10 Amazing Benefits of Float Therapy
Float therapy provides a unique sensory deprivation experience with benefits for mind, body and spirit. Explore the ways that our sensory deprivation float tank can enhance your wellbeing.
Float therapy consists of floating in a sensory deprivation tank (also called an isolation tank) filled with water heated to skin temperature and saturated with Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) to provide buoyancy. The specially designed tank allows for an escape from the outside sensory experiences of sight, touch, sound and smell. The water keeps you weightlessly and effortlessly floating, resulting in a light and peaceful feeling.
While float therapy is relaxing, the benefits go beyond that blissful vibe. Here are 10 ways that float therapy can support your health and happiness.
1. Stress Relief
Float therapy can be a wonderful tool for stress reduction. In our busy and hectic lifestyles, it can be hard to tune out the outside world to find a state of peace and relaxation. The float tank is an escape from these outside distractions. The sensory deprivation, combined with weightless floating creates the perfect environment for calm.
2. Better Sleep
Getting regular, quality sleep is critical for functioning at our very best. Sleep is required for proper brain function, balanced mood and problem solving. Lack of sleep can also put our health and immunity at risk. Research has shown that float therapy can help to improve sleep quality. If you experience sleep disturbances or suffer with insomnia, give float therapy a try.
3. Pain Relief
Floating weightlessly allows us to let go of the tension that we store in our bodies, specifically the muscles and joints. Even just one float can help to release tension stored in areas like the neck, shoulders and lower back.
4. Reduced Anxiety
Float therapy puts you in a state of relaxation and peace. This can be beneficial in reducing symptoms of anxiety.
5. Heightened Creativity
The unique sensory deprivation state that a float tank provides is also a wonderful environment for creative thinking. Without the distractions of the outside world, thoughts can become more clear and relaxation can foster new, creative ideas. Try float therapy during a creative project to level up.
6. Enhanced Athletic Performance
Training for athletic events involves both body and mind. Floating weightlessly not only helps performance recovery by taking pressure off of the body, but the Epsom salts in the water naturally contain muscle-relaxing magnesium, removing pain and soreness. The quiet space of the float tank also allows a place to relax and recharge from intense training activity or a big athletic event. Before an event, float therapy can create a blank slate for you to get your head in the game, while also releasing tense muscles, preventing injury.
7. Better Skin
Magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) are a naturally detoxifying and can soothe, soften and gently exfoliate skin.
8. A Quick Escape
Life demands a lot from us and it isn’t always easy or feasible to plan time for ourselves. In just an hour, you can take a mini-vacation in the float tank and come out feeling refreshed and renewed.
9. A Chance to Unplug
We are more connected than ever before with our technology. When was the last time you really set your phone down and unplugged? Float time allows for a complete separation from distracting devices and the things and people demanding your time.
10. An Integration of Self
Our lifestyles can often leave us feeling disconnected and separated from pieces of ourselves. Our wellbeing requires a healthy balance between mind, body and spirit. Float therapy gives you that space to reconnect with all parts of you, without distractions.
Give float therapy a try and enjoy the Float Life!
