Salt in Your Eyes
The most common small mishap in a float suite, and the spray bottle that sits in every pod because of it.
Float therapy
Floating for People Who Cannot Swim
You are not swimming. You are lying in eleven inches of water that is denser than you are.
A surprising number of people assume floating requires some water competence. It requires none at all.
Eleven inches
That is the depth. Not enough to swim in, not enough to go under in. You are lying on the surface, not suspended in it.
The water does the work
With 900 pounds of Epsom salt dissolved into it, the solution is considerably denser than a human body. Lie back and you rise. You cannot sink, and holding a position is not something you have to do.
Even asleep
Falling asleep in a float tank is common and entirely uneventful. Buoyancy does not depend on you being awake.
If you are still unsure
Leave the door open and the light on. Sit down in the water first and lie back slowly. And call us beforehand if it would help to talk it through — (405) 340-0851.
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