| A landscape waterfalls can be added to flow into | | | | wellbeing you feel around rushing water? |
| your pond, pool, or water garden, be freestanding | | | | Waterfalls, as with the ocean and fast flowing rivers, |
| and fountain-like made of stone, fiberglass, or | | | | are the best source for negative ions; their motion |
| concrete, or formed by enhancing existing natural | | | | disturbs the water molecules so that electrons |
| water features that exist in your property. If you | | | | become displaced. That spare electron will then seek |
| don't have a stream or pond on your property, it's | | | | another oxygen molecule, thus adding to it an extra |
| no problem. Waterfalls can still be designed from | | | | electron, and giving it a negative charge. With all the |
| scratch or installed by using a kit... and, a pond or | | | | research correlating negative ions to health benefits, |
| water garden can be added. | | | | there is a new and upcoming market for negative ion |
| Depending on their width and height, they can create | | | | salt lamps. Add one to your den or office space. |
| different sound and sensory effects. Larger stones | | | | Meanwhile, especially in more metropolitan areas |
| and boulders can be used to create a narrower, | | | | where smog, allergens, and cubicled or enclosed |
| splashier waterfall; flat flagstone will provide a wider, | | | | office spaces cause higher counts of positive ions to |
| sheet-like fall with a more gently flowing sound. | | | | be the norm, I highly recommend adding a waterfall |
| Whichever you choose, not only do waterfalls lend a | | | | to your home or yard. Side bonuses? The addition of |
| sense of serenity, spirituality, and touch of class, | | | | a waterfall can increase your property value, reduce |
| they have also been known to improve physical and | | | | traffic and pedestrian noise, and discourage |
| mental wellbeing. | | | | mosquitoes, while creating a tranquil oasis in your |
| Some say it is simply their beauty and the soothing | | | | yard. Your waterfall's negative ions can help to |
| sound of water cascading over an edge and down | | | | alleviate symptoms of asthma and hay fever, |
| onto another surface or into a pool of water. More | | | | seasonal affective disorder and chronic fatigue, and |
| exacting afficianados know it that it is the negative | | | | have even been known to reduce depression to a |
| ions (a molecule with an extra electron attached) | | | | certain extent. Of course, just knowing that you |
| that are somewhat responsible for positively | | | | have, for a minimal cost, added a flowing water |
| affecting our serotonin levels and promoting the | | | | component to your home that offers aesthetic |
| elevation in our mood, energy level, and health. Have | | | | beauty and health benefits is enough to make one |
| you ever noticed how much more alive and full of | | | | smile. |