Reduce stress

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Due to the level of top-grade Magnesium Sulphate in the 500kg of Epsom Salts used in every float session, the body absorbs this directly through the skin and this can remedy deficiency in the body of this important chemical element.

The Magnesium inhibits ACTH that drives the stress hormone cortisol thereby giving a boost to those relaxation endorphins. Studies have shown that cortisol can be reduced by up to 20% from a 60-minute float session, with greatest benefits felt by people with high stress levels.

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Research is continually being carried out on the long-term benefits of regular floatation tank use but, of course, if you are reducing the production of cortisol and adrenaline in favour of healthy relaxation hormones over a long period of time, this one would think, would reduce chronic stress related illnesses.

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Better Quality Sleep

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Although the practice of floatation therapy may be new to many, the evidence of its effectiveness in helping people with sleep problems has been around for many years.

 

The cumulative benefits of floating regularly and again reducing cortisol and adrenaline hormones aid the passage into sleep. Thus, returning the body to a perfect balance. Floating develops the skill of relaxation within both the mind and the central nervous system so, just like muscle memory helps us to play sports, quieting the mind in a floatation tank helps you learn how to get to sleep - more readily and naturally.

 

In 2017, a study showed that the sensory deprivation tank sessions altered brain activity and that consciousness reached the deepest relaxation point. Brain activity slows down very like the first stage of sleep. This stage is where the body regenerates, blood pressure drops and people’s thoughts are on being weightless and cut off from normal time.

 

Tune out, relax, and float free.  

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Improve Physical and Athletic Performance

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If you are suffering from a sports related injury, floating can help the body bounce back much quicker, complementing massage and physiotherapy sessions. The combination of salts and dilation of the blood cells cleans out lactic acid more quickly too after a workout. 

Professional athletes and sports teams have long known about the benefits floating can bring to aid, not only recovery, but the high intensity mental sharpness and positive image creation required to have an edge over the competition.

Float - and focus better for days after leading to improved performance.

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Meditation and Mindfulness

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In this state of calm, relaxed, soothing warmth, floating can really add to the development of meditation and mindfulness practices that can maintain a healthy body and have a great impact on cognitive, work and sports performance.

 

Some people will use this unique floatation sensation to explore their deeper consciousness, experiencing total switch off from the normal visual stimuli and white noise sounds that are everywhere today and just explore the nature of life itself.

 

The Glasgow Float Centre spa can give you all of this, all you need to do is book that first session!

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