Free Your Body and Mind With Floatation by David Stuedemann, HHP
Floatation Therapy is a profound and effortless healing modality which allows you to get in touch with your true self as you leave stress and distractions behind.
The person wishing to float enters a tank about the size of a small closet (lying on its side), which contains a ten inch deep solution of water and 800 lbs. of Epsom salt, set at 94˚ F (skin temperature). The combination of zero gravity and reduction of external stimulus has a profound effect on the nervous system, causing the brain to utilize all of its energy to heal and rejuvenate the body while clearing negative emotions. Floatation therapy can be used in conjunction with other healing therapies which increases the effectiveness of them all. It is especially used to enhance physical therapy, psychotherapy, hypnosis, spiritual practices, creativity, and athletic ability.
Floating can rapidly and significantly decrease stress and anxiety, by sharply lowering the level of biochemicals directly related to these conditions. It helps reduce the production of excess adrenaline (the “fight or flight” response) and increases the level of serotonin in your brain, thus elevating your mood. Considering that excess stress is the number one cause of illness, floating can be a key prevention therapy. It is also a tool to help you to have increased compassion for others by increasing your own level of health and happiness.
Have you ever felt bogged down from being excessively intellectual or analytical, and wished that you could instead utilize your creativity and intuition on a daily basis? Floating can suspend the dominance of the detail-oriented left hemisphere of the brain, allowing the right hemisphere (which deals with large scale and novel information) to operate freely. This gives the floater access to unusual powers of creativity, imagination, concentration, and problem solving. Floating has been known to be popular among artists, writers, and designers as it helps open up new channels of inspiration.
Floatation therapy is used extensively for relief of chronic pain and to assist the healing of disabling injuries. When the body is released from the force of gravity, the brain is allowed to speed up healing without drugs. Floating naturally releases endorphins in the brain, which are the pain-relieving, euphoria-creating substances produced by the limbic system of the body. Studies have shown that floating increases circulation, stimulates increased blood flow to the brain, enhances the immune system and assists the process of recovery from traumatic incidents.
Floatation can also be utilized to enhance spiritual practices. Throughout history, shamans, mystics, and yogis have extolled the benefits of going to remote places for meditation and contemplation where they become in tune with their ‘real’ selves. The floatation tank provides a convenient modern method of isolating oneself from the outside world to transform consciousness into a higher level of awareness, without there being a need to stay holed up in a Himalayan cave for weeks. In a way you are connecting with the collective unconscious—the source of all knowledge. Floatation helps the brain attain a state of theta or gamma rays which are necessary for deep meditative states and providing insight and realization not found in other brain wave states.
Floatation can also increase athletic performance and speed up the recovery time of injuries as well as reduce stress from peak output. Floatation enhances the stamina, speed, strength, and coordination of the athlete, as it also helps him stay focused.
Everyone can benefit from floatation therapy. It helps smooth out the uncertainties and difficulties that can arise on a daily basis, and helps you integrate your mind, body, and spirit to increased happiness and productivity.
Discover for yourself how you can benefit from floatation therapy by calling Green Tara Float Center in the North Park area of San Diego at 619.683.3817. Our website is www.greentarafloatcenter.com and we are located at 3069 Lincoln Avenue, San Diego, CA 92104.