Stasis Float Notes - July 2024
"If floating were a pill, everyone would take it."
~ Float Research Collective
SCIENCE!
Here at the big white newsletter desk, we’re always looking for hard research that supports our guests’ excellent in-tank experiences. So…we are thrilled to announce that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just dropped a major study examining the benefits of floating!
According to the NIH: “Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy via floatation (i.e., floatation-REST) is a behavioral intervention designed to systematically attenuate exteroceptive sensory input to the nervous system.”
Uhm…ha ha ha, OK…. I think we know what floating is, even without all the big words. This study of floating, the first funded by NIH, focused on safety. They found that floating has NO serious adverse effects—and many positive effects—for people with conditions ranging from clinical anxiety and depression to PTSD.
By comparison, consider how safety has become a major concern around medications for depression and anxiety. Many antidepressant medications like SSRIs contain suicide warnings and anti-anxiety medications using benzodiazepines have addiction warnings. Serious adverse events can also occur with psychedelics: an FDA advisory committee recently rejected MDMA for the treatment of PTSD. Indeed, even non-chemical behavioral interventions such as psychotherapy come with safety issues.
If floating were a pill, everyone would take it! The study is open access and freely available to read and share online HERE
An Amazing Relaunch!
For the past three months, we’ve been relaunching your favorite float center as “Stasis” (formerly: “Bodymind”). This has been an absolutely amazing time for us, and we are proud to announce that we have passed the 100-member mark!
Our members—old and new—believe in the power of floatation therapy and we at Stasis love to support you all on this journey. Thank you for your support and for providing us the opportunity to refresh and expand our services.
Our relaunch contest has also concluded. We had 13 winners, including a grand prize of a free monthly float for life!
Hope Floats!
We’re proud of the health benefits that float-research has revealed, but we also think it’s important that the medical profession take the next step.
What would that look like? We envision a time when doctors and medical professionals can actually prescribe floating for anxiety and specific bodily pains!
To this end, your very own Stasis Float Center is participating in a fundraising drive for The Float Research Collective.
To participate, follow the link below or click the image!
https://clinicalfloat.funraise.org/fundraiser/floatstasis
You totally deserve it.
Meet the Staff!
Knitting!
In addition to making awesome candles, Lisa likes to spend some of her downtime knitting! Her favorite knitting tool is the Infinity Knitting Loom, which allows her to perfectly create groovy things like her most recent creation: a teal throw blanket!
If you see her knitting at work, ask her about her next project! You go, Lisa!
Glenn Runyan - Owner and Manager
Jake - Asst. Manager
STAFF FLOTATIONISTS: Dan, Lisa, Mary, and Melissa
Concept and design by Dan S., Flotation Applications Synergist (danskidmore.com)