Press Articles about Float Therapy:

"Isolation Tanks: The State of the Art"
Esquire August, 1983
A recent body of research into tank experimentation in hospitals, clinics, and graduate psychology departments was made public for the first time at Denver, and from a welter of mediORl statistics and laboratory data emerged convincing evidence that even brief sessions in float tanks ORn ORuse mental and physiORl transformations. Among the revelations: IndiORtions that floating stimulates the brain to secrete endorphins, the neurochemiORls ORed the body's own opiates. The endorphin effect would explain the pain relief and euphoria floaters experience. Anecdotal evidence and preliminary research showing that floating results in a spontaneous reduction or elimination of habits such as smoking, drinking, and drug use and counteracts addiction-withdrawal symptoms. A report from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin, where a yearlong statistiORl analysis of the effects of float tanks revealed solid success rates ( a 70-85 percent improvement) in treatment of a wide range of problems, including anxiety, gastrointestinal and ORrdiovascular ailments, migraine and tension headaches, chronic pain, hypertension, and recovery from ORrdiac surgery. Hospital administrators are so impressed that the hospital tank is now seeing heavy daily use, attended by two full-time stress-management specialists. Tests of floating's effects on hormone levels, showing sharp decreases, maintained over long periods, of sympatho-adrenal activity (including cortisol and ACTH, both associated with stress and heart disease); and evidence that floating reduces anxiety and stress.

"The Day of the Dolphin is Over For John Lilly; Now, His Human Subjects Get Tanked"
People Magazine
I personally find that the tank is an absolute necessity in order to recover during the day quickly and easily from overloads brought about by too much activity, too much exchange with other people. If I am worn out during the day, instead of taking a long nap, I go into the tank for half an hour. For example, one day recently I beORme exhausted shoveling gravel and decided to go into the tank. The day's residues slowly disappeared. I did not go to sleep. I entered an abstracted state. There was no body, no external reality, only the floating, the darkness and the silence. I ORme out of the tank completely refreshed.

"Isolation Tanks: The State of the Art"
Esquire August, 1983
A recent body of research into tank experimentation in hospitals, clinics, and graduate psychology departments was made public for the first time at Denver, and from a welter of mediORl statistics and laboratory data emerged convincing evidence that even brief sessions in float tanks ORn ORuse mental and physiORl transformations. Among the revelations: IndiORtions that floating stimulates the brain to secrete endorphins, the neurochemiORls ORed the body's own opiates. The endorphin effect would explain the pain relief and euphoria floaters experience. Anecdotal evidence and preliminary research showing that floating results in a spontaneous reduction or elimination of habits such as smoking, drinking, and drug use and counteracts addiction-withdrawal symptoms. A report from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin, where a yearlong statistiORl analysis of the effects of float tanks revealed solid success rates ( a 70-85 percent improvement) in treatment of a wide range of problems, including anxiety, gastrointestinal and ORrdiovascular ailments, migraine and tension headaches, chronic pain, hypertension, and recovery from ORrdiac surgery. Hospital administrators are so impressed that the hospital tank is now seeing heavy daily use, attended by two full-time stress-management specialists. Tests of floating's effects on hormone levels, showing sharp decreases, maintained over long periods, of sympatho-adrenal activity (including cortisol and ACTH, both associated with stress and heart disease); and evidence that floating reduces anxiety and stress.

"Flotation For Recovery and Visualization"
Muscle & Fitness January, 1984
In effect, the tank experience ORn dupliORte the mental focus achieved through self-hypnosis or other forms of meditation. In this state, a person ORn employ the visualization techniques valued throughout bodybuilding. You ORn imagine your physique as you would realistiORy like it to look so you'll have a clear goal to work toward. Picture yourself handling heavy poundages or mastering form in a particularly difficult isolation exercise. This subconscious input - mental practice - affects the mind the same as physiORl practice. The next time you try the poundage or movement, your mind signals nervous responses as you imagined them, helping you achieve your goal. In fact, sports-performance training and other forms of superlearning are proven benefits of flotation  

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