A floatation tank is filled with highly concentrated Epsom salt water heated to skin temperature. Floatation, also known as sensory deprivation, is simply the act of relaxing in a floatation tank and drifting into a meditative state that rejuvenates your mind and body. The water is heated to match the temperature of your skin and due to the density of the water, you cannot feel where the water line ends.  Upon lying down, your body is able to float effortlessly and weightlessly, removing tension from the body and allowing it to relax. Within minutes you experience the sensation of floating on a cloud or in space and the ability to perceive your physical body dissipates into the surrounding water. Floating will bring you to a state of complete relaxation, where stress from your everyday life begins to fade.

Floating – The Science

Floating is achieved by adding a high concentration of Epsom salts to the water. Much like in the Dead Sea this raises the density and buoyancy of the water. Float tanks will use around 1000 litres of water and 550 kg of magnesium and sulphate-rich Epsom salts thereby increasing the specific gravity for the solution to around 1.27. It is this change to the density that adds buoyancy to the water and allows a flotation tank user to float.

Epsom Salts
Epsom salts allow the float tank user to float but also do so much more. Ancient wisdom tells us that Epsom salts are an effective cure-all with benefits including stress relief along with easing aches and pains. Epsom salts are rich in magnesium, which is the second most abundant element in the human body and one that is vital to good health and well-being. When floating, the Epsom salt solution helps with lymph drainage and promotes the absorption of magnesium.

Sadly, over half of the US population does not meet the US recommended allowance for dietary magnesium. Modern agriculture and diet have radically reduced the magnesium in the body whilst modern consumption levels of fat, sugar and salt all work to more rapidly deplete magnesium.

Research shows that raising magnesium may have the following benefits:

Relieve stress – Excess adrenaline and stress are believed to drain magnesium, a natural stress reliever, from the body. Magnesium helps bind serotonin, the happy hormone!
Relaxation – Elevates chemicals in the brain that works to create a feeling of well-being and relaxation.
Migraines – Eases and prevents migraine headaches.
Detoxification – Flushes toxins and heavy metals from the cells in the body. This in turn helps ease muscle pain and clear out harmful substances picked up from our modern environment.
Diabetes – Improved insulin sensitivity aids blood glucose control which can aid in prevention or severity of diabetes.
Heart Health – Improves heart and circulatory health. Preventing hardening of the arteries, blood clots and lowering overall blood pressure.
Bone health – Magnesium helps assimilate calcium into the bones.


Benefits

Flotation can benefit everyone, from athletes and creatives to business people, the elderly, and those with medical issues. Floatation is a form of alternative medicine and boasts an extensive wealth of benefits:

  • Stimulates the release of endorphins

  • Creates calm and total relaxation

  • Rejuvenates the mind and body

  • Alleviates mental and physical stress

  • Helps with fatigue and jet lag

  • Improves sleep and insomnia

  • Improves creativity, healing, and visualisation

  • Expands awareness and heightens senses

  • Enhances mental clarity and deepens your mental state

  • Improves self-realisation and discovery

  • Helps with anxiety, depression, and motivation

  • Helps with phobias and addiction

  • Helps with PTSD symptoms

  • Decreases the perception of pain

  • Relieves bones, joints, muscles

  • Relieves aches, pains, and strains

  • Relieves arthritis, migraines, and rheumatism

  • Relieves fibromyalgia

  • Helps with pregnancy pain and may position the baby into the birth canal

  • Increases blood circulation and lowers blood pressure

  • Improves immunity

  • Helps athletes produce less cortisol, adrenaline, and lactic acid

  • Helps athletes visualise their performance for success

  • Helps athletes master the inner game and synchronise mind, body, and emotion

  • Reduces the risk of further injury and overtraining

  • Resets the body’s chemical & metabolic balance

  • Speeds up the healing process and recovery

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