Coming for your first float?
Floating can benefit everyone but it is important to understand what exactly you’re going to do here and what you want from your sessions.
Basically, what you are doing is coercing the brain into a deep meditative state by means of REST (restricted environmental stimulation therapy) some people can get into a trance like or dream-like state very quickly and have an instant hit of rejuvenation, some take 30-40 mins where others may take a few goes, it’s like anything in life you take up, it can take some practice and that’s what we are here for. After a couple of sessions the user can get into this deep state very quickly, getting a greater proportion of time in the theta state and gaining more and more from your sessions. You don’t need to be able to meditate to get the most from this therapy that’s not what this is about. It’s simply about not stimulating the brain in a very calm and relaxed environment making it easy for you to reach this state, we also have a guided breathwork exercise to help you ease into it on request.
Before you arrive/your float
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Try to come 20 minutes early to your float session.
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DO NOT shave or wax your legs or sensitive areas 1-2 days before or on the day of your float.
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We advise to avoid drinking coffee or other stimulants, 3 hours before your float.
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DO NOT dye your hair within 7 days of your float.
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We advise avoiding black or dark clothing if possible but not essential.
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Remove your contact lens or any eyewear before your float.
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Take a quick shower in your private room.
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Put in your earplugs.
Enjoy your float
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Step into the float tank.
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Close the door & turn out the lights once you are ready.
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Lay back, get comfortable, relax and feel all your stress & tension drift away.
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Once your session ends, music will fade to gently ease you out of your float.
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Turn on the lights & step out of the tank.
After your Float
We advise you to take some break from the noise and static after your float. Reconnect your body and mind, let go of unwanted stress and drift away. Experience a state of relaxation, rejuvenation, and repair. You will radiate the post-float glow. So, enjoy it!!!
5 best tips to achieving the most from your first or any float session.
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Acceptance. You’re here for the hour, don’t worry about time or what you have to do later just accept the fact that you made it here and you came for a purpose. The rest will look after itself.
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Get comfortable, have a stretch... maybe put your arms behind your head or up like a fork side by side at your head, or possibly across your stomach. Once your comfortable begin to focus back on your breath.
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Before you arrive, I would suggest looking at some very basic breathwork exercises, this will be your best tool to getting into your theta wave state, your not asleep but not fully awake either... Your thoughts come in, its like a game of tennis between the breathwork and your thoughts, let the thoughts be processed and gently keep bringing it back to the breath, without pressuring yourself. Continuously doing this will help you drift off. Here a very basic one to help you understand. At the end of the day we want you to have the best session possible but you have to want to achieve it also. The benefits are like nothing else once you delve deep.
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Last but not least , do not get the salt water solution in your eye. It can mess up your whole session stimulating the brain too much leaving you unable to relax, take it easy in there save the cannonballs for your holidays. Nice calm entry and exit from the pod is much better and keep your hands from your face