Floatation Therapy

Get Ready to Float

The first time you Float at reVive Spa you will need to come 15-20 minutes early to fill out some paperwork, read “How To Float” and get introduced to the routine.

Before your Float

  • Have a light meal about 90 minutes before.
  • Don’t shave or wax before
  • Don’t drink caffeine before
  • Remove your contacts
  • Should not be menstruating
  • No hair dye 48 hours before
  • No Spray Tans or Bronzing Lotions 48 hours before
  • Do not drink alcohol before


How often should you Float?

How often you float is an individual choice. Try Floating at least 3 times. Here’s why: On your first float you are likely going to be highly alert and little concerned because you’re in a foreign environment. Perfectly normal. Most people spend their first session getting comfortable with their surrounds. On your second float, you’ll be familiar with the process and you’ll likely have a relaxing time.  By the time your third float comes around, you’ll be comfortable, you know what to expect, and really be able to relax and let go.  Once you let go, the magic happens.  When you’re not worried about sinking, falling asleep or breathing, you really start to have insightful experiences.

Float tank (aka floatation tank, sensory deprivation tank, or isolation tank):


A tank filled with water that has enough Epsom salt mixed in to allow a person to float on the surface. The water is kept at skin-temperature, making it imperceptible, and the tank is sound­proof and pitch-black, creating a place for our bodies to be free from gravity and all stimula­tion from the outside world.

What’s truly impressive about float tanks is that almost every one of these benefits lasts for several days past the float itself. The longer and the more often the float tank is used the stronger the effects become, the longer they last, and the better off someone is when they come in to float again. This creates a positive spiral of recovery and health that simply works to reinforce itself, giving people a path and a means towards a better life.


Benefits of Gravity Reduction:

 Pain Relief & Injury Recovery

In addition to the constant pain, physical injuries keep many people from working. Float tanks can help get people back to work and save companies money in worker’s comp. Expedite the healing of broken bones, expedite the healing in sprained joints, relief from back pain, relief from neck pain, spinal alignment. Promote structural alignment and physical rehabilitation.
Medical Conditions: Arthritis, Scoliosis, Fibromyalgia, Hypertension, Apoplexy or stroke, Ulcers. Migraine or tension headaches, Asthma, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis, Depression, Burn out syndrome, Fertility issues, Temporomandibular (TMJ) Syndrome, Trichotillomania, Coronary heart disease.
Athletic Training: Lactic acid reduction, improved reaction time, physical recovery, injury recovery, injury prevention, visualization.

Strengthened Immune System The abundance of resources freed up while floating allows our body to reallocate that en­ergy towards building up our defenses, giving us a nice boost of immunity during and after a float.


Benefits of Sensory Deprivation

Stress Relief: Consistent floating can help alleviate all of the following: Hypertension, apoplexy or stroke, coronary heart disease, ulcers, migraine or tension headaches, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, depression, burn out syndrome, fertility issues, TMJ, trichotillomania….and more     

Emotional Pain Relief: PTSD, Psychological Therapy, Autism, Insomnia, Jet lag, Addiction, Painkillers, Smoking, Alcohol, Narcotics. Enhanced creativity. Hemispheric Brain-wave Synchronicity: Enhanced problem solving, Enhanced cognitive ability. Super learning: Skill acquisition, Language acquisition, memorization. Susceptibility to Hypnosis & increased suggestibility. Weight loss. Overall Well Being


Benefits of Epson Salt: 

Skin and hair health, Muscle and Joint Soreness, Magnesium (regulates and catalyze over 300 enzymes, facilitate calcium absorption, prevent diabetes, prevent asthma, prevent osteoporosis, prevent stroke, Prevent heart attack, shorten migraine symptoms, lessen the severity of PMS). Sulfates (Autism, Detoxification, Alleviate leaky gut, plays vital role in the formation of brain tissue, plays a role in the formation of joint proteins.



From “The Float Tank Cure”

  • There is nothing more powerful than pure, focused attention.
  • Floating should be a staple for anyone seeking a calmer and more peaceful life.
  • 90% of the Central Nervous System’s workload is related to gravity, light, sound and touch.
  • Once you let go, the magic happens.
  • It was like a pure shot of meditation and mind exploration.
  • Floating is improving my overall well-being in ways I had never imagined.
  • It’s up to you to manage your stress and maintain your well-being no matter what’s going on in your life.
  • Intake overload is inescapable unless you have the confidence to step away from your devices and disappoint a few people.
  • Floating takes your brain out of the chaos society has created and places it into its natural state of peace and stress-free harmony.
  • I gave up control and let the universe step in. From there, things got better.
  • The state of Float is like a journey to another place.
  • A person who needs glasses cannot will themselves to see better any more than a person with depression can will themselves to be happy.
  • I had two whole completely pain free days after my first 90-minute float.

The more you Float, the more benefits you unlock.


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A therapeutic session in a flotation tank typically lasts an hour. For the first forty minutes, it is reportedly possible to experience itching in various parts of the body (a phenomenon also reported to be common during the early stages of meditation). The last twenty minutes often end with a transition from beta or alpha brainwaves to theta, which typically occurs briefly before sleep and again at waking. In a flotation tank, the theta state can last indefinitely without the subject losing consciousness.


Many use the extended theta state as a tool for enhanced creativity and problem solving or for super learning. The more often the tank is used the longer the theta period becomes.


Floating can be passive or active, depending on the purpose. For relaxation, one simply floats and 'clears the mind.' Active floating has many different techniques. One may perform meditation, mantras, self-hypnosis, utilize educational programs, etc. The idea of active floating is that, when the body is relaxed, the mind becomes highly suggestible and any action taken during these states will enter the information into the sub-conscious. Flotation therapy may be used to complement other body work and healing methods.

Flotation therapy is therapy that is undertaken by floating in a warm salt water in a float tank.

Flotation therapy developed from the research work of John Lilly although he was not primarily interested in therapy, rather in the effect of sensory deprivation on the human brain and mind.

People using early float tanks discovered that they enjoyed the experience and that the relaxed state was also a healing state for many conditions including stress, anxiety, pain, swelling, insomnia and jet lag.

As a result float tanks were produced for commercial uses and commercial float centers offering flotation therapy opened in several countries during the period from 1980 to the present day when there are hundreds of flotation centers in dozens of countries. In almost all cases these float centers offer wellness treatments and in particular the release of stress.



The technique takes advantage of an innate, natural inclination to relax when floating at a comfortable temperature. The temperature is that which allows natural heat generation to escape without the need for muscle action to raise body temperature in homeostasis. The floating posture, usually the supine position (although the prone position with chin supported on elbows is recommended for pregnant women), allows all the postural muscles to relax. The water pressure on the immersed skin is lower than the blood pressure and thus blood flow continues in skin capillaries. This is in contrast to normal bed rest where local contact pressure inhibits blood flow requiring regular adjustment of posture. When people cannot adjust their posture in bed, e.g. in some illnesses, bed sores can result. When floating there is no tendency to adjust posture and a person can float immobile for many hours.

The natural tendency of the body in the floating posture at the correct temperature is to dilate the blood vessels, reducing the blood pressure and maximizing blood flow. The brain activity normally associated with postural muscles is reduced to a minimum. In this state, which we can call the floating state, natural endorphins are released reducing pain[citation needed]. Lactic acid removal is accelerated. Flow in the lymphatic system is increased.


There are many similarities with the age old long hot bath, the differences being that in flotation therapy the temperature is maintained at the correct level and the bath is large enough to float without touching the sides of the bath.



It is noted that there is no "flotation therapist", although there is a need to instruct the floater and need to maintain the equipment in a safe condition. However, flotation therapy is compatible with other therapies as a preparation or conjunct activity. Examples include massage, talk therapy, and hypnosis.

Flotation requires a soundproof and lightproof fiberglass enclosed float capsule (sometimes referred to as float tank or spa - approximately 8 feet long by 4 feet wide by 4 feet high) filled with heated water (to skin temperature of 94-95 degrees F) and a very high concentration (800 lbs.) of Epsom Salts. The resultant high density allows ones body to float naturally and spontaneously without effort. Even the head floats. The center of buoyancy and the center of gravity of the head are in about the same place so you can tilt your head back comfortably without fear of sinking.

Due to the high salt levels in the water, the flotation tank creates a zero gravity environment. Unless you are an astronaut the flotation tank is the only situation you will encounter where your body is free from gravity. NASA employs flotation to stimulate weightlessness. Zero gravity allows you to relax every single muscle, your neck, arms, back, and even ears. The tank enables you to find those areas you are holding tense so you can let go. Finding where gravity is and in which direction, then computing how you can move and not fall over, takes about 90% of your brains activity on a daily basis. When you start to float you are free from all the gravity computations and the physical world, which leaves the brain free to attend to other matters. The tank creates a state of sensory relaxation as the mind and body are shielded from all the external stimulation. The brains normal workload is reduced by up to 90%. In this situation, the body conserves energy and has a chance to heal and rejuvenate itself.

Floating in darkness allows areas of the brain which are always in use when awake to be liberated from their work. Tests have shown that there is a drop in electrical activity of the brain and you begin to generate theta brain waves, which are associated with deep relaxation. The darkness during floating also induces a balance between the left and right brain. There is a shift from the normally dormant left side of the brain (logical, analytical, rational) to the right side (intuition, mental clarity and creativity).

For the first time both sides of the brain are in harmony and the balance creates allows you to use huge amounts of previously unavailable brainpower.

One of the major sources of stimulation in humans is the temperature gradient change on the surface of the body. Temperature inside the float tank is isothermal over the surface of the body so that the nerve endings covering the surface of the skin no longer perceive a separation between the skin and the solution inside the tank.

The flotation tank is soundproof. During floating, you may choose to wear earplugs, your ears are below the surface of the solution, which cuts out external sounds.


Flotation has been in the news everywhere. In the present age, more and more people are becoming conscious and aware of their wellness.

In Europe, Flotation is a norm of life for everyone, from business people, students, moms to be and sports personalities, they are all frequent visitors of their favorite floating center. They use Flotation as a practice towards a healthy lifestyle.

From local news to CNN International news give cheers to Floating towards good health.





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