Studies have shown that an average person consumes about 147 news articles by midday, not counting the barrage of emails, relentless pings on messaging platforms and day to day interactions with other human beings. This baggage of excess information creates a sensory overload that ultimately causes one to be mentally and physically exhausted. It is no wonder the modern urban dwellers suffer from an onslaught of unpleasant and hard to diagnose symptoms.
With how fast technology is moving, it is setting us up for perpetual burnout. Like a cup that is already full, it cannot have more added to it without causing a spillage. While quitting our jobs and moving to a jungle to live off-grid is not ideal for everyone, a scheduled one hour unplugging a week is still feasible.
One tried and true method we recommend is 60 minutes in a float tank.
Just how?
Think of it as an hour long escape from that device which has an immense hold on your life. An hour of doing absolutely NOTHING in the absolute darkness. The float tank is a valuable tool for cutting down the amount of external stimuli that reach our senses, probably the best sensory deprivation device ever created, which is exactly what your brain needs...a break from excess.
Simply put, when we shut out or restrict environmental stimuli, we become more aware of those things that are still available to us. In this case, after we have shut out light, sound, tactile sensations, gravity, other people and movement, what is left is our Self: the physical reality of our skeletal muscles, our internal systems, our brains, the non-physical reality of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions and mental images.
Sensory restriction is an effective way of turning TOWARD reality, of increasing our sensitivity to and awareness of the world as it is.
When we shut out or restrict environmental stimuli, we become more aware of those things that are still available to us. In this case, after we have shut out light, sound, tactile sensations, gravity, other people and movement, what is left is our Self: the physical reality of our skeletal muscles, our internal systems, our brains, the non-physical reality of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions and mental images.
When you cut down the input of your senses by spending an hour in a float tank, your senses seem to respond by expanding, becoming more sensitive. It is no doubt that after floating, we seem to perceive the world with startling directness, richness and clarity.
Ultimately, like the repetition of a good habit that will transform your life, floatation therapy is a rapid, easily mastered, reliable and safe tool to make you feel really good…one hour a time.
Book your first float at TERAPUNG FLOAT CLUB in Seminyak, Bali.
