Electric Fountains for Your Home or Business

How to Choose and Use an Electric Fountain to Improve Health and Well-Being

Mavyn McDaniels
Indoor fountains are a soothing, tranquil addition to any home or business and can be used to foster a sense of calm in clients, improve your health and well-being, incorporate nature into your decor, or to create a peaceful space for centering and meditation. Indoor electric fountains are available in a variety of styles to match just about any decor. Depending on your intention for the fountain, placement can be subtle and understated, or it can be placed as the focal point for the room. Also, they allow you to bring the water element into the space and can improve the feng shui and energy of any room.

Benefits of Using Indoor Electric Fountains in Office or Business

You, your clients and your employees will benefit from incorporating an indoor electric fountain into your office or business space. Studies show that running water eases stress and lowers blood pressure while having an overall calming effect. Thus, you can increase the wellness of those who work in the office or business and foster a less stressful work environment.

Fountains are particularly helpful in businesses that wish to create a sanctuary-like atmosphere, such as salons, day spas, yoga or mediation studios and wellness centers. They also can work wonders for creating a calming atmosphere for offices and businesses that often create stress for clients, such as the offices of doctors, dentists, attorneys and other places where the client would probably rather not be.

Benefits of Using Indoor Electric Fountains in Your Home

Indoor electric fountains are a great addition to any room in your home, but can be most helpful when place in your main living space, work space or a dedicated space for centering and meditation.

As with placement in an office or business, placing a fountain in your home will foster an overall calming environment to relieve stress and lower blood pressure. This is why you will want to be sure to have it in a space where it will be most effective to that end. The main living area is often an optimal placement for indoor fountains since this is often where the couple or family joins together to relax and de-stress at the end of the work or school day.

Things to Consider When Placing Indoor Electric Fountains

When selecting the perfect spot for your indoor electric fountain you will, of course, be considering how it fits into the overall décor of the room. However, if there are animals or small children in your home, you will want to take that into consideration as well. If you end up having to clean up a knocked over fountain or fish toys out of it, that will certainly increase, rather than decrease, your stress and blood pressure, thus defeating the purpose of the fountain.

Therefore, if you do have animals or small children in the home, be sure to place the fountain where they will not be able to drink from it, knock it over, or put their miniature sailboat in it.

Top 3 Electric Fountains for your Home of Office

The Encore Water Bell Water Fountain is a great option for folks who want to incorporate the sound of water and bells without designating a large space for a fountain. This is a great table top fountain that is simple and has a basic black bowl design with brass bells that float in the water. You can find out more about this fountain (or order it at a discounted price) at SimplyFountains.com.

The Zen Falls Water Wall Fountain by Nayer Kazemi is perfect for a business, or could also be used in a home with extra wall space. When I think about fountains in offices, this is exactly what comes to mind. It is handcrafted out of copper and costs between $800 and $960, depending on where you purchase it. You can find out more about this fountain at FengShuiFusion.com.

For folks that have more room, or wish to create more of a focal point in their home or office, the Curves Floor Fountain by Hunter/Kenroy Fountains stands just under six feet high and adds a distinct design element to any room. Check it out at KineticFountains.com for pricing and more information.

The really great thing about indoor electric fountains is that you can purchase one for as little as $10 at a local drugstore, or spend thousands on a custom-designed, handmade work or art. So, pretty much anyone who would like to create a soothing, peaceful environment in their home or office has the option to do just that.

Published by Mavyn McDaniels

Mavyn is a freelance writer and holistic wellness practitioner living in Washington.  View profile

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