Floating has shown to have beneficial effects such as decreased anxiety and depression increased calmness or sense of well-being it has shown fantastic results towards anti-smoking assistance as well as positive effects on weight-loss programs. + Behaviour Modificationįloating is a great way to bring greater awareness to various patterns of behavior.
The “resetting” experience provided by the tank can shift us out of this automated existence and bring us into greater awareness of the things we are often over-looking, less aware of or insensitive to, and not appreciating. Going throughout our daily routines we get “numb” to so much around us, we become automatic with so many of our thoughts, our actions, our environments. We are well adapted for acute stress, however, for chronic stressors such as noise and air pollution business, social, and family pressures war unemployment street crime fear general antagonism between the sexes we are not well adapted and have been cited to be a cause of several forms of disease. Having this experience can be very refreshing, nourishing and healthy for our bodies and minds. In a city with a constant buzz or hum, our systems rarely experience (if ever) the isolation and silence that the tank’s environment provides. It lets your nervous system have a break. The tanks environment eliminates as much external input as possible. Floating may induce an altered state of consciousness. It can induce theta-state brainwaves and allows for one to remain conscious in this frequency instead of falling asleep. It often generates a sensation of being intensely awake yet extremely relaxed presence. Meditation has a plethora of researched benefits and floating is a unique and phenomenal tool to cultivate mental stillness.
The modern urban life-style won’t affect our stress response as much. This means that we become more resistant to the stimuli of chronic stressors bombarding us in modern urban settings and modern lifestyles and literally we have a physiological higher threshold. Regular floating can alter the set-points in the endocrine homeostatic mechanism which can cause adjustments such as a lower adrenal activation threshold. The anti-gravity environment of the float tank disperses forces to the smallest amount and thus decreases the source of gravity-related stimulation to the minimum possible value providing relief to these specific areas. Rigid postures and chronic muscular tension from daily life can cause ailments such as lower-back pain, neck pain, shallow breathing, high blood pressure, etc. + Musculoskeletal Awarenessįloating decreases chronic muscle tension and creates greater awareness of less noticeable areas of muscle tension and imbalances.Īlthough floating is not zero-gravity (like outer space), the density of the Epsom Salt solution does create the maximal amount of the forces of gravity to be dispersed across the greatest surface area of the body. + Enhanced healing / rejuvenation / recoveryįloating increases circulation to extremities, promotes greater elimination of metabolic by products, decreases the forces of gravity to help promote greater muscular relaxation, and it can prevent adrenal fatigue. Immune function is enhanced by suppressing stress hormones which not only weaken the immune system but also suppress the digestion and reproductive systems, affect regeneration processes, and decrease insulin sensitivity. + Pain ManagementĪrthritis, back pain, neck pain, tendinitis, bursitis, inflammation, and psychosomatic pain relief have all been documented via tank use. Research indicates increased visual acuity, improved tactile perception, improved auditory sensitivity, and increased taste sensitivities after floating. Some physical symptoms of the relaxation response are decreased muscle tension, decreased blood pressure, decreased stress hormones, and increased endorphins. And it then activates the parasympathetic nervous system which is responsible for relaxation, healing, replenishment, etc. The tank suppresses the functioning of the sympathetic nervous system which when active produces our ‘fight or flight’ response.
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