Float
Therapy

What is Float Therapy?
A shallow pool filled with Epsom salt, dense like the Dead Sea. Epsom salt in the water helps ease tension in your muscles, completely relaxing and rejuvenating your body and mind. You float completely and effortlessly. The tank is kept warm, body temperature, and it's enclosed so it's completely dark and quiet. It's your own private world, you’ll emerge feeling loose, and stress-free, and return to the world at your full potential.
 

CHRONIC PAIN
Floating removes all weight and pressure on your body& frame, releasing built-up tension. But it's more than that. Your body has a physiological relaxation response. The tank removes external stimulation to your body, insulating you from the chaos of the world so your body exits fight-or-flight when your body recognizes it can let down its defenses. But what if you have trouble relaxing? Your body gets stuck running too hard like a car with a brick on the accelerator, until you burn out. Many exercises like yoga and meditation can promote relaxation, but there is a problem — the more you need them the harder they are to do. Floating induces your physiological response. You don't have to “practice” anything to get the benefit. You just float.

 

STRESS AND PAIN
If you suffer from pain, you know it can take over your life. Floating has been shown to reduce or relieve stress-related pain by as much as 48% for months with no side effects and no chance of addiction. Beyond pain reduction and stress management, floating can actively help with healing injuries, and shows promise for the relief of fibromyalgia and lupus. Floating helps you feel more like yourself again.

 

ANXIETY
Over 40 million Americans experience some form of clinical anxiety. It's the most common psychiatric condition. People who have anxiety talk a lot about pressure, the pressure of life that they feel on top of them. Getting into a tank is an immediate relief from this pressure. We live in a world of constant connectivity and continual input, and we need downtime. Without quiet time to let your body fully unwind, you get stuck in the racing thoughts of fight or flight. Anxiety begins to feed on itself, driving compulsive behaviors to solve problems that aren't
present. Nothing gives your brain/body a more complete rest than floating. Studies show lasting benefits of flotation therapy for generalized anxiety, phobias, and depression.

 

SLEEP
One of the most common causes of insomnia is simple stress. Loss of sleep not only makes it harder to deal with the outside stress in your life, but it is itself stressful. It’s a vicious circle. There are well-known remedies, but most have equally well-known drawbacks. Most drugs are actively habit-forming, or at least have diminishing returns if you rely on them. Meditation can be very powerful, but requires disciplined practice and focus to achieve, a practice that becomes harder to do when stressed out and short on sleep. Simply taking 90 min to stop and float, though, can help you break the vicious cycle. It triggers your relaxation response physiologically, so there’s no need for you to summon concentration when your brain is out of resources.