Living in the rhythm of a modern city leaves no time for relaxation. Many daytime tension does not let go even at night. The ideal way out of stress is floating.
Floating - what is it?
Translated from English, it means "soar" or "swim." The procedure is a person in a dense salt solution in an isolated chamber. Water saturated with salts pushes the body to the surface, and a person seems to soar above the liquid. Comfortable temperature close to body temperature, silence and darkness allow a person to be alone with himself, to experience complete physical and psychological comfort.
Floating is carried out in a special chamber, which is a capsule filled with heated water, with a tight-fitting light door. A man opens and closes this door on his own.
Before and after the session, you need to take a shower. Duration - 1 hour. Time needs to be planned so that after the session you can do nothing. Floating causes deep relaxation, and working after it is difficult, almost impossible.
Who invented this?
Someone John Lilly, an American neuroscientist. He studied the effect on humans of the phenomenon of sensory deprivation or deprivation of all external stimuli. Lilly dealt with the problems of the human psyche, and in the middle of the last century, floating was invented by him. What is this, the specialist realized a little later, when from a method of treatment this method of deep, quick and safe relaxation turned into a super popular procedure for everyone.
Initially, Lilly was engaged in the rehabilitation of retired officers who suffered many stressful situations during the service. It was for them that a camera was invented isolated from sounds and light with warm salt water. Dr. Lilly's patients have been swimming in this cell for hours. The attempts were successful and provided a lot of new data on the activity of the human brain. Subsequently, Lilly studied the brain activity of dolphins and tried to teach them how to communicate with people. Lilly's research formed the basis of bestsellers, and the camera began to be used for commercial purposes.
Why does this work?
In the process of life, a person receives a lot of stress. Many of them are literally driven into the subconscious; a person cannot completely “digest” them. From this, multiple muscle clamps or places of constant spasm are formed in the muscles. Staying in a solution saturated with salt is comparable to weightlessness, so relaxing the body floats. That it is so productive can be felt by everyone.
Float chambers use Epsom salts or magnesium sulfate, more commonly known as magnesia. This substance is of natural origin, a medicine is produced from it to lower blood pressure and is an excellent laxative. In various concentrations, this substance is used as a food supplement, and also as a fertilizer.
Extra bonuses
Many effects, in addition to deep relaxation, give the person floating. What is it, it is clear from the properties of magnesium sulfate. These are improving heart function, sleep, increasing concentration, easing various pains, softening and exfoliating the skin and even losing weight.
Magnesium is present in all tissues of the human body. It regulates the transmission of nerve impulses, resists spasms, improves blood composition. Without magnesium, joint repair is impossible. Staying in a state of complete physical rest relieves the spine and gives an impetus to spontaneous recovery. Floating, reviews of which are always enthusiastic, returns many physiological processes to normal.
Main effect
The fact is that the activity of the brain proceeds continuously, but due to external stimuli we are not able to comprehend the signals that it sends to us.
During the session, the person does not sleep, but is in a state of complete rest. Floating - reviews talk about it - can cause unexpected associations. A solution to a confused life problem may come, understanding the need for forgiveness of the offender. New information can be assimilated, which before that did not want to fit into my head. In this sense, floating can be compared with meditation technique, and the state of meditation occurs spontaneously and without visible effort. Experts say that an hour of floating replaces a 6-hour sleep.
Who can and who can not?
Almost everyone can use floating.
Contraindications are as follows:
- epilepsy;
- suicidal tendency;
- infectious disease;
- open wounds;
- alcohol or drug intoxication.
Pregnancy is not a contraindication. On the contrary, pregnant women feel great after the session. Firstly, their spine is unloaded, and secondly, nervous tension passes.
Floating is useful and pleasant in all respects. Indications and contraindications are very relative, and this new procedure of instant relaxation is gaining an increasing number of fans.