>>JENNIFER WAUGH: MAKING HAPPINESS A HABIT YESTERDAY ON THE MORNING SHOW. YOU REMEMBER
WE TALKED ABOUT MEDITATION AND
THE HEALTH BENEFITS ASSOCIATED
WITH CALMING YOUR MIND OR EVEN
JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY. ALL
THINGS YOU CAN DO AT NO COSTS
WILL TODAY.
>> MOUNT DIGS DEEPER INTO A
DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDITATION
PRACTICE. YOU SIMPLY.
>> VERY CALMLY. AND BOY, IS IT
PEACEFUL? SO THESE ARE CALLED
SENSORY DEPRIVATION TANKS, THE
LIGHTS GO OUT AND YOU FLOAT IN
WATER WITH LOTS OF SALT.
THAT’S WHAT’S KEEPING ME
AFLOAT. YOU RELAX CLEAR YOUR
MIND AND HOPEFULLY LOSE
YOURSELF. RELEASING ALL YOUR
WORRIES. YOUR LIST, YOUR
OBLIGATIONS RIGHT INTO THE
WATER.
>> IN A WORLD WHERE WE’RE
CONSTANTLY INUNDATED WITH
INFORMATION. YOU HAVE TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT FINDING
MOMENTS OF PEACE AND QUIET.
ALL RIGHT. STILL IS YOU’LL
FIND THAT SERENITY AT BE STILL
FLOAT. STUDIO AND RIVERSIDE,
THE MOMENT YOU WALK IN THE
DOOR, WE WANT YOU TO FEEL A
DISTINCT DIFFERENCE. THE HEART
OF THE STUDIO FOR DIFFERENT A
PRIVATE FLOAT TANKS
TECHNICALLY SMALL SWIMMING
POOLS.
>> STEP IN.
>> IT FEELS A LITTLE WARM. THE
MORE THAN 1300 POUNDS OF EPSOM
SALT KEEPS YOU AFLOAT. PLAY
AROUND, FEEL COMFORTABLE. DEEP
BREATHS. THE ROOM IS
SOUNDPROOF. THE WATER MATCHES
YOUR EXTERNAL BODY
TEMPERATURE. I CONTROL THE
LIGHTS. AND WHEN I TURNED THEM
OFF, I WAS LEFT FLOATING IN
WHAT FEELS LIKE SPACE FOR AN
HOUR AND AFTER SOME TIME, I DO
RELINQUISH CONTROL, LOSING ALL
CENSUS GOING INTO A DEEP
MEDITATIVE STATE.
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WHEN I CAME OUT MY ENTIRE BODY
AND MIND FELT RELAXED. I FEEL
BUT NOT UNLIKE A DISTURBING
WAY, BUT JUST LIKE I CAN.
>> FEEL THINGS IN A DIFFERENT
WAY. I HEAR THINGS IN A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY. MY
BODY JUST FEELS VERY PEACEFUL.
DOCTOR, DIMITRI MOTEL,
CO-OWNER OF ABBA SEEN A
MEDICAL IN JACKSONVILLE.
>> DESCRIBES A SIMILAR FEELING
HE TRIES TO FLOAT WEEKLY.
>> IT KEEPS YOUR LIKES A
MENTALLY. THANK FOR 2 DAYS
HAVE TIME. I FLORIDA. I FEEL
LIKE I’M INDESTRUCTIBLE.
>> FOR HIM, IT HELPS WITH
STRESS AND RELAXATION. BUT FOR
KATHY DAY WHO FLOATS MONTHLY,
IT’S TACKLED SOMETHING DEEPER.
I WAS HAVING ANXIETY A LOT AND
I JUST NEEDED THAT RELAX DAY.
LOST HER MOTHER 2 YEARS AGO
AND WENT INTO A STATE OF
DEPRESSION THAT SHE SAYS
FLOATING HAS LIFTED A MUCH
CALMER AND MUCH MORE FOCUSED.
I WOULD SAY.
>> THERE IS A CONNECTION
BETWEEN MIND AND BODY.
>> GINA SMITH, OWNER OF BE
STILL FLOAT, STARTED
RESEARCHING FLOATING AFTER SHE
HAD CHILDREN BECAUSE EVERY
TIME I HAD A CHILD, MY ANXIETY
WAS EVEN WORSE. AND I KNEW IT
WAS AN IRRATIONAL AND I NEVER
HAD BEFORE.
>> AND I REMEMBER MY
>> BE BEING LIKE, OK, IF IT’S
NORMAL, YOU HAVE THIS. HERE’S
A PRESCRIPTION. SHE BELIEVED
THERE WAS A DRUG FREE WAY TO
ADDRESS OR ANXIETY. SMITH WAS
INTRIGUED BY THE WORK OF
DOCTOR JUSTIN FEINSTEIN.
>> YOU SEE THE MODERN DAY
NERVOUS SYSTEM CRAZE,
DISCONNECTION. WE JUST DON’T
KNOW IT BECAUSE WE’RE SO
ADDICTED TO BEING CONNECTED.
>> FEINSTEIN’S FIRST STUDY IN
2018 LOOKED AT 50 PATIENTS
WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS AND
AFTER A ONE HOUR FLOAT
SESSION, HE FOUND THAT ALL OF
THEM HAD A REDUCTION IN
ANXIETY. LOCAL PSYCHOLOGIST
DOCTOR TRACY ALLOWAY CAN SEE
THE BENEFITS AS WELL. BUT SHE
ALSO WARNS THERE’S RESEARCH
THAT SHOWS SENSORY
DEPRIVATION. TANKS AREN’T FOR
EVERYONE. IT’S ALSO BEEN
REPORTED TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE LEVELS
OF DEPRESSIVE, CLINICAL
DEPRESSION.
>> BECAUSE, AGAIN, BACK TO
THIS IDEA THAT WHEN YOU AND TO
YOUR MIND, IF YOU ARE NOT
SKILLED, YOU DON’T HAVE THE 2
SET TO KNOW WHAT HEALTHY TO
PUT IN PLACE. YOU CAN VENT
TEND TO GO DOWN A VERY DARK
PATH.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: SO IT’S BEST
TO KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS.
BELIEVES WHEN IT WORKS AND YOU
MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN
YOURSELF A SIMPLE FLOAT CAN BE
LIFE CHANGING. OH, MY GOSH, IT
IS. I FEEL LIKE IT’S MY
CALLING. IT REALLY IS. I
STARTED OUT NURTURING MY
FAMILY. AND THEN I FEEL LIKE I
DURING THE COMMUNITY. 2 VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT HER WORK. BE
STILL FLOAT. AS YOU SAW, IT’S
AN OPEN POOL AND FACT THERE’S
4 OF THEM. THAT’S THEIR
BIGGEST ONE. SO IF YOU’RE A
LITTLE CLAUSTROPHOBIC, YOU
KNOW, YOU’RE NOT IN A POD NOW,
THERE ARE OTHER STUDIOS IN
TOWN WHERE YOU ARE IN A
SMALLER POD THAT ACTUALLY
CLOSES OVER YOU. SO THAT IS A
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. BUT TELL
ME REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF. I
WISH TO CALL. SO IT ISN’T
CHEAP. YOU KNOW, IT’S
SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY HAVE
TO BUDGET SO AFLOAT SESSION
CAN RUN YOU ABOUT $70. SHE
DOES HAVE SOME PACKAGES. BUT
I’M TELLING YOU, IT’S KIND OF
LIKE YOU CAN INVEST IN A
MASSAGE, YOU KNOW, INNOCENCE.
AND THIS IS VERY BUT IT’S A
MUCH MORE SOOTHING
ENVIRONMENT, AT LEAST FROM MY
EXPERIENCE THAT YOUR YOUR MIND
STARTED TO WANDER INITIALLY. I
REALLY WHAT I DID IS I COUNT
BACKWARDS FROM 100 OR SO. AND
THEN NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, I
WAS GONE, YOU KNOW, ISN’T THAT
MEDITATIVE I FELT GOOD. BUT
AGAIN, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS
IS HAPPINESS. A HABIT. YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO THESE
THINGS IN ORDER TO SEE THE
BENEFITS. ONE FOOT SECTION
ISN’T GOING TO CURE YOU. BUT
OVER TIME THEY HEARD FROM THE
FOLKS THAT SAID IT, IS IT
COMPLETELY DARK? I MEAN, I
KNOW YOU HAVE THE CAMERA THERE
AND HE HAS A LIGHT ON THE IS
IT COMPLETES LIDAR DO HAVE
SOME THINGS JUST QUICKLY THAT
IF YOU PRESS IT, THE LIGHTS
COULD COME ON. SO IF YOU DO
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE UNDER THE
WATER, YOU PRESS IT. SO
THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS TO