Alex Floats Weekly to Keep His Creative Anxiety at Bay

In the Province of the Mind | Float Tank Experience

Down a dusty side street in Central Auckland lies Float Culture, a sensory deprivation centre dedicated to physical relaxation and mid expansion. Alone in the dark I left my body. It was a directionless exit. More of an expansion in all directions. Perhaps influenced by having just read a copy of the Bhagavad Gita(forced upon […]

OM Kombucha Brew Master Raj Finds a Place to Disconnect in the Float Tank

This week we talk to Raj, the brew master for Organic Mechanics, to see why he floats in the darkness and calmness of a floatation tank.

Sensory Isolation Tradition

“When one or more senses are restricted, the sensitivity of the others senses is expanded.” – The Book of Floating by Michael Hutchison The floatation tank makes use of this sensory deprivation effect to bring about a gentle, pleasant, controllable, and temporary shift in consciousness in anyone who floats. This shift in consciousness is healthy, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Floatation Tank: Watching Yourself Sleep

I first introduced floatation and meditation into my life a few years ago, and have watched myself progress through many personal lessons and developments. I have seen radical shifts in my mood, my emotional intelligence and general awareness, and a lot of this I owe to the insights and serenity I have been able to […]

10 Reasons to Float

1). It feels good! Floating is simply a uniquely enjoyable sensation in itself. There is just nothing else quite like the pleasure of the effortlessly floating in skin-temperature water while theEpsom salts feel utterly silky to the skin. And at the end of it all you come out feeling fresh and relaxed as well. The […]

Float Culture: Business Baker and Float Taker Kim

In this video we talked to Kim, the founder of Little and Friday cafes and bakery here in Auckland. She talks about one of her favourite treats that strangely doesn’t come out of her kitchen.