Float Therapy

At Flow Retreat our float therapy packages, such as the Finding Flow half day retreat, Soothe & Soak and The Flow Experience, have been designed to calm and relax your mind and body prior to float therapy. We recommend these packages to all guests who are new to float therapy and meditation.

For those with a regular meditation / float therapy practice we now have our extended float therapy appointments. Without the preparatory sensory immersion / sauna, it usually takes sixty minutes of floating to enter the deeply relaxing / meditative state, theta brain wave mode. For this reason, please allow two hours for your float therapy appointment.

Float tank therapy is an intense form of meditation. We calibrate the magnesium rich water to match the temperature of your skin and the air to that of the water. The boundary between your body, the air and water seems to disappear and you feel as though you are floating in outer space.

With approximately half a tonne of pure Epsom Salt dissolved into each float tank you float effortlessly on top of the water. When you lie completely still, you enter a very unique state, where you can no longer tell where your body begins and where it ends. You completely immerse in your environment.

Float therapy will be different for every individual and every individual float session will vary also. It is a practice and is therefore best experienced and has greater benefits when done regularly.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT FLOAT TANK FOR YOU..

A luxury, unique to Flow Retreat, is the option to experience float therapy in different float tank environments (Tranquility Pod or large Cabin Pool). You will find that you can choose between the two when booking any of our single Retreat Packages incorporating float therapy. We offer you the choice between the two at the same price to ensure everyone is at ease and feeling confident when entering their float therapy session.

MORE ABOUT FLOAT THERAPY..

Read more about float therapy, its benefits and the amazing results coming out of float therapy research around the world below.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE..

Flow Retreat is a Floataway Float Centre of Excellence. Floataway float tanks are the float tank of choice for medical practitioners researching the therapeutic benefits of float tank therapy … as they provide the perfect environment for REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy). Flow Retreat offers a range of custom made Floataway float tanks.

FLOAT THERAPY

$159 for one | $279 for two

Allow 120+ minutes

What are the benefits of float therapy?

We live in a constant state of stimulation. Between our mobiles, tablets and the everyday noise pollution of modern life, our minds and bodies are continually dealing with stress.

Mind

Float therapy provides a reset. The intense form of meditation relieves built up stress and anxiety, releases endorphins, improving creativity and concentration. Float therapy is used to aid anxiety, depression and PTSD.

Body

The relaxation response brought about in the float pool lowers blood pressure and relieves joint pain and inflammation. The calming of the nervous system increases immune function, speeds up physical recovery and is claimed to calm auto-immune conditions such as arthritis, lupus and fibromyalgia.

Spirit

The float pool environment improves meditation practice. With regular practice it boosts awareness and mindfulness throughout everyday life. It supports deeper and more restorative sleep which can help reset circadian rhythms.

Clinical Floatation

Clinical Floatation is the official website dedicated to the reporting of peer reviewed research findings into the medical use of clinical floatation REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy) The evidence published in recent years supports the studies undertaken in the 1990’s which found that float therapy is a safe and effective technique for the rapid reduction of stress, pain, and anxiety. Clinical trials are also currently underway in America, Germany, and Sweden investigating the long-term impact of floating in patients with anxiety disorders, anorexia nervosa, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and insomnia.

Floataway float tanks are the float tank of choice for Dr Justin Feinstein and his research fellows … as they provide the perfect environment for REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy). Flow Retreat exclusively offers a range of Floataway float tank options and is a Floataway Float Centre of Excellence.