What is it? Floating in a dark, quiet, enclosed space. Researchers refer to it as flotation restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST), or sensory isolation floating. Why would you do it?

I've been under an inordinate amount of stress lately. Instead of going into the details on that, I'm going to go into the details of what I did to try remedy the situation, because you, my ...

What Is It: Just Float is a float therapy center that allows clients to spend an hour effortlessly floating in a private salt-water tanks Who Tried It: Gabrielle Olya, PEOPLE writer and reporter Level ...

Floating in a foot of salt water, enveloped in pitch darkness and silence, the mind begins to wander. "Am I allowed to scratch my nose?" "Am I doing this right?" "How much longer? "Can I scratch my ...

Float tanks are having a moment. Also known as sensory deprivation chambers, they were once reserved for serious bio-hackers and sci-fi enthusiasts. But today, tank centers are popping up around the ...

Floating in a sensory deprivation tank has always sounded appealing to me. The actual experience was more weird science than relaxing.

I get really nervous before my rec league soccer games. I play goalkeeper and like many athletes (using the term loosely here), I put way too much pressure on myself. The day of a match, I start ...

BOULDER – In this fast-paced, stressed-out world we live in, most of us are looking for a way to relax and cut back on any anxiety we have in our lives. If you're looking for something really ...

Geoff Sato emerges from his sensory deprivation tank. The salt solution in the tank contains 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt for 180 gallons of water and is heated to a comfortable 93.5 degrees. Geoff Sato ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Liz Harrison tells her friends she’s going floating, they usually think she’s talking about ...

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