Flotation therapy was invented in the 1950s and caught on in the 1980s thanks partly to the movie “Altered States,” in which William Hurt played a professor experimenting with sensory deprivation ...
Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson searched the valley for alterative wellness modalities that are lesser-known and have proven benefits. Follow along each Sunday in January and discovery ...
It took less than two minutes of floating in complete darkness in the tank for me to panic. I was drifting face-up in 210 gallons of water and 800 pounds of epsom salt inside a tank, inside of First ...
A woman floating in a tank filled with dense salt water used in medical therapy. (Green Shoot Media photo) Imagine closing your eyes in a quiet, dark room and floating on salt water. At many wellness ...
What Is It: Just Float is a float therapy center that allows clients to spend an hour effortlessly floating in a private salt-water tanks Who Tried It: Gabrielle Olya, PEOPLE writer and reporter Level ...
Our fair city is home to its first two flotation tanks, thanks to Kenna Herrmann, owner of IsoFloat in Old Colorado City. Now some of you, upon hearing the words sensory deprivation tank, might flash ...
In mental health care, it’s not uncommon for patients to pursue complementary therapies to manage mental illness. As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen patients who take dozens of daily vitamin supplements.
EASTHAMPTON — Leaning forward on a soft couch tucked away in a warmly lit, spacious parlor inside the Keystone building on Monday, Mat Conz was feeling tranquil after a session in the sauna. That’s ...