What is Float Therapy?
Floatation Therapy harks back to the 1950’s, when it was developed by neuropshysiologist Dr John C Lilly while he was working at the United States National Institute of Mental Health. It was quite a bit different from what we have today, but the basics are roughly the same. Throughout the nearly 70 years, it has been called a few different things such as floating, sensory deprivation, isolation tank therapy, float tank and REST – Restricted (or Reduced) Environmental Stimulation Therapy.
Flotation Therapy explained..
The first float is an experience, the full benefit is felt with cumulative floats. Each experience forms part of your own evolution. It’s a journey. It’s personal. You will let go and connect with your true self. With each float, you will return to the world feeling more alive than before. It’s a unique wellness experience that benefits the body, mind and soul.
Modern life can be chaotic and stressful. Floating allows you to experience the brilliance of peaceful rest by relieving your mind from distractions and your body from tension. The incredible silence and stillness inside the float tank allows you to achieve a deep meditative state of theta-brainwaves which simulates a therapeutic dream-like state. You can feel more vibrant and alive than ever before.
Floating is commonly referred to as Floatation Therapy or Sensory Deprivation. It involves lying in a float tank containing a highly concentrated Epsom salt solution (between 500 to 800Kg of magnesium sulfate) which creates the buoyancy to float effortlessly. The water is heated to skin temperature of approximately 34.5 degrees Celsius, so after a while the sensation of your body dissolves while you feel weightless.
The float tank environment is both sound and light proof which gives your brain the chance to disconnect from the constant bombardment of sensory input and enhance your ability to be cognitive, mindful and introspective. The Epsom salt solution is quite literally Magnesium, which is one of the most vital minerals in your body and is responsible for over 300 enzyme systems that regulate diverse biochemical reactions in the body such as muscle and nerve functions, blood glucose control and blood pressure regulation, it is also required for cellular energy production and inconjuntion with calcium contributes to the structural development of healthy bones. Magnesium is also a muscle relaxant that will leave you feeling deeply relaxed and vibrant as the tension in your body melts away and your body releases amazing energy. There is simply no other technology or environment that can simulate these evolutionary effects.
Float Tanks come in many forms, the three most common types are
- Float Pods which have a clam-shell type look and feature a lid that closes down to envelop the floater
- Float Rooms or Chambers, which are still enclosed, but are generally larger and have walls and a roof, the roof is generally around 2.4 metres high
- Float Pool – these are without high walls or a ceiling and are inside a sound and light proofed room
We are passionate about a new era of health and human potential — and evolving together, as a local and global community.
Floating is good for you.
Do you suffer from;
Pain & Inflammation
Anxiety & Depression
Interrupted Sleep
Brain Fog
Hypertension or migraine headaches
Athletic Fatigue
Floatation Therapy may provide;
Chronic Pain Management & Relief
Stress Release & Relaxation
Improved Sleep Quality
Improved Mental Focus
Regulation of Blood Pressure
Optimised Physical Conditioning
Floatation Therapy Australia – Our Mission
Our mission is to inspire the evolution of human potential through Floatation Therapy, we are passionate about a new era of health and evolving together as a local and global community.
Our Purpose
To promote floatation therapy within Australia and collaborate with other float associations internationally.
Educate the community and practitioners about the benefits of floatation as a therapy for health and wellbeing, while promoting good mental health and wellness across a range of population groups and places in which people live, learn, work and play.
Build research partnerships with academics, governments, non-government, corporates, service providers and the community to add to the global research library.
Sponsor academics and researchers to present contemporary and up to date research to health professionals and inspire local research and trials in Australia.
Establish float therapy as a mainstream therapeutic and recovery option for the community within the health, allied health, disability, aged care, veterans and sports sectors.
During the current Coronavirus Pandemic, we have assisted the industry in lobbying individual State Governments for clarification and recognition of Floatation Therapy and have successfully managed to get Floatation Therapy services open much sooner than anticipated. We have also received clarification in various states that Floatation Therapy is aligned with the Allied Health field in Western Australia and NSW has recognised Floatation Therapy as a “health service” for physical and physiological disorders and that it is regulated as a Non-Registered Health Practitioner.
We have further compiled COVID Safe Planning Guidelines and communicated this information to our members and to the industry as a whole.
Our Initiatives

NDIS
Private Health Insurers
Work Cover

Motor Accident Commission

First Responders
ADF Veteran Affairs
Float Finder
Use our Float Finder Tool to find your nearest Float Centre:
The Zone Shopping Centre, 32 Wises Rd, Maroochydore QLD 4556 - Ph (07) 5479 2036
QLD / 89 views
At Water Temple Floatation & Holistic Health, our belief is floatation therapy is a simple yet powerful tool which can benefit anyone who lays in...
VIC / 99 views
Shop 6 / 2 Market Street, Rockingham, WA, 6164
WA / 150 views
10/1 Merino Entrance, Cockburn Central, WA, 6164
WA / 79 views
‘Do Nothing - Gain Everything!’ We want you to have an experience that enhances all that your are. Additionally we want your experience to be...
QLD / 75 views
Let your troubles FLOAT away in our Floatation tanks; reducing stress and anxiety to create complete physical and mental relaxation. Recover with CRYOTHERAPY- chilling out...
NSW / 142 views
Level 2, Suite B, 1A Cross Street, Brookvale, Sydney, NSW, 2100
NSW / 81 views
Idyllic location on 24 acres, just 30 minutes from Darwin CBD, where you really can escape from it all. 705 Bees Creek Rd, Weddell, NT,...
NT / 135 views
Marina Square 203/5 Footbridge Blvd, Wentworth Point, NSW, 2127
NSW / 96 views
Heavy workloads, long hours, hectic schedules and over-stimulation leave us feeling stressed and depleted. Floatation is the antidote to the chaos of modern life, enabling...
WA / 97 views
Cnr Robina Parkway and Markeri St, Robina, QLD, 4226
QLD / 78 views
Made to Thrive is a lifestyle wellness community, that provides programs, resources and services to inspire, equip and empower you to thrive in every season....
NSW / 92 views
Liquid Zen was built to provide space for you (and us) to find the inner power to create and be all that we can be....
TAS / 188 views
Shop 1/113 Main Road, Moonah, Hobart, TAS, 7009
TAS / 136 views
Floating in a pod is like floating in space. You feel weightless and deeply relaxed as your body feels free from gravity and tension. You...
VIC / 89 views
Freedom Float has three I-sopod Floatation Tanks (shipped in from the UK), and infrared sauna, several (seriously amazing and unique) Remedial Massage therapists (many also...
QLD / 113 views
We are a Health & Wellness Centre and have combined Floatation Therapy and Spa Therapy Together to Provide our customers with the best treatment packages...
QLD / 122 views
Relax, Recover & Restore in the World’s most hygienic and chemical-free float tanks. 2/504 Lutwyche Rd, Lutwyche, QLD 4030
QLD / 202 views
Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Center, Shop T142, 420 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup, WA, 6027
WA / 83 views
Westfield Carousel Shop R109, 1382 Albany Hwy, Cannington, WA, 6107
WA / 74 views
8 St Anne Place, Devonport, TAS, 7310
TAS / 169 views
Pause. Take a moment to restore + nurture your body + mind in our wellness centre, Providing Luxury Floatation Therapy Pods, private infrared sauna suites...
NSW / 132 views
City Cave Float & Wellness Centre is driven by rejuvenation and relaxation for your mind and muscles. City Cave is equipped with state of the...
QLD / 136 views
100 Russell Street, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350
QLD / 154 views
433 Logan Rd, Greenslopes, QLD, 4120
QLD / 152 views
SHOP 4, SPRING LAKE METRO, Springfield Lakes Blvd, Springfield Lakes QLD 4300
QLD / 129 views
8B 4-8 Burke Crescent, North Lakes, QLD, 4509
QLD / 131 views
Shop 3/1 Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead QLD 4006
QLD / 51 views
Floatation therapy, infrared sauna, massage
QLD / 121 views
Cnr Bermuda & Markeri Streets, Mermaid Waters, QLD, 4218
QLD / 107 views
1 Gregory Hills Dr Gledswood Hills, NSW, 2557
NSW / 278 views
29b/25 James St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006
QLD / 81 views
Shop 3/1 Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead QLD 4006
QLD / 37 views
Shop 8, 42 Shore St West, Cleveland QLD 4163
QLD / 138 views
Shop 3/1 Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead QLD 4006,
QLD / 55 views
Shop 3/2 Natura Rise, Norwest, NSW, 2153
NSW / 265 views
149-151 George Street, Beenleigh, QLD, 4207
QLD / 113 views
1st Floor Royal Arcade, 175-181 Oxford St , Bondi Junction, NSW, 2022
NSW / 95 views
927 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane, QLD, 4169
QLD / 77 views
WA / 55 views
One of our 133 "5-Star Google Reviews" is from Kat Kutchel. She wrote... A gorgeous little escape from the outside chaos! I'd been curious about...
VIC / 90 views
We live in a world surrounded by constant internal and external stimulation. Floating is the ultimate escape – like pressing ‘mute’ on life for a...
ACT / 83 views
Library
A collection of recent articles for anyone wishing to know more about Floatation Therapy.
For further research and clinical studies, please visit our US partner’s Clinical Floatation website.
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