About Floating

Over the years, many solutions have been suggested for the stresses of modern life such as acupuncture, reflexology and massage. Other less healthy and more widely used alternatives are alcohol and drugs, which do not reduce the stress level, but merely blot it out temporarily. There is however, another option, backed up by a huge amount of medical and scientific research: THE FLOATATION TANK.

How the Floatation Tank works

700lbs of Epsom salts are added to 170 gallons of water, creating a 10 inch deep solution which is heated to 35.5 degrees centigrade (skin temperature). Unless you are an astronaut, this is the only situation you will encounter where your body is free from the forces of gravity. Every single muscle in the body is allowed to relax.

With ear plugs in and, if you wish, the floatation tanks interior lights off, the quietness and the darkness allow the mind to drift into the deepest state of relaxation possible. This in turn balances the brain: that is, reduces the activity in the left (logical) side of the brain and increases activity in the right (creative) side. For the first time, both sides of your brain are in total harmony. When you consider that we normally only use 11% of our total brain power, you can see that a session in the float tank enables us to tap into a huge, previously unavailable source of creativity, imagination, self-visualization and problem solving.

Floatation Tanks for Sports Men and Sports Women

Every muscle is allowed to rest and recover. By using the floatation tank in conjunction with visualization techniques many athletes have found rapid improvement in their performances.

After years of mediocrity, American football team the Philadelphia Eagles acquired a float tank and went on to win the NFC championship. Their baseball playing neighbors - the Phillies noticed the floatation tank in their dressing room. Many of the players began floating and the team went on to win its first world series for decades.

Rate of recovery after physical exercise is improved beyond recognition. What normally takes a long period of time - usually days for recovery from a marathon - the floatation tank compresses into a number of hours. By relieving the stresses of gravity, floating takes the weight off strained bones, joints, and muscles and increases the efficiency of the blood circulating through the body.

Floatation Tanks for Pain Control

Floating causes the body to release endorphins, the body's own painkiller, in particular the beta-endorphin. Released in times of comfort as well as pain they are far more powerful than drugs such as morphine and are associated with relief from migraine, back pain, arthritis and so on. There is also indisputable evidence that floating lowers blood pressure and heartbeat rate.

Floatation Tanks for Business Pressures

Pressures at work are eliminated, leaving you with a clear mind to concentrate 100% on the matter in hand. It increases creativity, the ability to solve problems, concentration, personal motivation and energy levels.

Floatation Tanks for Breaking Addictions

In tests controlled by eminent members of the medical profession, results have shown that floatation tank users achieved a reduction of 50% in cigarette smoking and 45% in alcohol consumption.

Floatation Tanks for Skin Care

As well as the physical and emotional effects, the salts and minerals contained in the solution are extremely beneficial to the skin.

About Your Floatation Tank Session

Each floatation tank is situated in a lockable private room, equipped with an invigorating power shower for use before and after the float session. Shampoos, soaps and hairdryers are provided free of charge, although we ask that wherever possible clients provide their own towel, however we do have a towel hire service.

There is a light inside for beginners or for those who may not feel secure in the dark, although we have found that almost all users are floating in the dark within three sessions. Because of the saline nature of the solution we advise that all clients should not shave on the day of the float tank session.