What Is Floating?
Flotation therapy is water therapy. Floating is relaxing.
Floating, also known as R.E.S.T. (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy) or sensory deprivation, involves lying in a spacious bath of warm water and over 900lbs of Epsom salt.
The relaxing and beneficial Epsom salt lets your body float effortlessly on the surface while reducing pain and inflammation.
The water is set to body temperature—so you can't feel the water or the gravity, and if you CHOOSE TO turn off the lights and close the door, it makes the tank light proof and sound proof.
The combined effect is profoundly relaxing and incredibly beneficial for both mind and body.
Floating is wonderful for those with chronic pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, as well as anxiety, PTSD, and hypertension.
Floating helps people sleep as well as meditate.
Floating assists in muscle recovery for injuries as well as for professional athletes. And it does wonders for hair and skin!
The Water
The tank is filled with 200 gal of water (just less than 1 foot deep!) and over 900 lb of Epsom salt.
The high density of Epsom salt solution allows your body float effortlessly on the surface, like a cork!
The water is the same temperature as your body, about 94º degrees, so you don't feel the water.
This is where the feeling of nothingness begins, and your worries end.
Soon you are so relaxed, you can't tell where you end and the water begins — you feel like you are levitating.
This triggers the release of endorphins, your muscles and spine loosen (almost zero gravity!) and you just experience extreme peace and clarity of thought— it's just you
Exploring and experiencing your own mind while the salt soothes and detoxifies your body.
Sound
Your ears (with earplugs in) stay just below the water; the tanks are insulated against sound leaving you in peaceful silence.
Sight
After you shut the door and turn off the light, you float in total darkness - you won’t notice a difference between keeping your eyes open or closed. (You’re free to keep the door open and the light on until you grow accustomed to this unique environment.)
Touch
Inside the tank you’ll find 10 inches of water and over 900 lbs. of dissolved Epsom salts – a solution that allows you to float effortlessly.
The water and air are both kept at 94 degrees Fahrenheit - this is skin-receptor neutral, which means that when you fully relax, you lose track of where your body ends and the water or air begins.
Be Weightless
During your float, the outside world is gone and amazing things happen.
It turns out that when you’re not fighting gravity or receiving sensory input, your body has a lot of extra resources at its disposal.
Your mind is free to navigate without distraction, your brain pumps out dopamine and endorphins, and the parasympathetic nervous system gets to work helping you rest, de-stress and heal.
It’s likely to be the most relaxing thing you've ever experienced.