Maharishi Vedic Architecture and Quality of Life: An International Mixed Methods Study of Lived Experience

Subject Areas : Architecture

Lee Fergusson ¹ , Sanford Nidich ² , Anna Bonshek ³ , Randi Nidich ⁴

1 - Professor of Vedic Science, Education and the Environment, Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, Gold Coast, Australia
2 - Director, Center for Social-Emotional Health and Consciousness, Fairfield, Iowa, USA
3 - Professor of Vedic Science, Art and Vedic Architecture, Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, Gold Coast, Australia
4 - Director, Center for Social-Emotional Health and Consciousness, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Received: 2020-07-08 Accepted : 2020-08-06 Published : 2020-10-01

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