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Floatation Therapy and Art

9/5/2022

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Enhance your creativity
Research has indicated how floating can enhance creativity and help us to see things differently. We can use the float tank as a tool to heal our bodies, but the floating experience can also provide inspiration and you will be amazed at what your mind is capable of creating when it’s free from the constant distractions of the outside world.

Do you know one of the most talked-about benefits of floatation therapy is its effect on our creativity? Many artists claim they have been inspired and their creativity has been boosted after they’ve had a float session. These artists include those working across various genres as well as those involved in scientific research. They’ve claimed floatation therapy has been crucial in getting their creative juices flowing.

This flow of creativity often happens by you just slowing down, enjoying the calm by gaining perspective and appreciating the moment. It’s true that sometimes, doing nothing, like floating, can put you in a state of profound relaxation which results in the restoration of your creative spirit. This is particularly true and especially relevant to artists as the float sessions create the atmosphere or environment of doing nothing, enabling them to detach, unplug, and stimulate a new view of the world and of self.

Studies have shown there is a link between sensory deprivation and creativity. There appears to be a noticeable increase in creativity caused by sensory deprivation. Researchers found ideas generated directly after a float session appear to be more creative than the ideas gathered during our normal work hours. ​
The benefits of floatation therapy
There are many benefits of floatation therapy, some of which are far-reaching, but the most universally appealing benefit is floating’s a tendency to enhance creativity, learning, and memory. Whether you are a student, artist or a working professional, we are predisposed to enjoying the experience of a boost in our ability to think, learn, and solve problems. Floating can do just that: studies show the time you spend in a float tank enhances your cognitive powers. Floating provides you with an extreme form of rest which is achieved because all external sources of distraction are removed; this appears to increase the positive effects of letting your default mode take over.

You can use floatation to explore your creative being and deeper self by using your time in the float tank to tune out the outside world. Since your body isn’t fighting gravity and your brain isn’t busy trying to process hundreds of sensations all at once, your mind is left free to explore and visualise rather amazing things and ideas.

Floating can be a unique way for you to break through creative blockages to find new inspiration to enhance your creativity. When your brain recognises it is being starved of stimulation it then begins to create new thoughts and ideas; some people begin to see colours or hear music, some feel themselves spinning around even though they aren’t actually moving. 
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Floating is not only beneficial to our physical bodies, but it also helps expand and inspire our minds. 
During your float session, your brain goes from highly conscious alpha and beta waves to solid theta waves—what you would normally have right before falling asleep and just after waking up. Normally we only experience these theta waves for a few minutes but this extended theta period helps us to visualise better, sometimes giving us vivid mental images. The theta state can last for several minutes in a float tank without the loss of consciousness and is a beneficial tool we can use for enhanced creativity and problem-solving. 
One of the coolest advantages of floating is how much it boosts creativity and nurtures inspiration and clarity. After floating in complete isolation, your senses are heightened… colours are more vibrant, the scents more aromatic, and the food tastes better.
​So, if you’re looking to give a boost to your creativity then you should try floatation therapy today!
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Music While Floating

30/4/2015

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PictureListening to music can help you relax
Have you ever wondered why there is music at the beginning of your float session?

You will notice that at the beginning of your floatation session, once you hop in the tank, that there is light switched on and music playing simultaneously. While it might be a great method in creating a relaxing atmosphere, it does serve a purpose.

The music allows your mind to slowly settle into a state of complete relaxation. Some people find that having complete silence at the beginning of the session can be unsettling or uncomfortable. The thought of coming from such a loud outside world, where your mind is processing every little noise and movement, followed by floating in complete silence can be quite alarming to some.

Once in the float tank, for some, your minds can take some time to switch off or slow down enough for you to feel relaxed. This is how music can help you. The music can act as a distraction. Having the music playing lightly in the background for the first part of your float can allow you to slowly turn down the volume of your inner mind and stop paying it as much attention, letting you settle into a state of silence.

As stated by Michael Hutchison in The Book of Floating, "the harder they try to achieve the desired state, the more it escapes them, until finally they learn -almost by accident- to let go, and the state just happens." You can feel obligated to completely turn off once inside the tank, making it a conscious effort to not think. This makes your brain work harder. The music can often act as a relaxer in itself, calming the mind and helping to eliminate any extra force making the brain try and switch off.

For those who prefer to have music playing the entire time during your float, this is possible. Be sure to let your floatation therapist know before you go in for your session. Call us on (03) 9440 9453 to book your float or click here to book online



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Music can act as a distraction during your float sessions
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Floatation and Creativity

23/3/2015

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Ever wondered where musicians, poets and artists get their creativity?  Do you often wish you had a source of some sort to get your creative juices flowing?

Look no further!  The Floatation Tank, also known as a Sensory Deprivation Tank, is known to help inspire creativity and innovation in a range of individuals.

No wonder why floatation tank therapy is so popular with many creative minds, including those of designers, architects, artists, musicians, and many more.
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Floatation Encourages Creativity
In fact, studies have shown that floating in a sensory deprivation tank has enhanced perceptual-motor skills in sports, and creativity in the sciences.  Further studies have demonstrated an improvement in music students' technical abilities after floating once a week, for only four weeks (Vartanian & Suedfeld, 2011).  Enhanced musical ability has also been noted in research, specifically with the jazz genre, in musicians who have floated.  Others have found inner benefits of floating after improvements were discovered in 'creative cognition' in a range of individuals.   
You may be curious as to how floating helps in this way.  Increased creativity is achieved through a number of techniques explained below, which can all be experienced in as little as one hour of floating.

Sensory Deprivation
We've all heard stories of artists who claim that their sudden insight, revelation, or creative designs occurred in situations where their sensory input has been reduced.  This includes circumstances where their attention has been turned inward during long walks along the beach, or while starting off in space.  What you may not have realised is, that one of the fundamental elements of creative or imaginative thought, is concentration gained through some sort of sensory restriction or deprivation.  What better way to eliminate the overload of sensory input of our busy lives, than floating in a floatation tank?

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Brain Waves
Theta State
One of the explanations as to how many gain unexpected inspiration, physical relaxation, creativity and vivid imagery, particularly while their mind wanders off while gazing into the distance or just before entering their sleep stage, is the influence of the theta state. 

Theta state is the brain wave experienced when we are in a very deep state of relaxation.  This is the state that is used in hypnosis and during REM sleep.  Normally we experience this theta state for a few minutes, but enclosed in a floatation tank, this state can last for longer.    
Unfortunately, this does not mean reaching theta state in a floatation tank will leave us all geniuses.  Rather, the floatation tank has the ability to let us easily fall into this state, which can be an essential tool in promoting innovation and creativity.  The more you float, the more benefits you may discover, as the theta state becomes longer, the more often the floatation tank is used. 
Visualisation and Imagery
Another vital component of creativity is visualisation or imagery.  Visualisation can be a very powerful tool which helps us invent and create, which has been proven throughout history.  Many geniuses over the years, well-known and not so well-known pioneers, encountered visions or mental images of their 'reality-changing ideas' or concepts before pursuing them.  
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An Invigorating Float can help with Musical Ability
The floatation tank is the perfect environment created for experiencing vivid and intense mental imagery and visualisations, and the best space to manipulate these also. 

What makes the float tank so optimal for inspiration, is the profound relaxing environment.  In these surroundings, your brain is so relaxed that it generates an exceptional amount of very slow, strong, rhythmical theta waves.  You already know a little about theta waves (mentioned above), but the extended theta states gained from floating are associated with vivid, lifelike hypnagogic images.  Deep relaxation and strong mental imagery are derived spontaneously and effortlessly while floating in the float tank for most individuals.
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Visualisation can Improve Creativity
As described, there are a number of techniques associated with floatation tank therapy that can inspire and encourage creativity and innovation.  Relaxing in a peaceful and comfortable environment for an hour or so, doesn't appear to be too hard of a job to gain some extra insight to assist with your creative activities.

Be mindful, that the longer it's been since your last float, the less prominent the effects will be - they will begin to diminish as time passes.  To preserve ongoing imagination and vision, consider floating on a regular basis, or on an as-need-basis when you need to rejuvenate your creative self.
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Floating for Relaxation
Comment below and tell us about your experiences: whether that be what you've seen while floating, the success of your musical band, or how your creativity has thrived.
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