WHAT IS FLOATING?
Floatation Therapy involves a pod/tank filled with Magnesium Sulfate (~33%/550kg) and water; creating a 30cm deep solution, which is heated to ~35°C (skin temperature).
As the water settles and becomes still, you slowly start to lose the sensation of it being there. Making it hard to distinguish between parts of the body that are in contact with the water and those that aren’t.
Buoyancy created by the dense Magnesium Sulfate solution effectively removes the effects of gravity on the body, and brings the individual close to an experience of total weightlessness, allowing your body feel free from the forces of gravity.
With ear plugs in and if you wish, the tank’s interior lights off. The quiet and the dark allow the mind to drift into a deep state of relaxation.
A huge amount of brain power is used every second in order to deal with the strain that gravity places on one’s body but now floating weightlessly your body is perfectly supported by a cushion of silky body-temperature liquid.
Freed from all sensation of gravity, temperature, touch, sight and sound (together account for 90% of normal neuromuscular activity), you conserve and redirect vast amounts of natural physical and mental energy.
The ultra-deep relaxation of floating “resets” the body’s hormonal and metabolicbalance, strengthening resistance to and accelerating recovery from the effects of stress, illness, injury or strenuous exercise.
With no commands needing to be sent out, the logical side of the brain is rendered redundant, and its activity slows down until it synchronises with the creative side. This leaves the individual in a dream-like state, akin to the thoughts experienced just before you go to sleep. In this state, the brain releases vast amounts of endorphins.
While the state of relaxation may be deep and profound, the individual’s brain stays dreamily alert. The brain gradually shifts from its usual waking beta state to generate deep alpha, theta or even delta waves, the state-of-mind that Buddhist monks try to reach through hours of meditation and years of training. You can achieve this in a matter of minutes just by lying back into the silky warm sea of bliss that is the floatation experience!
Would you like to learn more about Floatation Therapy??
Check out Float Nation’s Documentary.
Or head on over to the Clinical Floatation website where you will find a wide range of articles, research publications and video presentations all about Floatation Therapy!