It was sort of a bizarre gift. For my 22nd birthday, my father gave me an hour alone in a dark tank. The tank was at a spa-like center in San Francisco called Zazen, where you can pay $70 for a ...

An ESSENCE beauty writer shares what it’s like to float in a sensory deprivation tank and why it’s her new go-to wellness treatment. From laser acne treatments to cupping therapy, I’m constantly ...

Travis Bonovsky's hands shook from stress four years ago. He drank too much, he admitted, not knowing how else to cope with his taxing advertising job. Bonovsky knew that he needed to make a change in ...

Closing myself in a float-therapy pod, a pitch-black capsule of water, sounds like a plot point in Final Destination 5: Mom’s Panic Attack. I’m not entirely claustrophobic, but you’ll never catch me ...

A few months ago, a mysterious new business opened in my neighborhood: a “flotation therapy center” offering one-hour sessions in sensory deprivation tanks. “Aren’t you curious?” beckoned the sandwich ...

If the words 'float tank' (or 'sensory depravation tank') bring to mind images of Homer Simpson splashing about in the dark and then going on a hallucinogenic trip (see the episode Make Room For Lisa ...

When I was a baby, the nap was a concept I had little regard for. There was too much going on in the world during the day that descending into darkness again for an hour or so was something I did only ...

— -- I get really nervous before my rec league soccer games. I play goalkeeper and like many athletes (using the term loosely here), I put way too much pressure on myself. The day of a match, I ...