Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Seen the Float Nation documentary yet?



Funded with a very successful Kickstarter campaign, filmmakers Jory Piglowski and Carl Jessee created a documentary feature that delves into the world of floatation (Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique).

The full film can be watched for free in HD 


The film is the end result of a month-long road trip across the United States and parts of Canada. 

Float Nation explores the common use of ‘floating’ and its many uses and health benefits. Puzzled by the vast amount of flotation research and recreational use, and a general lack of awareness amongst the public at large, the film-makers set out to talk to researchers, float tank innovators, tank users, doctors, and float centre owners to figure out what floating really is and why it was relatively obscure to the mainstream.  

Experts and talking-heads share and exchange views on the benefits sensory deprivation can bring to all of us.

The i-sopod features heavily in this documentary at various junctures confirming its place in the US and world market as one of the very best float tanks. You can see this pod and its functions alongside some contrasting antique models being used by the pioneers of floatation.


Thursday, 10 December 2015

Top US Basketball player Steph Curry's Floatation Tank secret

Here’s a great opportunity to find out just how good floatation tanks are and how they work.

Featured in this clip from American sports show Hang Time in which EPSN – The Magazine’s journalist Sam Alipour visits a floatation centre with Stephen Curry (Warriors Guard) and Harrison Barnes (Warriors Forward) of the Golden State Warriors basketball squad.

We learn that one of the biggest trends in the sports science world is athletes using floatation tanks to protect and repair their bodies and minds.

In the clip, the two basketball players use i-sopod tanks, based at Reboot Spa in San Francisco. They go on to discuss the benefits of regular float sessions and they both agree that it’s good to let go of their thoughts and see where their mind takes them as they lay back in the Epsom salt solution.  They endorse the experience because it soothes their bodies as well as their minds. 


Stephen mentions that he begins the session by planning play strategies but within minutes he’s relaxed and it’s Russian roulette as to what his mind may turn up.

All in all, our i-sopod floatation tanks are certainly having a positive impact on these two player’s game. The team’s performances speak for themselves just as they are getting closer to the longest regular season winning streak in NBA history.

Coincidence? We don’t think so.