LEARN MORE ABOUT FLOATING
Also known as Float Therapy, Floating offers amazing benefits and relief which are cumulative in nature in that they build with each session, much like many therapies and practices. The zero-gravity environment, in addition to the unique, sensory-input-controlled setting allows your body and mind to achieve a whole new level of relaxation™!
You’ll completely let go, relax, and reset thanks to the curative and restorative powers of over 1000 pounds of medical-grade Epsom salts, creating a Dead-Sea-like buoyancy where everyone effortlessly floats! The highly-concentrated salt solution makes floating on water feel more like floating in air (we also hear like in the clouds, outer space, or even the womb)!
Free from the force of gravity - which otherwise constantly cause your nervous and musculoskeletal systems to work - your body and spine are able to decompress and elongate, and you can naturally relieve pain, relax, recover, and improve your sleep with this unique, scientifically-proven state.
THE MORE YOU FLOAT, THE BETTER YOU FEEL!
While most people enjoy their first Float (we hear amazing, awesome, and wonderful most commonly), almost everyone finds their second session to be even better, since your body has muscle memory and knows what to expect, with the anticipation of the unknown gone. Floats tend to deepen with practice, as our Members attest.
This is because although Float Therapy is completely effortless and passive, the body and mind continue to get better at more fully relaxing into the experience with each session. As funny as it sounds, relaxation takes practice! Especially in today’s always-on, constantly-connected culture.
Your stress, anxiety, pain and tension have formed over time and often will take some time and require some maintenance to experience the greatest relief, which is why our Frequent Floater Club Memberships are designed to let you pick the option that works best for you to incorporate regular Float Therapy into your wellness routine. It’s the hottest trend in holistic health - for good reason!
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The Benefits of Floating: Why Float Therapy Is Right For You
Learn More About the Benefits of Float Therapy
Epsom Salts + Weightlessness (Counter-Gravity Stimulation)
It’s the ultimate Epsom salt bath, as you blissfully soak in over 1000 pounds! The curative powers of Epsom salts have been known for centuries and are great for your hair and skin, in addition to easing stress, joint pain and inflammation and naturally relaxing your body. Say goodbye to sore muscles and hello to relief from chronic pain.
You’ll effortlessly atop the water, which is kept at skin temperature, and feels like you’re on a cloud or in outer space! This immensely relaxing, zero-gravity environment allows all your weight and tension to dissolve away, as there are no pressure points on your body in this state, which may provide complete, up to 100% pain relief. Your spine naturally elongates, decompresses, and straightens, with your body undergoing the same regeneration process that transpires while your’re asleep!
The Meditative Flow State Makes Your Neurochemicals Happy
The sensory-input-controlled environment frees you from distractions, allowing your body’s parasympathetic system to kick in (your relaxation response - the opposite of your fight-or-flight system!). Your production of cortisol (a stress hormone) decreases, leaving you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and serene. Your brainwaves slow down (to theta and delta), allowing some to experience a state similar to dreaming - not fully awake, yet not fully asleep. With all external sources of stimuli removed, you’ll be able to achieve the deepest level of relaxation possible.
The Vast and Varied Benefits of Floating
The body/mind connection and the interplay between is a vital part of living a holistically healthy and happy life, and Float Therapy offers an all-natural, scientifically-proven approach to help a broad scope of ailments with both physical and mental benefits.
Float Therapy offers you an alternative to medicinal, or “pill therapy” - which has become the norm in our culture - and instead provides a safe, natural, and scientifically-researched alternative, or enhancement to many conditions: anyone with stress-induced diseases (heart disease, hypertension, ulcers) may consider Float Therapy to offer a mental solution to the physical symptom, going after the problem at its source. By combating the stress, which is at the root of these issues, Floating helps you heal your body and the mind, and the more you float, the better it gets!
The unique environment our custom-built Float Rooms provide, freeing you from gravity and providing you a respite from the noise and distractions of the outside world gives your body the ultimate form of relaxation. And while the healing benefits of relaxation are well-known, the intense relaxation of Floatation Therapy is unique to the low-gravity and sensory-input-controlled environment that simply cannot be experienced anywhere else in life. This profoundly healing environment leads to the deepest levels of physiological relaxation, and allows your body to recover and recuperate faster and more thoroughly.
INCREASED BLOOD CIRCULATION
The near-weightless environment of floating allows for the muscles and joints of the body to relax, increasing blood flow and helping to more quickly repair muscle tissues and heal the body. This is especially beneficial for those with injuries or chronic pain.
NATURAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
Float Therapy often dramatically helps with easing more chronic pain such as neck and back pain, helps with spinal misalignment issues, and has even been shown to ease the pain from conditions such as fibromyalgia and arthritis. This pain relief is typically experienced immediately and is why Floating is quickly becoming a cornerstone of natural pain management.
IMPROVED IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONING
The unique low-gravity and sensory-input-controlled environment gives your body time to recover, rest and recuperate, thereby allowing your immune system the opportunity to maximize its resources, strengthening your body’s immune response.
FASTER PHYSICAL RECOVERY & HEALING
Bodies physically rest and recover more quickly with Float Therapy, usually up to four times faster. It’s the reason why it’s many pro athletes’ (including Tom Brady and Steph Curry) secret weapon: you can train harder since you can recover faster. Since the water is super-saturated with over 1000 pounds of Epsom salts (known for centuries for their healing effects), this helps your body detoxify and remove lactic acid from exercise. Studies have also shown that Float Therapy may speed the healing of sprains and broken bones - sometimes healing twice as fast as without Floating!
Your mind gets to experience the ultimate form of relaxation thanks to the unique low-gravity and sensory-input-controlled environment found while Floating. It’s almost like the opposite of stress: this mental release allows the brain to stop allocating its resources to processing the experience of all of our senses, producing profoundly positive mental effects and releasing a surge of positive neurochemicals. Studies over the last several decades continue to consistently demonstrate Float Therapy to be incredibly beneficial for relaxation and mental health, particularly with stress, anxiety, and PTSD.
STRESS AND ANXIETY REDUCTION
The lack of external stimuli is extremely rare in modern society. No cell phones, no interruptions - just you. Without the distractions from the outside world imposing itself on you, a profound calmness of mind emerges during this respite, allowing for more effective stress and anxiety management and oftentimes a feeling of inner peace.
IMPROVED SLEEP PATTERNS
Float Therapy can be a game-changer if you struggle with insomnia or other sleep disorders. The sensory deprivation allows your brain a natural calm-down period, particularly helpful if you have difficulty with this naturally. Floating can be helpful with jet-lag, or to simply reset your sleep schedule for those seeking to re-attain and maintain a healthy level of sleep.
IMPROVED SENSE OF WELL-BEING
Floating leads to a natural increase in your body’s production of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, which create feelings of euphoria and aid mental relaxation. This has both the subjective benefits of a feeling of well-being, and the mental benefits of a more balanced brain chemistry. It’s the a perfect complement to your wellness and self-care routine.
IMPROVED MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS PRACTICES + CREATIVITY
Sensory deprivation allows your brainwaves to slow down to the theta state, a dreamlike state that most only experience when just about to fall asleep or immediately upon waking. These lower frequency brain waves, mainly generated by your brain’s right hemisphere (associated with non-linear and creative thought), have been referred to as the state of inspiration and evidence supports an increase in creativity accompanying these type of brain waves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Invented in the 1950s by a neuroscientist for research, Floating—also called Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST)—is a proven, holistic healing therapeutic that allows you to float on your back in 10 inches of water saturated with nearly 1,000 pounds of Epsom Salt.
An advanced ventilation and heating system keeps the water temperature at 93.5 degrees, closely mirroring average skin temperature.
Typically, there is no light or sound, but you can opt to have low lights and music on.
There are three available time sessions: 60 minutes, 90 minutes and 120 minutes, with the last best- suited for experienced floaters.
After you acclimate, you will begin experiencing the peaceful, relaxing rejuvenation that only Floatation Therapy can provide. Two or more sessions are recommended to attain floating’s top benefits.
We provide just about everything you'll need, such as earplugs, towels, soap, shampoo, conditioner (using all-natural products), and additional amenities including a Vanity Room with hairdryers. You do not need a bathing suit for Floating, since it is a completely private experience and you'll be in your own personal Suite equipped with a private shower and changing area. You may want to consider bringing a hairbrush, contact lens case/solution, and any other personal toiletry items for after showering!
Yes, although we have multiple Float Rooms (3 at West Chester; 5 at Princeton), Floating is a private, individual experience. You may book two or more appointments at the same time if you want to bring a friend or family member with you, but you will each Float in your own private Suite.
New clients are required to arrive 15 minutes early so that one of our friendly and knowledgeable Team Members can provide you a tour, explain how everything works, and tell you some tips we’ve learned from Floating ourselves to ensure you have the best first Float with us possible!
We also recommend the following before Floating:
- Do not eat for one hour.
- Do not consume caffeine for four hours.
Before Floating, you are required to shower, and we provide "shower time" both before and afterwards to not take away from your actual Float time!
Our custom-built Float Rooms are much more open, modern and inviting, with a larger enclosure and more overhead space—eliminating the "claustrophobic" feel of other, smaller tanks and pods.
Here, no lid closes above you, and you step into your private, over-sized Float Therapy Room, entering through a normal, spacious glass door within your private shower. Music and lights are at your control.
It’s a whole new level of relaxation™!
Floating is extremely sanitary. We meet all local and federal health guidelines as well as those issued by the national Float Tank Association.
The concentration of medical grade Epsom salt prevents bacteria. All water is pumped through a state-of-the-art filtration system at least three times between Floats.
We also utilize the same ultraviolet (UV) light used in purification systems for drinking water and add a limited amount of food-grade hydrogen peroxide to ensure cleanliness, in addition to ozone, a natural oxidizer with a 99.9% effectiveness rate against viruses, including the Coronavirus.
We unfortunately cannot accommodate any recent hair dye or chemical treatment to hair within the last two weeks or so. Recent hair dye or other hair treatments must be washed a minimum of two times prior to Floating, to ensure the dye does not bleed).
Water with our levels of Epsom salt do not cause wrinkles. Instead, it leaves your skin soft and silky.
If you’re able to get relaxed enough to fall asleep, that’s great! Float Therapy can be the ultimate power nap, as research shows one hour of rest while floating equals almost four hours of deep sleep in your bed. Over a half-ton of Epsom salts makes the water buoyant enough to let you get relaxed enough to drift off to sleep!
We require children to be at least 14 years old in order to use the Spa's services. There is no height or weight restrictions for Float Therapy.
Some doctors call Floating a pregnancy-must. You should always consult your doctor, physician, or midwife regarding first. Float Therapy is typically NOT encouraged during the first trimester or final month of pregnancy.
