Physical Benefits
When it comes to the body, we all have aches and pains that can distract us and slow us down. These stresses can be further impacted due to the high performance culture we participate in. Whether it’s back pain, joint pain, inflammation, or you’re looking to speed up your recovery in-between workouts, float tanks offer the perfect environment for your body to accelerate healing.
– Being completely supported, the entire musculo-skeletal system can completely relax.-
– Stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline are lowered.-
– Blood pressure is reduced which is great for hypertension.-
– Heart rate and respiratory rate are slowed.-
– Muscle tension and soreness is dramatically reduced.-
– Gravity pressure on the spine and correlating connective tissues is almost completely alleviated.-
– An hour session in a float tank has been rated as the equivalent of three to four hours of sleep.-
Psychological Benefits
Mental stress, anxiety, and other related issues like insomnia, can be major factors effecting your overall health. People are becoming increasingly aware how important mental and emotional well-being is in our personal and professional environments. Float tanks offer a safe, peaceful sanctuary which allows the mind to decompress and reorganize itself.
– Float tanks offer the perfect environment to quiet the constant “mental chatter” that contributes to insomnia.-
-Spending time in silence helps the brain to heal and can even promote neurological regeneration.-
– Recent studies showed positive benefits for those with anxiety disorders even after just one session.-
– Veterans with PTSD have been able to reduce or even eliminate pharmaceutical medication with float therapy.-
– Floating promotes theta brainwaves which increases imagination and creativity.-
– Even just an hour of floating can significantly reduce or mitigate migraine headaches.-
– Increased positive mood and well-being can last from a couple days to up to a week after a float session.-
Spiritual Benefits
The meditative states that can be achieved in a float tank are some of the most amazing and often overlooked aspects of sensory deprivation therapy. Even if you know nothing about meditation, at some point during a session you will move effortlessly into a “theta-brainwave state” which is the same flow state even seasoned meditation practitioners can find elusive. This receptive state of mind can offer profound introspective insight and a blissful sense of well-being.
– Meditative states of mind can contribute to greater self-awareness and psychological insight.-
– Elimination of stimulus frees the mind for exploration and self-contemplation.-
– Float tanks provide the perfect environment for deep stillness and solitude.-
– Float sessions provide a sanctuary for prayer and self-reflection.-
– Float tanks can introduce one to what meditation is and deepen your ongoing practice.-
– “Post-Float Glow” is now a common term in the float industry and refers to the blissful state floaters often achieve after a session.-
– Spiritual healing and understanding can often happen simply by providing the space for it to take place.-
