Alex Floats Weekly to Keep His Creative Anxiety at Bay

The Urban Monk Mindfulness Program

We live in a hyperconnected world where we connect with more people and things than ever before, causing our attention to be glued to our phones and PC screens. We share our experiences literally with thousands of people at an instant, but often it feels that something is missing like it’s not enough. Despite all […]

Your Bathtub (or couch) is Not a Substitute For a Float Tank

“Sooo, why not just take a bath?!” I frequently get asked this when I start gushing about floating (or sensory deprivation, or isolation tanks or floatation therapy, or whatever the kids are calling it these days) The answer, my friends, is multi-faceted…. It includes the fact that my bathwater gets cold and 500 kgs of […]

Flow State and Float Tank

For thousands of years, people have wondered at the complexity and beauty of the human experience. Theologists and philosophers have strived to explain it for centuries, contextualise it. Now, due to the recent surge in neuroscience studies and technology, we’re gaining a deeper and deeper understanding of our own mind. The experience I’m most interested […]

5 Unique (and sober) date-night ideas in Auckland

Lots of us have been on Tinder dates, and after a couple, they can get a bit same-same: meet in a bar, have a drink – feel it out. Blegh. You want something unique, something special, that’s why you’re here. We’ve got five original ideas for you: For a truly unique experience, book yourselves a […]

Float to Take Care of Yourself to Take Care of Others

Why getting yourself a float membership is the best thing you can do this Christmas… 🎁 TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF to TAKE CARE OF THEM: Be honest – how many years in a row have you worked yourself into feeling sick, tired + frustrated? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you didn’t do that in 2020?! […]

Michael from Common Sense Organics Floats Weekly

This week we talked to Michael from Common Sense Organics. He told us that he floats weekly to deal with day to day stress of his job.

De-stress, de-wrinkle and exfoliate the floatation way

Cleopatra, Emperor Nero’s second wife Poppaea Sabina and even Napoleon’s sister Pauline Bonaparte enjoyed bathing in sour donkey’s milk, but for us mere mortals a good long soak in 500 kg of Epsom Salts at Auckland’s new floatation centre would not only be a more pleasant experience, but likely more beneficial too. Auckland’s new Float Culture […]

Angela’s Experience with The REST Program: Dealing with Anxiety

It’s such a strange thing to be shut into a room with the lights off, no sound, no smell, no taste, no light and very little to even touch. Your body suspended in zero gravity due to a bath of water so concentrated even the toughest ocean swimmer wouldn’t want it in their eyes. Luckily […]