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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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 […]
Floating is Safer than the Grocery Store
July 8th, 2020There are lots of us who may want to start floating again, but may also reasonably ask if this is the right time to do so. After all, going anywhere right now carries a certain amount of risk along with it. States are facing the difficult situation of how to keep people safe, and how […]
Local Collaboration with WashU’s NeuoImaging Lab and FLOAT STL Aims to Show Real Results of Floating on the Brain.
June 24th, 2020by Alecia Humphreys Article originally published by Ladue News Since 2015, FLOAT STL has offered sweet relief to metro area residents in the form of reduction in stress, anxiety, inflammation, stiffness, aches and pains via flotation tanks – sensory deprivation tanks filled with highly concentrated Epsom salts water heated to skin temperature. But now, FLOAT […]
A Mindful ReOpening
May 30th, 2020As St. Louis begins to reopen, we too have begun our own journey out of quarantine. Starting Wednesday, June 3rd, we will be inviting FLOAT STL Community Members, supporters, and those who received credit through our COVID Health Care program, back to FLOAT STL. In the next phase, we will plan to happily invite everyone […]
Colton Parayko shares about how his float practice supported his training to become a Stanley Cup Champion!
June 14th, 2019“I’m just trying to do my best at my work… Every time I finish my float I feel like new…This has been huge for my body…After each float my sleeping is substantially better.It’s actually incredible, I don’t know how it works exactly but it’s amazing.” Hear Stanley Cup Champion Colton Parayko share how his float […]
Colton Parayko talks floating and Stanley Cup training
June 1st, 2019We connected with Colton after his most recent float session at our Maryland Heights location. Colton loves the Deluxe Rooms 🙂 In this clip Colton tells us how floating has helped him through these training periods leading up to the Stanley Cup finals and also speaks to the evolution of his float practice from his […]
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Colton Parayko of the Saint Louis Blues
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How to Prepare for your First Float Experience
December 6th, 2018 
Culture: Language by Jacob Resch
December 4th, 2018“Writers are the raw nerve of the universe. Our job is to go out and feel things for people, then to come back and tell them how it feels to be alive. Because they are numb. Because we have forgotten. We have forgotten our rituals. Our tribal practices. There is no more tribe. We don’t […]
