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Meditation & Spirituality
Meditation, theta states, lucid dreaming and spiritual experiences in the float tank.
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Psychedelic Use Is Not Spiritual Practice: Float Vietnam’s View
Is taking psychedelics a spiritual path? Float Vietnam’s founder explains why not: the health and legal risks, what clinical research really involves, how meditation…
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Subtle Energy and Healing: Claude Swanson’s Ideas and What Science Says
Physicist Claude Swanson argued that a “subtle energy” like qi underlies healing. Here is a brief, fair summary of his ideas, the scientific status…
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What Is Meditation? Why Meditate and How to Start
What is meditation and how do you start? A plain-English guide to the main types of meditation, what research shows about its benefits, simple…
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Why Time Speeds Up as We Age, and How Stillness Slows It Down
Time feels faster as we age because routine days create fewer new memories, so weeks blur together in hindsight.
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True Silence: Why the Over-Stimulated Mind Needs Stillness
Constant notifications and digital noise overstimulate the brain, triggering cortisol spikes and keeping the amygdala in a state of hyperarousal.
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Spiritual Experiences in a Float Tank: What People Report and Why
Float tanks were created in the 1950s by Dr. John C. Lilly, who wanted to explore human consciousness free of outside stimuli.
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My Experience with Floating as a Float Centre Operator
The author, a float center operator, believes floating can bring true rest to the brain and induce a waking sleep state.
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Float Therapy for Anxiety: What the Research Shows
Neuroscientist Justin Feinstein is pioneering the float tank as a non-prescription, non-invasive treatment for anxiety and depression.
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Lucid Dreaming with a Float Tank: How to Control Your Dreams
Lucid dreaming means being aware that you are dreaming while dreaming, and studies suggest about half the population has experienced it at least once.
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Isolation Tanks: Healing Rest for the Mind and Body
The isolation tank uses dense Epsom salt water at skin temperature, so floaters feel suspended in mid-air while cut off from light and sound.
