Once I laid back, though, the dense solution bobbed me to the surface like a cork and I found myself floating weightlessly. After a few minutes, the waves I created began to subside and the line between my skin and the water blurred. If I stayed perfectly still, I could feel almost nothing. I also discovered how much tension I lug around in different areas of my body, particularly my neck. I was able to ease my head back in the water and feel the dull ache in my neck melt away. I can't remember a time when I got so much productive, clear thinking done in a single hour. - Will A. The tank is an Imaginarium - a nocturnal playground of sorts where aquanauts can relax and enjoy inner space. - GEN-ERIC When I adjusted to the water, tank and darkness, I had only my thoughts and my focus on breathing - deeper than I had ever experienced - and only occasionally had to break away to position my body for another intense release of mind, body and spirit....no massage or relaxation had ever allowed me to drift to the other side of myself so effortlessly.. - Don W. If more people floated, the world would be a better place. - GEN-ERIC Floating in a dark quiet space listening to each breath inhaling in, exhaling out this is all I thought as I listened my heart beat surrounded me and filled my being the vibration filled the tank and went through me louder and harder the vibrations came and then I was off on my journey and I emerged renewed - Michelle M. i remember closing my eyes and being very aware of my breathing. i felt very present in the tank, but i never felt closed in - as though there was a great deal of space inside. i don't think i fell asleep, but I definitely lost track of time - it felt like the kind of sleep you have when you're away from home and resting in a new or different place. when i went out that evening everything was so clear - i felt like i was seeing the world with my eyes more open than they had been - clarity is the one word that comes to mind - i just felt really awake and stimulated - yet calm - and definitely would like to float again. - Keith A. It took me 50 years to finally get around to trying a float. Although I've practiced Yoga, meditated, and go for regular massotherapy, I've never experienced a more profound level of deep relaxation. My stress drifted away and I felt rejuvenated at an almost cellular level. - George S. The experience that I had was quite the opposite of "sensory deprivation." I was more alive than ever in the tank. I was there with only myself and self-perceptions were finally allowed to make their appearance. I say "finally," because in my normal work day, running from place to place, or running away from place to place, I have to shut down my senses in order to survive. My every day is filled with sensory deprivation. It was more than a nice surprise to drift off into awakening. - Laura S. What is the only thing we know for sure? The mind. The self. What better way to study something than to isolate it from its surroundings and be with it intimately? Astronauts smile and play in micro-gravity. I smile when I climb out the tank. It is like a womb in a literal and metaphysical sense. It offers complete relaxation and opportunity. - Jeff M. |