The Comforting Effects Of Water Coming From Fountains

| Tuesday, November 29, 2011
By George Harris


Fountains will turn any household in to a tranquil atmosphere. The all-natural noise of water flowing down a fountains surface is relaxing and calming to the mind as well as entire body. Fountains have been a center of your focus of attention in parks, palaces, government buildings, monuments, and private estates, consciously as well as subconsciously. They act as natural dehumidifiers while also giving an opportunity for the crowds to enjoy the water spectacle. Also they double up as thirst quenchers for birds and pets.

Indoor use of water fountains dates back to many centuries ago with the Chinese inventing the Feng Shui and the Japanese understanding of the positive mental states induced by the effect of moving water inspired the Zen masters to experiment with indoor water pools. The use of water as an inducer of positive energy, indoors, connected all objects with a force of nature, thereby mitigating and negating the ill effects of the negative energy emitted by man made things. Practitioners of contemporary alternative medicine might recommend that you listen to relaxation CDs created basing naturally occurring sounds or sound boxes that replicate the sound of oceans or flowing water for a few minutes daily, to bring down your stress levels. The lack of digital players and boom boxes to listen to sounds of flowing water might have spurned the ancients to follow a more natural course of taste in replicating the sight and sound of nature indoors.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a scientific explanation on what the Zen masters said - that a flowing stream of water, on impact with air, produces negative ions which in-turn impacts the serotonin level in the human brain which has its say on happiness and improved positive mental states. It mimics the action of an anti-depressant through a natural means, giving calming relief from strained and stressed-out nerves, and that too without the ingestion of drugs.

It is not without reason that water fountains are getting installed in houses and offices of all sizes and shapes, outdoors as well as indoors. Its 'cooling-the-air' effect complements the skin's natural affinity for water while the sound of flowing water cuts out noises from the surrounding and replacing it with healthier, natural gurgling sound. In addition to promoting a sense of well being, it also acts as a natural dehumidifier, helping you breathe easy and negating the need to employ electronic additions to do the job for you.

Moreover, well placed fountains will release you from the necessity to buy an air purifier as it gets rid of as much or more pollutants as a typical air purifier does. Natural sounds have good effects on human brain and mental states. Remember, people were all a lot closer to nature before civilization dragged them indoors and that truth is already printed in the genes. When winter draws to an end, you can hear melting ice turning into murmuring streams of water that gurgles down the slopes to welcome the break of spring. Its soft sound talked to many poets and made dreamers out of ordinary men and will continue to inspire whether you're a conscious lover of nature or not.




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