White, boxy and equipped with a futuristic exit hatch, the Samadhi sensory deprivation tank resembles a space pod. It's filled with 800 pounds of Epsom salt dissolved in 150 gallons of ...

Float tanks have become very popular over the last couple of years. By floating inside a float tank in a meditation-like state, you can improve your circulation and mental health. Read on to find out ...

When Casey Campbell left the U.S. Army after eight years — including a year in Iraq and two in South Korea — he felt anxious and depressed, he said. “I had a hard time adjusting. I couldn’t sleep,” he ...

Float tanks are having a moment. Also known as sensory deprivation chambers, they were once reserved for serious bio-hackers and sci-fi enthusiasts. But today, tank centers are popping up around the ...

The pod float tank at Ad Astra Wellness, 1410 Kasold Drive, is shown on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. The pod is about the size of a twin mattress. It contains 200 gallons of water and 1,000 pounds of ...

FARGO -- I asked myself many questions as I drove the car to my first experience in a sensory deprivation tank. What's the big deal about floating in a big tank of salt water? Will I see health ...

It’s dark — perfectly dark. And silent — completely silent. You can’t feel your arms or legs, and there’s nothing to tell you how much time has passed, or where you are in space. That experience, ...

I've just crawled into a 4-foot-deep metal "escape pod," where I'll spend the next 90 minutes floating atop 10 inches of buoyant salt water, deprived of basic senses, counter-intuitively, in the name ...

Travis Bonovsky's hands shook from stress four years ago. He drank too much, he admitted, not knowing how else to cope with his taxing advertising job. Bonovsky knew that he needed to make a change in ...

A sensory isolation or "float" tank. Source: Galen Crout/Unsplash What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation ...

Flotation therapy was invented in the 1950s and caught on in the 1980s thanks partly to the movie “Altered States,” in which William Hurt played a professor experimenting with sensory deprivation ...

Destynie Paige Photography / Destynie Paige Photography The blue light of the float cabin is very sci-fi, like a Kubrick movie. The water is soupy with Epsom salt, what I imagine amniotic fluid to be.