Float Wellness

I would like to add to the great reviews for Float Wellness.
I’ve been to a float in Calgary before so I was aware of the process. In fact, almost everything was quite similar.
Upon checking in with the front desk, you watch a slide show with the rules and policies of the Center. The staff will show you to your room which has a pod, stand up shower, bench, hooks, ear plugs, towels, make up remover, bulb syringe (for ears), petroleum jelly (to seal any small scrapes and nicks) and shower amenities.
After a cleansing shower, you get into the pod (in your birthday suit) and you can float in the darkness or with some coloured lights. There is music for the first 10 minutes and last ten minutes (the signal that your time is up and to get up and shower before they turn on the filtration cycle).
In the pod is also a pool noodle or a neck pillow to support your head in the water. I used it about half the time and my husband really liked the neck pillow.
It’s easy to fall asleep in the pod. There is no light, the water is body temperature and you’re not meant to feel it but I do a little, especially on areas that are not submerged.
A few ticks: I wasn’t able to turn off the lights in my room so it showed through the pod at the opening since the pod does not seal. I would have liked a switch inside the room to turn it off before getting in.
The ear plugs provided are your regular foam variety. I would have preferred the wax type which is specifically meant for underwater activities. Due to this, my ears didn’t get a great seal and they hurt which lessened the relaxation effect for me. I was constantly thinking about my ears.
Overall, I had a great experience. There are a few areas where improvements could be made but I would certainly come back. And ill remember to bring my own ear plugs next time.

My wife had mentioned to me how much I needed to find a way to shut my brain off for a bit and reboot. My reply was «that’s what I do when I sleep» but then she pointed out how little I sleep and how even when I do it is quite often a broken sleep. «No worries» I said, «I have been doing this for 46 years why would I need to change it now»
She suggested something called floating, I told her «honey, you know drugs are not my thing’ knowing full well that was not what she meant.
This summer she had taken a month and dedicated it to try different things such as exercises, massages, therapies of all kinds in a search for what worked for her. One of the things she found was something called Float Therapy. It sounds odd doesn’t it.
They put you into a tank filled with water that is loaded with Epsom Salt and you close the lid on yourself for 90 minutes. This to me sounded insane, not that you would close yourself in a water filled coffin, but more that you would willingly give up 90 minutes of your life like that!
Turns out there is actual science behind this, it’s not all voodoo smoke and mirrors stuff. Regular flotation tank sessions can relieve chronic stress-​related ailments. Conditions such as anxiety, stress, depression and fibromyalgia will find noticeable improvements.
I know how stressful my wife’s job can be and I figured if this is what she recommended to me after all the research she had done I would be a fool not to at least try it. So I went to this place in Sherwood Park we have called Float Wellness to try for myself and see what it’s about.
Well, as she is more often than not, she was right (don’t tell her that). My experience at first was that of mass confusion not knowing how to relax was a huge deficit to me here. But time was on my side, about 10 minutes in I found myself actually tuning out, I had no place to be, I had no work to do, I did not even have a my iPhone to use, talk about torture. Turns out it wasn’t torture at all but rather a feeling of calmness. I was not feeling the need to message or tweet or make a post on Facebook, it was just me alone with nothing to do. The lack of stimulation is exactly what the doctor ordered.
I would recommend this for anyone out there who struggles with letting things go, take a float you won’t regret it. The recharge will open your mind even clearer than it was before.