Last weekend my husband suggested we go to Float Clinic in Torrance. The flyer said “Being in a float tank is like relaxing in outer space.” How they know that is beyond me but whatever, sounded good!
So here is how it works… you go in to a private room with a shower. You put in earplugs then soap up and wash off all the oils on your body and hair. Then make sure you dry your face. That will keep you from inadvertently touching your face with your salty hand – you don’t want salt in the eyes! There is a door in the wall that leads in to the tank. You step in and close the door behind you. I hear some places are actually “tanks” but this was more like a room. It’s pitch black, the water is 93.5 degrees and the air is skin temperature. The water has 1200 pounds of epsom salt. You lay down in the water, which is only a couple feet deep, and you FLOAT! After 90 minutes music comes on and eases you out of your float. Now don’t panic! It might be a little hard to find the door but you know it is there! Just feel around the walls until you come to it. You get out, wash off the salt water and that’s it!
The only bad part for me was my own fault! I had just gotten my hair done the day before. I read the night before that you shouldn’t float if you’ve had highlights in the last 2 weeks. So I wore a swim cap in an attempt to keep the salt water off my hair. Don’t bother!! My hair was soaked and the cap bugged me the whole time. I suggest you just go with the intent of getting your hair wet and washing it in the shower when you come out.
Those who advocate for floating suggest there are great physical, spiritual and learning advantages. I’m not sure about that but for only $45 I really enjoyed the experience and will definitely do it again!!
My husband said that he was extremely relaxed and just floated on his back the whole time…if you know us you know he is way more Zen than me! I have a mind that is always working on something. I did some stretching and worked on a couple projects in my mind…good time to concentrate on one thing and work it out. It wasn’t until the very end that I was really still and started more of a meditative state. Even though I wasn’t still the whole time I still enjoyed the whole experience.
I’m not a fan of junk eMail, who is?! It’s such a waist of time to have to read even the title line. I make a point to scroll down and “unsubscribe” to the junk that comes in. I think it helps because compared to other people’s email I have seen I get very little junk.
I like to research everything. I think it comes from a childhood where every time I asked a question I was told to “go look it up”. Who else had that huge set of encyclopedias? AKA…the first Google! So now with vast information at my fingertips I feel compelled to find out all about it. Wether it’s the best reward credit card, a fuel additive for my car or the cream I put on my face. I read the reviews, research the research and then try it myself to pick out my absolute favorite. Then once that’s done I usually stick with it, feeling confident about my choice. Unless it’s discontinued… don’t you hate it when that happens?! You find your absolute favorite lip stick and then they stop making it!!! 😱 Well, that’s what “Favorite Products” is all about. My absolute favorite whatever it may be. Read on and maybe you’ll agree. Or if not, you can let me know I missed out on something even better and maybe tomorrow I’ll have a new Favorite.
Minutiae Management 