This article from yogajournal.com is entitled, “Is Floating the New Meditation? Float Therapy is on the rise. Find out why this womb-like experience just might elevate the way you meditate.” Aside from the usual description of this unusual experience, it also touches on the theta state: that place between waking and dreaming, where you go…
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Wow, that’s a long title. That happens sometimes with scientific papers. This from the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s website. I’ll include a quote from the results: “Stress, depression, anxiety, and worst pain were significantly decreased whereas optimism and sleep quality significantly increased for the flotation-REST group. No significant results for the control group were…
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When I saw this headline, I had to share. Then I read the article, and while it presented floating in a good light, the bottom line was that it didn’t cure her phone addiction. Clickbait. But I’ve had a few people float with me who fit this profile, so I thought it might be helpful…
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This video comes from the BBC, reporting on how floatation therapy helped to treat anxiety and PTSD with a control group of 10 officers of the Hampton Police Federation. It’s been so effective that they’ve begun offering it to a larger group.
This is a fantastic educational video on why float therapy is so relaxing. I must give credit to Sukhino Float Center and Salt Cave in New Albany, IN for producing this.
“More than 30 years after the movie “Altered States” introduced Americans to the concept of sensory reduction, hundreds of “float centers” have begun opening up across the country. But while William Hurt’s character slipped into an isolation tank to facilitate scientifically farfetched shape-shifting, real people are now flocking to float centers for pragmatic reasons: to…
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“If you’ve ever drawn a bath at the end of a long day to ease sore muscles, found physical and mental relaxation when swimming laps, or sought relief in the calm waters of a lake or the rhythmic waves of the ocean, you know the power that water can have in relieving physical and psychological…
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This one checks all the boxes: mind, body, spirit and focus. This is a great video from this past year’s float conference where Dr. Jerry Walker talks about his research into REST and how it helps our armed forces service members. Watch the video on youtube
“Given what we know about the physiological effects of floatation, including its ability to lower cortisol and boost low-frequency brain activity, it’s not surprising to me to see this evidence of a direct benefit for sleep. High cortisol levels and an active, task-focused brain (dominated by high-frequency beta waves) make falling asleep and staying asleep…
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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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