When you float, you’re floating in 1000 pounds of epsom salt, otherwise known as Magnesium Sulfate. Did you know that many people are magnesium deficient? How can you tell? Read this article from onbetterliving.com
This article was originally titled, “Float Pods: Are they Worth the Hype?” but I wanted to change it to focus more on the relevant content — the stories people share about how floating helped to alleviate their chronic pain. Here’s one testimonial of several featured in the article: One chronic pain suffer described her experience…
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The benefits of 7-8 hours of sleep are well known, and much has been written in recent years explaining how it can affect a whole range of physical and emotional processes. After a long day most of us are looking forward to a good, restorative night of sleep, but we’ve all experienced restless nights spent…
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…but if you need a light, it’s there for you. That’s not quite how the quote goes… The absence of all light can be very relaxing, but it’s good to have light handy when you really need it. The LED lights built into the float rooms went out last summer. I’ve tried a few replacements…
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If you’re pregnant, in your 2nd or 3rd trimester and are experiencing physical discomfort, maybe floating can help. Read this from drmorris.com. During the 2nd and 3rd trimesters float therapy is a brilliant way to relax in a weightless environment that gives a lovely sense of wellbeing and calm in pregnancy. This may be one…
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This Autism School Is Adding Float Therapy To Its Curriculum The Gersh Academy at Cougar Mountain will open in Issaquah, WA, in the fall of 2018, and they’re taking special education to a whole new level. The Cougar Mountain Zoo will be located right on campus to allow students with ASD to interact with animals…
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Decreased functional connectivity between somatomotor and default‐mode networks following Floatation‐REST Here’s some exciting new research into the effects of floatation-REST on the Default Mode Network, and more. For the first time researchers have discovered the effects of floating in the human brain! Read the full article here. Image credit: @_murugiah
This article is from advancedbackrehab.com and describes how float therapy can help you with your back pain — or for that matter, any chronic pain caused by muscle tension or spinal compression. Read the full article here. Back pain and other physical aches recede in response to the relaxation allowed by a flotation tank. When…
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Back before the world insisted on it, I was already practicing a form of self-isolation—namely, floating naked, alone, in an enclosed tank filled with Epsom salt in the pitch dark. This wasn’t some new beauty fad that I signed up for (although Epsom salt is great for healing the skin). This was, in fact, a…
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Floating has been linked to a wide range of health benefits. Brain-imaging studies, for instance, have indicated that floating can help regulate over-activity in the amygdala, which induces feelings of fear and anxiety. Such finds have led some therapists to speculate whether floating can be an effective treatment for people with anxiety. But the practice…
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