Urban Float, a Kirkland-based chain of flotation spas, is growing, with new franchisees in Houston adding to the company’s soon-to-be five locations in Washington. The spas feature light- and ...

Unlike traditional flotation devices such as round tubes or pool noodles—which offer uneven support, limit mobility, and often force the body into tension-filled postures—the Float’n Thang Zero ...

Imagine, being in a low-gravity, totally silent, and pitch-black flotation pod for a full hour, to give the body time to truly relax. Without the hustle and bustle of the world intruding on one’s ...

From laser acne treatments to cupping therapy, I’m constantly searching for the most effective wellness treatments. As a writer, I spend most of my time at home. That said, booking treatments is a ...

In flotation therapy, there is no doctor. There is no sound and no light. Just you. Just your body floating in a pool of salty water. Warm salty water. Water saltier than the Dead Sea. For 45 minutes ...

EASTHAMPTON — Leaning forward on a soft couch tucked away in a warmly lit, spacious parlor inside the Keystone building on Monday, Mat Conz was feeling tranquil after a session in the sauna. That’s ...

Flotation therapy was invented in the 1950s and caught on in the 1980s thanks partly to the movie “Altered States,” in which William Hurt played a professor experimenting with sensory deprivation ...

In mental health care, it’s not uncommon for patients to pursue complementary therapies to manage mental illness. As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen patients who take dozens of daily vitamin supplements.

“You don’t have to suffer continual chaos in order to grow.” A simple sentence of complex proportions made by Dr. John C. Lilly, a neurophysiologist and psychoanalyst who, among other things, ...