Floating for Head Injuries
“The concussion crisis has changed the face of sports as we know it, and it has brought to surface the incredible importance of our brain health. The time is now for us to make our brain the number one priority so that education and awareness can take effect and begin to change the way we […]
A Rookie Foray into Floating
It’s not hard to talk me into anything spa-like. I’m in particular need of self-care because my life is too busy to make much time for it. Like most outdoorswomen, homeowners, and business owners (I bear all these titles), I’m well aware that I ought to make more time to sit still. Hell, I even […]
Floating Fundamentals: Sensory Reduction
This is Part Three of our three-part series exploring the basic elements of floating: magnesium, flotation, and sensory reduction. Sensory Reduction Part of the benefit of flotation therapy comes from the fact that, while in the pod, much of your sensory input is diminished. Float pods are designed to be completely free of light and […]
State of SYNC—Schedule a Float!
You’ve been here waiting with us for months and, in some cases, years. You’ve told us about your aches and pains, stresses and woes. We’ve told you how floating can help, and asked you to please hang on while we finish building, while we quit our jobs and change our lives so we can help […]
DIY Muscle Relief Salt Soak
Every athlete or weekend warrior has been there: aching from an intense workout but called by their training schedule, love of sport, or need to finish cleaning out the garage to go back for more. While progress might be most measurably gained through action, rest and recovery are arguably just as important for improving one’s performance. We made this essential oil blend for home use as […]
Floating for PTSD
PTSD: Like Being Shoved Off a Cliff Our lives are made up of experiences. Each and every experience we have changes us on a deep, biological level. This means we are changing every day. We are always moving in either a positive or a negative direction, and much of this movement is based on […]
Arguing with Reality
“Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside.”—Marcus Aurelius How much of what you’ve been sure was true has, in fact, turned out to be false or has changed from your original perception of it? If you’d asked me as a child what I […]
The Remarkable Moments
I have a few photographer friends, and I always find the number of shots they take while on assignment both fascinating and overwhelming. For each masterpiece—the kind worthy of being placed on the mantle in your home or in a magazine ad—there are dozens, if not hundreds, of pictures that didn’t make the cut. Photography […]
What’s Their Story?
I recently bought a shirt from a pretty cool non-profit called To Write Love on Her Arms. I found the story behind how the organization got started to be poignant, and I wanted to assist somehow. The proceeds go toward helping people who are depressed, addicted, self-harming, and/or suicidal. The shirt has a potent, albeit […]
Floating for Students
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” —Alvin Toffler The Balance of High Achievement In the 1990’s, German researchers looked at a group of students learning to play the violin. While all talented, the students were broken up into […]
Floating for Athletic Recovery
“Hard work requires hard recovery.” -Steve Fraser, Olympic Wrestling Coach Every athlete knows the importance of training. Training is integral in the path towards progress. It is the stimulus that pushes us to grow. The growth itself, however, actually happens during recovery. That seems to be a hard concept for some of us to grasp. […]
State of SYNC—Float Pod Delivery
We hit a sort of milestone this week: the delivery of our first two pallets of epsom salt and our three Float Pod float tanks! Float tank design has come a long way since flotation therapy came to be in the 1950s, and while there are many good manufacturers on the market, we chose US-made Float Pod […]
Floating Fundamentals: Flotation
This is Part Two of a three-part series exploring the basic elements that make up floating: Magnesium, Flotation, and Sensory Reduction. The Struggles of Active Living If you’re like me, you love to move. We run, jump, pedal, spar, throw, lift, and ski. Moving keeps us healthy and happy, but it can also beat us up. […]
Floating Fundamentals: Magnesium
This is Part One of a three-part series exploring the basic elements that make up floating: Magnesium, Flotation, and Sensory Deprivation. Magnesium I have had a headache since I was 19 years old. Everyday. For 13 years. Floating is one of the only things that can actually relieve my headache 100%. I believe this is because […]
Summers in Park City
“Well, [Park City’s] always been a thorn in Utah’s side. I mean, this has been a town that was always independent. It was not a Utah conformist town.” —Jim Santy, lifelong Park City resident Tourists at Home This weekend we took our very first trip to the Park City Museum, right on Main Street in […]
Slow Down
This is something I think about a lot. In 1973, two researchers from Princeton recruited seminary students for one of their studies. They asked half of the participants to prepare a speech on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The other half were asked to prepare one on seminary jobs. They were then instructed to […]
Floating for Athletic Performance
“Our bodies are capable of anything. It’s our minds we have to convince” I participated in a research study at the University of Utah last year. A major goal of the study was to better understand how much harder the body is able to work when the mind doesn’t get in the way. To begin […]
State of SYNC
“If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible- for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.” -Marcus Aurelius SYNC Float Center We began the process of opening our own float center in the summer of 2015. Truthfully, there was a time when it […]