Float tank anyone?, Has anyone tried this method of relaxing Options

I was wondering if anyone had been in a float tank, apparently it is another way to mindfulness, only it is done with sensory deprivation instead.

The person goes into a tank of water which has Epsom salts in it and they float, there is a choice of floating in the dark or leaving the lights on inside the tank.

This is said to stop overactivity on one side of the brain and balance both sides out allowing deep relaxation and the ability to reach parts of the brain that allow for creativity, imagination, self-visualisation and problem solving.

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Oh, well there's numerous reasons.

Humans are inherently social creatures - spending long periods in a float tank is equivalent to solitary confinement. People go mad from lack of interaction. This generally coincides with dendrite structures dying off (there's probably a causal relationship between the two - one direction or the other).

Also, there's the loss of orientation, as Seiko says, but the previous one is more important.

People need sensory stimulation, otherwise their brain can start creating its own (read that, hallucinations). Once out of sensory deprivation, one can also be very gullbile - an interaction-starved mind often accepts anything it's told (it's a common brainwashing method, as far as brainwashing can be said to work, but that's another issue).

So yes. 1 hour = good. 1 day = very bad. All in moderation.