FLOAT YOUR WAY TO A MORE BEAUTIFUL LIFE NOW

So it makes sense that floating has positive effects, both on our bodies and our minds. Since the 1960’s, scientists have been studying how floating influences left and right brain activity, as well as its effects on muscles, biochemistry, healing, and more.

This hydrotherapy process is also known as restricted environmental stimulation technique (REST), flotation therapy, and isolation tank therapy -- it takes place in a floatation tank. 

When the brain is cut off from external stimuli, it begins to create its own, increasing right-brain thinking, encouraging intuition, imagination, and creativity. EEG measurements of brain activity while floating suggest that the left hemisphere quiets, while the right hemisphere awakens and dominates. 

While flotation tanks have been around for about 40 years, floating is having a renaissance right now due to vastly improved float cabins as well as the popularity of mindfulness and meditation.

The tanks offer a way to meditate completely, both physically and mentally. The mind and body go into an intense state of relaxation, expansion, and healing.

What’s it like to experience this? Well, you lay (preferably naked), face-up in a tank of warm salt water. The salt concentration is higher than that of the Dead Sea, so you easily float, without any effort, in any position. In fact, you can experiment with different positions, including sitting.

Your senses are suspended to a certain extent. It is dark, so you see nothing. It is totally quiet, so you hear nothing. And the water is the same temperature as your body, creating a seamless, borderless effect, so you feel nothing. 

Gradually you relax all tension in your mind and body. As you float, you may experience moments of clarity or insight. Or, you might switch off completely, letting go of all thoughts.

Because your body isn’t fighting gravity, and your brain isn’t processing loads of sensory stimuli, your mind is free to explore in a theta state.  Theta brainwaves normally occur right before we fall asleep. It typically takes years of practice to achieve theta state through deep meditation. With floating, you can start producing theta brainwaves in 30 minutes.