Flotation therapy: Has anyone tried this. Float in 10 inches of water.

[gypsyman]

So I saw a Groupon for a flotation therapy session. You are in for 60 minutes floating in 10 inches of highly concentrated salt water. Some people fall asleep in there. You are in a pod that can be open or closed and have music and or lighting in there. I would like to know if anyone here has experience this and hear their comments. Check out the YouTube link for info.

 

[zerocool84]

As usual, these types of things are only put in super nice areas because the ones with money are the only ones that are going to dump money on these types of things.

 

[PottedMeat]

the whale egg thingie!

he never calls it a sensory deprivation tank

 

[Paratus]

Strange thing. When I tried it, it wasn't very relaxing. Everyone kept asking me, where's Barb? Where's Will?

Spoiler alert Barb

Spoiler

is gone

 

[720pete]

Can I float in the pod with Rebecca?

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[twinrider1]

Yea, once. Woke up very full, but I was naked in a zoo next to a dead sheep.

 

[DrPizza]

Meh, 1/2 an hour in the hot tub with a bottle of wine late in the evening has the same calming effect and makes for a great night's sleep.

 

[pcgeek11]

Yea, once. Woke up very full, but I was naked in a zoo next to a dead sheep.

In London?

 

[twinrider1]

In London?

Cambridge, MA.

Holds up pretty well. Still freaky in 2016.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Podcast episode on the matter.

I'd like to try it but think I might flip my shit.

If you're not careful, you'll definitely go full Altered States, as twinrider pointed out.

 

[XavierMace]

Or I could just bring a stereo outside and float in my pool.

 

[renz20003]

Cambridge, MA.

Holds up pretty well. Still freaky in 2016.

Damn you beat me to it, great movie.

 

[NesuD]

I'm just going to make a guess that this is about as legit as the service that removes all the wax from your ears by by sticking a waxed paper tube in your ear and lighting it and then showing you all the wax from your ear the trapped in the end of the tube. It amazes me that people fall for this crap. Don't they realize the wax is just what melted off the paper as it burned just like happens with a candle? Soaking in a salt water pod is just soaking in the ocean but with music and mood lighting.

 

[pcgeek11]

Cambridge, MA.

Holds up pretty well. Still freaky in 2016.

I was thinking of An American Werewolf in London.

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[ControlD]

Isn't floating what the Mormon kids do instead of having sex? I guess it could be fun in 10 inches of water. Never thought about that variant.

 

[TwiceOver]

Seems like a great idea if you're super baked. There's actually one of these in my tiny town here. I want to try it but the guy wants a ridiculous amount of money for it. I never see cars there, if he'd cut his price even in half (still ridiculous) he'd probably have plenty of business.

 

[slag]

Meh, 1/2 an hour in the hot tub late with a bottle of wine late in the evening has the same calming effect and makes for a great night's sleep.

100% agree. The one time I tried this "therapy" the OP listed, I kept having these visions of the future....

 

[twinrider1]

I can see it being helpful. I haven't done that, but I did try something with lights and headphones that did something similar. Basically led lights that flash in different patterns along with electronic sounds that are supposed to get you into your alpha wave state. I'm not into all that, but it was relaxing. What I think it does is just eliminate outside interference and takes the workload off your brain.

 

[Ferzerp]

I've done that before. It's an odd feeling, but kind of neat. You aren't really going to replicate the effect in a bathtub or pool. As for the comments about light an music, no. The point is that there are no sounds, and no light. After a while you end up in a weird state which is sort of the point.

It's a thing I would suggest trying once or twice just because it's a neat feeling once you relax. That said, you'll end up finding every minor ache you have that you didn't know about.

edit: Is it a spiritual thing? No. It's a psychological thing. Your mind gets interesting when starved for input.

 

[tynopik]

Isn't floating what the Mormon kids do instead of having sex?

Soaking

not that I would know