT [ 1 ] Daylight Sunlight is essential for our healthy mind and body. This play of light for good health and activity is much needed in our designs. Its effect depends on its exposure duration, intensity. For the purpose of wellbeing north and morning east light are preferred. But for wellness its requirements differ according to the function For Yoga and any other physical wellness activity – Optimum Daylight is required For Meditation activity – Calm, dark spaces with sparing lights are required The use of lighting in the interiors for the sense of wellbeing emerges back from the Ancient Indian temple architecture where the transition of spaces from lightness and darkness, which holds the idea of transformation of the unmanifestation to manifestation. These were designed keeping in mind the sun’s orientation the temples were built for a short-term wellbeing during those times to relief people from their stress, but if same principles applied to bring in those architectural elements for healing can help people relieve their stress. Meditation caves from the Buddhist period were dark completely for better focus of mind, similarly many modern architects have used these concepts for wellbeing. 46
