I get really nervous before my rec league soccer games. I play goalkeeper and like many athletes (using the term loosely here), I put way too much pressure on myself. The day of a match, I start ...

Technology has spoiled me. I order fresh groceries online, and thanks to web mapping apps I am never lost and only rarely caught in traffic. The flip side of this, of course, is that I now have an ...

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 ...

Imagine climbing into a tank filled with water. It is almost completely dark, and there is nothing to do but float for an hour. When friends heard me talk about trying a sensory deprivation tank, they ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Geoff Sato emerges from his sensory deprivation tank. The salt solution in the tank contains 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt for 180 gallons of water and is heated to a comfortable 93.5 degrees. Geoff Sato ...

It’s a pretty special experience to have a facial followed by a “float.” Add in a massage, and you can create a full afternoon of wellness at Dream & Dreams Float Spa and Wax It Skin Studio, at 70 W.