Floating
- What is floatation and how does one float?
- What is a Floatation Spa?
- Who is floatation for?
- What are the benefits of floating?
- Health Hygiene and Water Maintenance
1. What is Floatation and How Does One Float?
 We
know that people in other cultures have for centuries engaged in
practices such as yoga and meditation in order to transcend physical
and mental phenomena, and to realize the original state of consciousness
in which nothing is happening. In this modern age, the same state
of inner peace and clarity is available to people in our culture
through the floating experience.
Floating, which is effortless, essentially eliminates "practicing"
at transcending. There is nothing to learn, nothing to do. Upon
being in the floating environment, the body relaxes completely,
the mind releases, and the consciousness is free to be in its original
state, like a clear sky.
Floating is lying down on one's back on a solution of water saturated
with a high quality Epsom salt (MgSO4) about one foot in depth.
The water is maintained at skin temperature (94°F) and is soft
and silky to the touch.
Due to the high density of the solution, your body floats like
a cork on the surface totally free from gravity in the floatation
environment that is sound-proof and light-proof, offering a safe
oasis where the stress and tensions of everyday life can be left
behind.
The feeling is as if you are floating out in space. The brain is
free from all the functions of interpreting and processing light,
sound, temperature and gravitational forces and sensations, leaving
it to expand into ordinarily inaccessible areas. Thus, a wonderfully
freeing and opening process begins to take effect, healing takes
place more rapidly…learning is enhanced…problems are
more easily solved…your cells are bathed in beta endorphins,
the natural mood elevators and pain reducers in the body…a
beautiful silence is experienced and a lightness of being that cannot
be felt in any other way on Earth unfolds.
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2. What is a Floatation Spa?
 The
floatation spa at Blue Light has been custom designed for the safety
and comfort of its users. Unlike the more traditional floatation
tank where the floater enters a confined space through a hatch,
the specially designed floatation spa at Blue Light is over 6 feet
high, 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. The floater enters through a
sliding door standing upright before lying down. The higher ceiling
creates a more spacious and less humid environment.
Once inside the spa, the floater controls light and sound from
within. Although the essense of this experience is derived from
the complete absence of light and sound, beginning floaters can
ease themselves into this state free of fear, by having complete
control. The spa is equipped with an underwater stereo system for
those desiring music or learning tapes as an occasional option.
Toward the end of each session, soft music is played as a gentle
signal that the float is coming to an end.
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3. Who is Floatation For?
Floatation is for anybody of any age who wants to release themselves
from the excess mental and physical stress caused by and overload
of day-to-day external stimuli.
Floatation rehabilitates overworked or injured muscles and joints,
speeds recovery time, improves concentration, increases energy,
opens channels of creativity, deepens meditation and aids in exploring
expanded states of consciousness, as well as improving focus and
memory.
Floatation can enhance positive behavior modification efforts such
as quitting smoking, conquering alcohol and drug addiction and controlling
weight loss.
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4. What are the Benefits of Floating?
The floatation tank has been designed to minimize the effects of
light, sound, gravity and touch. The reduced sensory input allows
the mind to naturally take an inward journey towards its own peaceful
and undisturbed state. This journey creates new levels of relaxation
and awareness. Studies have shown that one hour of floatation produces
enhanced "theta" activity of the brain, which correlates
with deep states of relaxation. It has also been suggested that
one hour of floatation rejuvenates the body as effectively as many
hours of sleep or meditation.
Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that regular use of floatation
environments:
- reduces stress, therefore preventing stress related disease
- lowers blood pressure
- cleanses the body of lactic acid and other body wastes
- speeds healing
- allows the mind to learn information more rapidly and comprehensively
- relieves pain from injury and ailments
- creates harmonious brainwave patterns
- promotes hemispheric and whole brain integration
- enhances creativity
- is instrumental in eliminating addictive behaviorThese and
many other measurable effects last during the floatation period
and for weeks afterward. The effects are cumulative.
ENHANCED IMMUNITY
Stress produces harmful chemicals in the body, including excessive
cortisol, adrenaline and ACTH (secreted up to 40x more in Type A
personalities than Type B). These chemicals weaken the immune system.
The deep state of relaxation reached during a float session reduces
the buildup of these chemicals and enhances the body's homeostasis,
or natural state of balance. Simply by floating once a week or once
every few weeks, you can strengthen your body's immune system.
 BEAUTY
The buoyancy factor or antigravity effect gives the floater the
feeling of total weightlessness. Inner peacefulness releases tension
from the expression of the face and body. Many other inner changes,
such as increased self-confidence, a sense of physical, psychological,
emotional and spiritual well-being can bring about a marked improvement
in a person's posture, movement, speech and skin condition.
Additionally, Epsom salts is known to have therapeutic properties
helpful in eliminating body toxins, reducing bruises and pain in
body joints.
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5. Health, Hygiene and Water Maintenance
Dissolved in the spa water is 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts. The
salt maintains a bacteria-free environment that is a natural disinfectant.
Water sample studies conducted by the Industrial Testing Laboratories
in New York City have certified that no pathogenic organisms of
any kind (bacteria, virus, yeast, mold,etc.) exist in the solution.
Additionally, the spa is meticulously cared for and maintained in
pristine condition at all times. After each use, the entire volume
of the solution is completely filtered with a state-of-the-art filtration
system, using both diatomaceous earth and ozone, for approximately
30 minutes.
Ozone, known to chemists as O3, is active oxygen, one of nature's
basic elements. It is most commonly recognizable after thunderstorms
by its sweet, fresh smell. Ozone is the safest, most effective water
purifier available. It maintains water's soft, clean and crystal
clear appearance, while adding no harmful chemicals. After ozone
does its job, it quickly reverts to oxygen, creating an enriched
oxygen and bacteria-free air supply in the spa.
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