6 Deep Health Benefits of Float Therapy
Our lives are multifaceted and we know that stress is cumulative amongst the different parts of our lives.
Deep health is an important concept that I've been studying as a part of my Sleep, Stress Management, and Recovery certification along with my Master Health Coaching program.
Deep health takes into consideration our:
physical health
mental health
emotional health
spiritual/existential health
environmental health
social health
You may be familiar with how some or all of these aspects of our lives affect our health and just as each category can contribute positively, stress can affect us in each of these areas as well.
So it's just important to find ways to recover that satisfy each of these deep health components.
As I've been going through this program and learning how to coach our individual and unique recovery strategies that work for each of these areas, it's become apparent to me that floating is as close to perfect a recovery tool that we have access to because it satisfies recovery in each of the 6 categories of deep health.
What Makes Floating So Great For Deep Health?
Physical health is restored by things like good nutrition, quality sleep, and varied movement to promote physical adaptation. And floating provides great physical recovery by taking all pressure off of our body. The effects of this physical restoration get us into a state that feels like the best nap ever (and actual sleep for many floaters).
Mental health requires periods of mental recovery and creativity to bounce back from deep work and more productive time in our schedule. Float tanks are amazing places to work on creative problem solving or just let whatever patterns of creativity come up for you.
Emotional health gets recovered through the healthy expression of emotions, but just as importantly, from purposely getting into a positive and calm state and we know there's no more calm and tranquil state to get into than floating.
Spiritual or existential health recovers through introspection and thinking about our "why" and the bigger picture. This is often very difficult for us to do but when we have the time in the float tank we are often able to spend the time searching our own depths for answers to these questions.
Environmental health - Removing ourselves from environmental distractions and literal and metaphorical noise is one of the best environmental recharges we can do. It helps our nervous system get back
Social recovery looks like healthy communication and conflict resolution. But also, spending time alone is how we can bring ourselves to recharge our social batteries to bring our best to social situations.
So floating really is an amazing resource for deep recovery across all dimensions of our health.