What is Floating?
Floatation therapy provides a unique experience where you can relax the mind and body simultaneously. You enter a float tank with about 1,200 lbs of epsom salt dissolved in 10 inches of water that is warmed to skin temperature. The dense solution lets you float effortlessly, regardless of your body type, and allows your body fully relax without gravity pulling you down. There are a lot of physical benefits to soaking in epsom salt – muscle recovery, soothing aches & pains, sunburn relief, skin exfoliating, healing dry skin.
Float tanks are often called sensory deprivation tanks because they provide an environment that reduces sensory input, for the first time since birth your brain no longer has to process all the sights, sounds and smells around you. Without gravity, temperature or sensory input to process the brain slows down and begins to produce theta waves which kind of act as a bridge between the conscious and subconscious mind.
Theta wave state promotes creativity, relaxation, learning ability and focus, floating can encourage and even propel you into a state of meditation, allowing you to reorganize your thoughts, reduce stress and even make positive suggestions and reprogram the subconscious mind for positive change in your life.
So, Why Float?
Some people float to relieve pain or just to unwind and keep their stress levels in check, some float for mental clarity or introspection. The restricted environment of an isolation tank allows just about anyone to reach deep meditative states after a few sessions making everybody’s experience a unique and personal journey.
Research on floating and Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (R.E.S.T.) has been conducted since the early 1960’s after it’s invention by Dr. John C. Lilly. A lot of claims can be made about it’s benefits but it’s often best to keep it simple, so here are a few of the primary benefits of floating in an isolation tank.
Relaxation
The first and best reason everyone should try it out, think about it, when was the last time your brain got a chance to rest? Inside a float tank there are no sounds or smells, nothing to see, no pop-up ads or distractions, heck, there’s barely any gravity dragging you down. It’s the ultimate stress free environment, in fact just 1 hour in the tank is comparable to 4 hours of deep sleep, it’s the perfect reset.
Pain Relief
Immediately after laying down in the tank you begin to feel every muscle in your body unwind and loosen up, your blood pressure starts to drop as you begin to hear your heart rate (can’t turn that sound off) and blood circulation increases throughout the body. This relaxed state combined with a 1,000 lbs of epsom salt is an excellent way to boost recovery in athletes and to reduce chronic pain and inflammation. Recent studies have shown that floating may be the best therapy to mitigate the effects of fibromyalgia and other neurological pain disorders. We are participating in a massive world wide case study on the effects of floating on fibromyalgia, if you’d like to learn about how you could try it for less than half-price, check out the Fibromyalgia Flotation Project.
Exploration
Think about the last time you sat down to reflect upon an issue without immediately getting distracted by a phone, facebook or a crooked picture frame on the wall. Meditation is a means to mental clarity but it requires a great deal of discipline and practice, floatation therapy provides a shortcut to these deep introspective states which can enhance creativity, clear the mind and allow one to overcome previously daunting life challenges. Floating allows your brain to fall into a slower brainwave known as theta which is often described as a bridge between the conscious and the incredibly powerful subconscious mind.
Here’s How You Get Started
First, Choose a Float Tank
The bigger and newly updated Voyager One is a crowd favorite. It’s got an awesome shower, a tall 7′ ceiling and a little extra space to spread out, despite the fancy features, the experience is identical to the classic. That being said, we built it to be more inviting and accommodating for new floaters. The larger door is easy to use, and the 5′ x 8′ floor plan allows for plenty of stretching.
Voyager One
The bigger and newly updated Voyager One is a crowd favorite. It’s got an awesome shower, a tall 7′ ceiling and a little extra space to spread out, despite the fancy features, the experience is identical to the classic. That being said, we built it to be more inviting and accommodating for new floaters. The larger door is easy to use, and the 5′ x 8′ floor plan allows for plenty of stretching.
The Classic
The Classic was our first tank, built around John C. Lilly’s original design, it’s sleek, dark and cozy, just like an isolation tank should be. This was the first sensory deprivation tank we introduced to Saratoga Springs and it remains a favorite for some. This float tank is 4′ tall and has a footprint that’s 4′ wide by 8′ long, so there’s still ample space to relax comfortably.
Next, you’ll need to make an appointment
Our Location
We are located right on Route 50 in Beautiful downtown Ballston Spa, NY. Just a few minutes south of Saratoga Springs.
CONTACT US
Reach out to us, we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have or help you schedule an appointment.