Posted by Hugh on December 3, 2015, at 12:22:16
"I think floating has a strong role in good therapy for a number of disorders that we really struggle with in terms of effective therapies," Fine says.
One of the only studies that suggests people with anxiety could gain therapeutic benefits from floating was published in 2006 in the International Journal of Stress Management. It found for a group of 70 people with stress-related pain, 12 float sessions reduced pain, stress, anxiety and depression while improving sleep and optimism. Those positive effects stuck around four months after treatment stopped.
Complete article:
Here's a story ABC News aired about floating:
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/sensory-deprivation-altered-state-mind-23760919
There are over 250 flotation clinics in the US. Here's a directory for them:
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