Floatation
60 minutes: $80The ultimate in relaxation. No parallel in terms of detoxification. Float into infinity in a luxurious floatation room.
• The rejuvenative effect on the brain is shown to be equivalent to five hours of sleep.
• The detoxifying effect on the body is equivalent to a three-day fast.
You float peacefully atop water that is saturated with mineralized salts, thus experiencing both buoyancy and weightlessness. Because there is no sensory stimulation in the chamber, you enter a state that is both extraordinarily quiet and intensely conscious.
Because the water is heated to the precise degree of skin temperature, there are no nerve transmissions traveling from the skin to the brain. As a result, the relaxation induced is utterly profound.
The concentration of salt to water in La Casa’s float room enables this therapy to deliver a wealth of positive effects to the body: it delivers, in effect, an ocean of energy. Bioenergetic deficits are rebalanced and weak links become strengthened, reactivating the body’s electric current. The organs’ functions start to resonate with the natural frequency patterns of the salt water. This activates the natural regulatory mechanism of the body and its self-healing powers.
Specific research shows the physiological effects from floating to be utterly profound. Floating creates:
• drop in blood pressure
• slowing of pulse rate
• allows the blood to circulate more freely throughout the body
• increase in alpha and theta waves in the brain
• synchronous and symmetrical rhythms are achieved throughout the cortex
• decrease in levels of the hormones associated with stress, the “fight or flight” hormones of epinephrine, norepinephrine, ACTH and cortisol
• pH levels and electrolytes are balanced; reduction of acidity
• heavy metals detoxification
• improvement of skin elasticity
• re-mineralization of skin
In contrast to a normal bath, in which moisture is extracted from the skin, the salt bath allows salt to be stored in the upper callous layer of the skin and binds the water. This maintains the natural, protective film of the skin and the skin does not dry out. In fact, skin elasticity is improved.
Clients who float report a sense of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being during and for some time after the float. Some clients choose to float in complete silence; others prefer to bring in their favorite tape or CD of music or guided imagery; some just put their trust in us for a selection.
Our state-of-the-art UV light filtration and ozonation system assures a sterile, bacteria-free environment.
Ladies: Your hair will get wet. If you use our head pillow while floating (we recommend – it’s more comfortable with it), you can minimize the wetness to the back of your head. But be prepared. It is, after all, a water treatment.
To learn more about the history and benefits of floatation, click here.