This video from the 2018 Float Conference is super detailed and full of info about how the immune system evolved, how it works, and how floating affects it. If you like to learn by watching as opposed to reading, this is a very good presentation. Plus, the guy’s got style! Watch it on YouTube.
Well isn’t that a witty headline? As usual, this is unoriginal content I’ve collected because I find it useful and thought you might, too. (“Unoriginal content” meaning content I haven’t authored, not content that itself is unoriginal. Although, I have read this type of article before.) This one comes from Time Magazine.
Those who know me know that this is the primary reason why I started floating. It’s interesting to see that the people who need it the most, get the most from it. “The current achievement-based, demanding, high tempo society has incurred increased risks and vulnerability for stress-related chronic pain and other illnesses. Increased muscle tension…
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The title is misleading. While this is one of the most informative, comprehensive and objective documents I’ve read about the benefits of REST compared to the claims, what you could easily miss from the title is all the supporting documentation they’ve included to either refute or back the claims the industry makes about how this…
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More research showing the benefits of REST, this time as a preventative treatment for stress-related illness, from BMC Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. Read the full paper here. Background Sensory isolation in a flotation tank is a method known for inducing deep relaxation and subsequent positive health effects for patients suffering from e.g. stress or muscle…
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In the referenced article, FloatAtHome.com sheds some light on six holistic wellness practices that have gone mainstream. Read the full article on FloatAtHome.com. And a shout out to the Zen Float Tent for those interested in floating at home.
“Why do we feel listless when we are recovering from an illness? The answer is, apparently, that low-grade chronic inflammation interferes with the dopaminergic signaling system in the brain that motivates us to do things.” The affect of inflammation on our bodies is something that’s not very well understood. This article starts to make some…
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“Really, I think of flotation like ‘screen therapy’. It seems to reverse some of the anxiety or stress that we inflict on ourselves by constantly using backlit screens — monitors, television sets, and smartphones. You might think you would fall asleep if placed in the dark and deprived of sensory input, but I tend to…
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Science! The clinical research is ever growing, providing scientific proof of the benefits of floating. Here’s an abstract from a paper about the effects of floating with people who are highly sensitive to anxiety. Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy), an intervention that attenuates exteroceptive sensory input to the nervous system, has recently been found to…
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I have had some amazing, transcendent, even ecstatic experiences while floating. I’ve had some of the very experiences described in the FloatTank reddit group. I’ve also had some of these questions. If you’re curious, check it out. I am reluctant to share my own personal experiences for fear of setting too high an expectation and…
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