“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control … and the subject is himself.” So ...

Sensory deprivation tanks create a sound- and light-free space that many find deeply relaxing. Evidence suggests floating may help improve focus and relieve anxiety, depression, and pain. If you'd ...

Crash Hoefler left the music business 14 years ago and started making sensory deprivation tanks – booths that shut out all sound and light, allowing people to float in warm salt water entirely free of ...

If you visit a flotation therapy center, you’ll put in earplugs and step into a rounded, podlike tub big enough for a tall person to lie back and stretch out. Depending on the center’s policies, you ...

Developed in the 1950s by neuroscientist and psychoanalyst John C. Lilly as a way to explore the nature of human consciousness, floatation tank therapy, or sensory deprivation is now a mainstream ...

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A sensory isolation or "float" tank. Source: Galen Crout/Unsplash What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation ...

On a typical workday, Jeremy Warner might find himself on the phone nonstop. Warner owns Red Dog Carpet Cleaning and serves as a dispatcher of sorts for the Lincoln branch, taking calls from customers ...