Blog - Best Floatation Tanks In Melbourne

Feeling Tired?

28/4/2011

Feeling a little tired?

We all get a little tired from time to time, but if you feel like this woman does and your eyelids feel heavy and droopy, you need a session in our floatation tank!

Experts have determined that 1 hour in a floatation tank is equivalent to 4 hours of sleep!

How great would you feel after 4 hours of sleep?!?!

Thought so.

Floatation Tank - Nicolas Cage

28/4/2011

Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being closed in. It is classified as an anxiety disorder and can often result in a panic attack.

There is no need to fear claustrophobia when using our floatation tank. You can use our floatation tank with the door open so you are in total control of the situation. You are able to get IN and OUT of the floatation tank at any time and you will ALWAYS be comfortable with nothing to worry about.

In the 2006 film, World Trade Center Nicolas Cage spent some time in an isolation tank to try to capture a sense of claustrophobia for his character. He played NYPD sergeant, John McLoughlin, who was trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center during the attacks. Check out the movie trailer video!

Floatation Tank – Search Terms

11/4/2011

If you're looking for floatation tank information on the Internet, there are lot of names you can search for which can be a little confusing. So to make your life simple, I created a list of clinical terms you might not have thought of that you can use when surfing the web. With these terms, you'll find additional sites and research that would otherwise wouldn't have found on your own. I'm here to help in any way I can! :-)

Floatation tank
Float tank
Isolation tank
Sensory attenuation tanks
Sensory deprivation tanks
Reduced Environmental Stimulus Therapy (REST)
Zero Gravity Tank

Have fun surfing!

Floatation Tank – Discover What It Looks Like Inside

6/4/2011

I am often asked by people what does a floatation tank look like?
Sometimes that can be really challenging to explain.

Recently, Today Tonight aired footage on floatation therapy. Go to www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au, move your mouse to the 'All' tab and in the 'Search Tab' type in 'floatation therapy'. This video will show you everything you need to know.

Floatation Tank Used In Sports Visualisation Preparation

2/4/2011

Carl Lewis, was the greatest track athlete in American history. He won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold.

What most people don’t know was Carl Lewis used in-tank visualisation extensively in his preparation for his gold medal-winning performances at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

If you have an important sporting event or a competition coming up, using the floatation tank is extremely powerful. While in the floatation tank, you can perform your pre-match or pre-competition visualisation exercises without external distractions.

Floatation Tank Better Than Meditation

2/4/2011

Many novices to floating ask us if a floatation tank session is better than meditation. The answer is YES!

BECAUSE most people meditate WHILE in the floatation tank - even if they don't realise it. The experience of weightlessness creates an all-consuming sense of peace and tranquility that invites and encourages a meditative state, calming the inner voices and inducing the perfect meditation environment.

Floatation Tank Relieves Jetlag

2/4/2011

According to Wikipedia jet lag is “medically referred to as desynchronosis, is a physiological condition which results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms; it is classified as one of the circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Jet lag results from rapid long-distance transmeridian (east–west or west–east) travel, as on a jet plane. The condition of jet lag may last several days, and a recovery rate of one day per time zone crossed is a fair guideline”.

The symptoms of jet lag can be quite different from person to person.

Common Jet Lag Symptoms:

Headaches
Fatigue
Irregular sleep patterns
Insomnia
Disorientation
Grogginess
Irritability
Mild depression
Constipation
Diarrhea

Did you know that 1 hour in a floatation tank can help rejuvenate your body to the equivalent of 4 hours of solid sleep?

When you are jet lagged, your body feels like it’s been deprived of rest. Unless you have a lot of spare time, a visit to a floatation tank is one of the most time efficient ways to get rid of that lethargic feeling associated with jet lag and catch up on ‘sleep’.

Floatation Tank - Eye On The Bay Video

1/4/2011

It was really ironic, I was surfing the internet to do some research and I stumbled on this YouTube video called Float – Eye on the Bay. I thought you might be interested in it. Check it out!

It’s a floatation centre and art studio. The co-owner Allison Walton was interviewed by Brian Hackney about the benefits of the floatation tank.

When I watched the video of the floatation tank I didn’t really like the look of the tank. It looked like a chamber. The image below is the floatation tank we will be having at our centre in the next couple of months once the red tape through council is completed and we can start the renovations.

Apollo Floatation tank

With the Apollo floatation tank it is made here in South Australia and exported all over the world.The Australian Institute of Sport uses the Apollo ELV floatation tank. The ApolloTM ELV floatation system has a high level of safety, and is the only floatation tank that satisfies the high European CE standard.

Apollo ELV Floatation Tank