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My younger brother first told me about this place and said it was absolutely amazing. He's 18 and loves trying new things no matter how "out there" they seem and more than that, he loves sharing his experiences with others so I knew I had to try this for him. As fate would have it, Andrea also won a free floating session through Facebook so she booked an appointment for the both of us for last night. Unfortunately when we showed up my appointment was nowhere to be found and I was disappointed :/ BUT then enter Raquel, one of the owners, who completely saved the day! Raquel was very apologetic though it wasn't her fault and offered me a Halotherapy session, which is dry salt.
If it's your first time you are asked to watch a five minute video explaining the Floating bed. Though I didn't float, I did notice after my session in the Halotherapy bed that a lot of the things that the video says the floating will do also happen in the bed.
It's hard to describe what the bed looks like so I attached two photos of it. Basically it's like a tanning bed except made out of wood and the top is glass. If you look at the photos you'll see that you lay on wooden little planks and underneath those planks is the salt. The lights you see are white, indicating the bed is off; they turn red when it's on.
I got in with just underwear (I don't like the word 'panties'...*shudder*) and laid down. There is a wooden triangle in the bed that can be moved up and down on one side to make it taller or shorts (the same way you can move the back of a pool chair), or you can completely remove it. I left it in - it's intended for your legs to help circulation. The wooden bed was uncomfortable at first. I kept shifting, trying to get comfortable but what I noticed after about five minutes of laying still that the pain I felt was the bed hitting pressure points and the pain actually felt good and helped my back.
I laid there for a while and was waiting to see the mist that Raquel told me about. Apparently the mist is infused with the salt and you're supposed to take deep breaths. I'm not sure how much time went by but I started to get sleepy and I wasn't sure if it was because I was bored waiting for something to happen or because it was doing what it was meant to. The video explains that you'll eventually start to drift off without realizing it and you can have lucid dreams. That's exactly what happened. Without realizing it I had fallen asleep and even though I knew in my mind that my dreams were dreams, I still felt ridiculously rested - like I had been sleeping for hours when in reality I was only asleep for maybe 10 minutes.
When I got done, I went to the room that is provided to guests which has four chairs and is surrounded by salt lamps. You are offered water and tea. There are also books that help pick salt lamps and different rocks. While I was there I met a man who did the floating treatment and he told me that the first time he did it he was convinced that there was water running in the room he was in but there wasn't. Regardless, he heard waterfalls. The next time he heard crickets. Amazing. Imagine how relaxed he was. My GF loved it as well. She said she lost track of time and was more relaxed than she'd ever been.
Do I recommend this place? Well we already have an appointment for next week, so. If you can, ask for Raquel
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