Her story
A decade of reading rooms
Since 2013, Dr. Dhhara Sooni has been walking into homes and workplaces across four continents and reading what no designer or therapist was seeing: the quiet argument between a space and the people inside it. The bedroom that never let anyone rest. The office where every deal stalled at the same stage. The house that felt heavier than it looked.
Her clients — in the USA, UK, India, Canada, Australia, and UAE — usually arrive the same way: something in life has stuck, and everything obvious has already been tried. Dhhara starts with the floor plan. Sixteen directions, five elements, and the birth numbers of the people who live there. Then she prescribes — never demolition, always sequence: this correction first, then this one, then follow-up until the results hold.
What sets her apart is the second identity she carries into every consultation. Dr. Dhhara Sooni is a practitioner-scholar: a published, peer-reviewed researcher who holds a Ph.D. in Vastu with Interior Design from Shree Maharshi College of Vedic Astrology, Udaipur, India, in association with IAMA Open University, Florida, USA — awarded in September 2026 with the Gold Medal and the Award of Excellence. Her doctoral research was completed under the guidance of Dr. Shefali Bansal. She is based in Princeton, NJ. The tradition is ancient; her standard of evidence is not.
“My vision is to help each human connect with their inherent multiple abilities. I believe that each person has the potential to tap into their abilities and access them to empower their life and reach their full potential.”
— Dr. Dhhara Sooni
The Doctorate
Awarded, with distinction — India & USA
- Degree
- Ph.D. in Vastu with Interior Design
- Institution
- Shree Maharshi College of Vedic Astrology, Udaipur, India
- In association with
- IAMA Open University, Florida, USA
- Awarded
- 6th Convocation, 27 September 2026
- Honours
- Gold Medal · Award of Excellence
- Research guide
- Dr. Shefali Bansal
- Doctoral research
- The Rootwell Design Framework
- Publication
- International Journal of Jyotish Research, 2026 — DOI →
Receiving her Ph.D. honours on stage
Gold Medal, Award of Excellence and certificates — Udaipur & Florida, USA
The Research
Published, examinable, ongoing
Soni, D. (2026). The Rootwell Design Framework: Panchamahabhuta as a Spatial Wellness Methodology: An Original Practitioner-Scholar Framework with Multi-Country Case Evidence. International Journal of Jyotish Research, 11(6), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.22271/24564427.2026.v11.i6a.322
Published under the author's given name, Dhara Soni.
The Rootwell Design Framework, in client terms: it works in three layers. First, the ancient root intelligence — the five-element (Panchamahabhuta) logic that classical Vastu is built on. Second, a six-step process that turns that logic into a repeatable reading of any floor plan. Third, five life-domain outcomes — the areas of career, health, relationships, finances, and growth where corrections are aimed and results are tracked. Every correction is non-demolition. It is not a belief system — a systematic methodology.
The framework is the core of her doctoral research, for which she was awarded her Ph.D. in Vastu with Interior Design in 2026 (India & Florida, USA). A second publication is forthcoming, 2026.
Speaking, media & workshop inquiries: dhharasooni@gmail.com
Work with the researcher, not just the reader.
Consultations worldwide via floor plan and video call.