A float session can be the closest thing on earth to being in zero gravity, due to 800-1000 lbs of dissolved epsom salt. This low gravity is similar to what millions of people have experienced in the Dead Sea in Israel, only the float tank is even more dense and therefore creates even greater floatation. In a floatation tank, you don’t need to know how to swim. In fact, you don’t even need to be awake in a float tank because it’s impossible to flip over accidentally. I’ve taken many relaxing naps during a float session.

The epsom salt doesn’t just make you float, it also acts as a natural muscle relaxant for deep relaxation of your muscles. I have a pinched nerve in my back that has caused my back muscles to tighten up to a very painful degree. One float session is all I need to relax those muscles. In fact, I was able to avoid back surgery and get off of pain medication thanks to the floatation tank.

Another little known benefit of the floatation tank is that your skin absorbs the epsom salt (magnesium sulfate), mineralizing your body. If you have fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome, or any other health challenges that are tied to a lack of magnesium, you may benefit from a float session. I’ve intereviewed several people with fibromyalgia who have experienced greatly reduced pain and improved sleep.

A surprising number of people think they’ll be claustrophobic in a floatation tank, but the busiest floatation center in the world (10,000s of customers over the past 15 years) has confirmed that even very claustrophobic people enjoy a float session. Even though a float tank is enclosed, you can open the door anytime and end the float session whenever you like.

The floatation tank experience can be used for enhancing your creativity and problem solving ability. This is due to the float tank experience inducing the theta state. The theta state is a brainwave state that we all experience when we’re asleep, but the float tank experience is most unique in allowing people to experience the theta state when they’re awake. It’s like being in a waking dream, you can create more vivid thoughts than you may normally be used to. The total lack of distractions in a floatation tank can be a help in focusing on any challenges you’re facing, so you can work on a solution in that stress-free environment.

To learn more about the many health benefits of the floatation tank, visit www.floatforhealth.net