We thrive on sharing our passion for the lifestyle and culture of floating, from understanding the basics, personal stories, to our philosophy and reason for existing. Our blog is a co-created effort, contributed to by the owners, our team and our floaters, and contains a multi-media combination of audio, story, and video.
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January 9th, 2021
Floating, Meditation, and Mindfulness-Adding Tools to your Mental Toolbelt
September 10th, 2020Floating removes you from the outside world and gives your mind the freedom to wander wherever it wants to go. When you float, you don’t have anything you need to do. There’s nothing you need to work on. You have a space where you can lie down, removed from the pressure of thinking, discussing, or […]
Member Series – Kathe
August 24th, 2020In this video Kathe talks about how her first couple of floats were not great, but she really fell into the depth of her relaxation on Float #3. For Kathe, organization and productivity have always been very important. She lives a crazy schedule and for her it has been difficult to find ways to experience […]
Member Series – Phanuel
August 24th, 2020In this video Phanuel talks about how before his first float he felt both interested and nervous. He was familiar with the experience of claustrophobia and concern for being in an enclosed space that was completely quiet. Floating has helped to improve his mindset by creating a safe separation from the outside world. Schedule your […]
How Floating Dissolves Stress
August 10th, 2020Even without the existential malaise of living through global crisis, our modern way of life tends to exert a lot of pressure on most people. As mental health research evolves, it’s become apparent that what we call “stress” can actually cause a lot of health problems; not just physical problems like heart disease and high […]
Astronauts in float tanks…
July 29th, 2020Did you know that the astronauts in the race to the moon were also floating? Floating was originally developed through programs at the NIH and NASA. Beginning in 1957 astronauts in training for the moon landing began floating vertically for many hours at a time. You can hear more about it in this video with […]
Floating For Stress Relief
July 17th, 2020Have you heard of Fight-Flight-Freeze? When we enter this mode, our bodies enact a cascade of events in hopes that we will mobilize ourselves towards self-protection. It looks like this: when we register a potential “threat,” our body releases cortisol (side note: high levels of cortisol are correlated to stress-related problems, including hypertension, depression, insomnia, […]
Using Change (& Float Tanks) to Make Change
July 13th, 2020As we go through this period of pause, we have a unique opportunity to think about what we want our lives to be like going forward. This is a rare moment where the systems and patterns we all have in place have been slowed down or stopped, and will need to be restarted or replaced. […]
What is floating?
July 8th, 2020Floating, also known as sensory deprivation, is a transformative practice, where the floater effortlessly floats in a solution of water and Epsom salt in a sensory controlled environment to achieve intentional solitude. Check out the video below to learn more! Frequent floaters have described their escapes into the void as an integrative life-hack, an adventure […]
