‘An hour doing absolutely nothing seems like a long time. I don’t like small spaces. What if I fall asleep?’ These were my first thoughts as I made my way to iFloat on South Road in Waterloo on Sunday morning.
iFloat offers hour-long floatation therapy sessions that supposedly come with a range of health and wellbeing benefits - anxiety relief, mindfulness, improved sleep and help with aches and pains. The business opened at the start of the month, offering a new type of wellness experience to the Sefton area. The sessions take place inside a floatation tank, which is a giant egg-like pod filled with 1,000 litres of water and 500kg of Epsom Salts.
The mixture creates a highly buoyant environment to help you lie back and float on top of the water. Aldi, Spar and Farmfoods shoppers told to 'return' products to stores Slimming World friendly recipe for scone baked oats with low fat 'cream' Now, I am willing to do anything associated with relaxing. Hot tub weekend? Yes.
Afternoon in a spa? 100%. But do nothing but float for 60 minutes? I wasn't too sure. Although it might not sound relaxing on paper, I can vouch for the fact it is after having one of the most relaxing mornings I’ve had in a long time.
First things first, it felt like a mini spa. Aside from the tank, my private room had a modern waterfall shower - to use before and after my floatation session - stocked with shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. I was given a towel, earplugs and some vaseline - in case of an.