This is a great article on floating to relieve anxiety, from mic.com.
Scientific evidence supporting its benefits have also emerged, fairly recently. In one 2014 study of floatation therapy, published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, stress, depression, anxiety, and pain “significantly decreased” among 65 REST subjects, “whereas optimism and sleep quality significantly increased.” They also reported a “significant correlation between mindfulness in daily life and degree of altered states of consciousness” during their time in the tank.
Read the full article here.
