The research on floating and sleep

A Swedish study by Anette Kjellgren, Hanne Buhrkall, and Torsten Norlander comprised of four women and two men who entered a 10-week program of floating and conversational therapy, floating twice a week for 45 mins each time.researched the effectiveness of floating for sufferers of “burnout syndrome”.

If you are currently dealing with burnout syndrome, are just dealing with a stressful week at work, or are an athlete feeling beat up from hard workouts, the results are still fascinating and show that floating may help you get better sleep.

Following this treatment, the researchers found that: “Clients reported generally improved sleep during the course of treatment, in particular, during nights that followed flotation-REST.” 1 It’s important to note that while the effect was more pronounced on days when they floated, the benefits still extended to the days where they did not float!

This is an encouraging data point for most of us who can’t float twice a week like the study participants.

Not only did they report improved sleep quality, but they found that they had an easier time relaxing in bed. “The clients experienced an effortlessly relaxed state while lying in bed, as well as a deliberate and unintentional ability to influence the level of relaxation by imitating the resting body position experienced in the tank and composing their respiration” 2

This suggests that long-term floating helps us extend that incredibly relaxed feeling we may be familiar with during a float to other areas of our life!

And that heavy fatigue that we sometimes feel after a rough night of sleep? Participants reported “feeling more rested, with more energy in the mornings.” 3

Taking all of this together as a whole, it is strong evidence that floating can help with the overall quality of, and ability to get to sleep.

So if you’ve made other changes in your sleep hygiene and are still struggling to drift off at night, or even if you don’t struggle to find rest, but would still like to experience the “effortlessly relaxed state” 4 the study participants described, floating may help provide you with the right tools to drift off to a peaceful night of rest.

Conclusions

Flotation-REST may be a promising treatment for insomnia symptoms, but more controlled studies with established sleep measures, and on populations with clinically verified insomnia, are needed.

More Reasons Floatation helps you Sleep

Floating is also a place where all external stimuli is removed and maximum relaxation of your mind and body is achieved. Your blood pressure is reduced, anxiety, tension and pain are also reduced. The float pods environment has a powerful and profound affect on the body’s ability to reset natural sleep cycles.

Many of us are also deficient in magnesium and floatation therapy helps restore magnesium in the body thanks to its copius amount of epsom salts (magnesium sulfate). Each of our float pods has over 500Kg of epsom salts, some of which you absorb whilst floating.

If you have trouble sleeping or have restless nights then try a float session. Many of our clients report amazing sleep improvements after a float.

 

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