It was a Friday night, and I was floating in a tank full of salt water of dubious origin, staring into the darkness surrounding me, trying to figure out how my life had gone from serial socializing at ...

What is it? Floating in a dark, quiet, enclosed space. Researchers refer to it as flotation restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST), or sensory isolation floating. Why would you do it?

The saltwater tanks, called Floatation-Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy, or REST, have become increasingly common as ...

Everywhere we go these days, we seem to find chaos. From noise at construction sites to emergency vehicles flying by and even the constant beeping of our beloved cellphones, there's a lack of quiet ...

White, boxy and equipped with a futuristic exit hatch, the Samadhi sensory deprivation tank resembles a space pod. It's filled with 800 pounds of Epsom salt dissolved in 150 gallons of ...

After more than three years helping people in Rochester find peace by floating in an isolation tank, Jon Makihas pulled the plug and moving on to new endeavors. "It was a good run," Maki said of his ...

The tank is intimidating when I’m led through the Iowa Recovery Room and to the place in which I’ll be isolated for the next hour. The door looks more like a hatch. The whole thing comes across as ...