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Floating Helps Pro Fighter Sting Like a Bee

Mixed martial arts fighter Shane Young recently claimed the Xtreme Fight Championship featherweight title, bringing it back to New Zealand for the first time since Matt Te Paa in 2006 – and he credits some of his success to his ’floatation’ sessions at Auckland’s new Float Culture facility. Known as floating, float therapy or sensory […]

Floating the Whole Self: Aligning Body, Spirit and Mind

I first heard of Floating around a year ago, when a friend described to me the surreal meditation-like experience she’d been reading about. It sounded glorious. I’m quite a physically active person. I’m also a creative person. I freelance within contemporary dance and choreography, and more recently have engaged with yoga. Of course, the nature […]

Lyle’s story of floating to de-stress

“Before finding float culture, I was stressed —to say the least. I was a contractor and my contract was due to end with no future opportunities in sight. . . I became exhausted losing sleep every night, tossing and turning, as I worried about the next day . . . It was tough going to […]

Recover Faster, Train Harder: Athletes, Embrace the Power of Contrast Therapy at Float Culture

Pushing yourself to new limits in training is essential for athletic growth, but recovery is just as important. Float Culture is excited to announce the addition of contrast therapy, a powerful tool to help athletes recover faster, reduce muscle soreness, and boost overall performance. What is Contrast Therapy? Contrast therapy involves alternating between hot and […]

Float Tank: A Meditative Journey, Expedited

Walking around the world at large, there is a constant influx of stimuli. Sights, sounds and colour – we are constantly barraged by the multifarious, often beautiful and sometimes distressing multitudes of sensory data. Sometimes, when walking around either without having had a chance to close your eyes, or after having been shut off for […]

Andy’s Super Learning in the Float Tank

I’m relatively new to float tanks but the idea of them has intrigued me ever since hearing about them on a Joe Rogan podcast. What makes it so interesting is you begin to think, “I wonder what weird stuff is going to happen if I shut my eyes and ears off and lose all sense […]

The Culture of Float Culture

In February 2015 I was made redundant from a job that had got me through most of my uni years. I had a month to find a job that would work with my busy uni schedule and cover my living expenses. Week three into the search and a week before my 23rd birthday I was beginning […]

The Benefits of Boredom in Floatation Tank

Sensory deprivation (in psychology) is an experimental situation in which all stimulation is cut off from the sensory receptors. What we know about the benefits of floatation continuously leaves us amazed by the power of the human body. Not because of the states of relaxation and elation that floating can endure. No, rather the body’s […]

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Take Care of Yourself to Take Care of Others

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Floating Helps Pro Fighter Sting Like a Bee

Floating the Whole Self: Aligning Body, Spirit and Mind

Lyle’s story of floating to de-stress

Recover Faster, Train Harder: Athletes, Embrace the Power of Contrast Therapy at Float Culture

Float Tank: A Meditative Journey, Expedited

Andy’s Super Learning in the Float Tank

The Culture of Float Culture

The Benefits of Boredom in Floatation Tank