Vol. 013–Want to Reboot Your System? Use a Flotation tank, One Massive benefit you don't want to miss

1 oz of water to garden your health

2 Tools for growth

1 Cool Product

Mystery Prize

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Action to water your health

Flotation tanks (aka sensory deprivation tank, isolation tank, Restricted environmental stimulation therapy), wow! that's a lot of names for one thing. Anyways. What's the point of these little space capsules? 

Originally invented in 1954 by John C. Lilly a neuroscientist and psychologist to test whether consciousness could exist outside of the body. Since his time these little suckers have evolved. 

So what is a float tank?

• The Size: 8′ long and 4.5′ wide

• Air is allowed to freely flow in and out, and the door never locks or latches.

•  Holds ~10″ of water

• High Concentration of Epson salt (850lbs, more buoyant than the Dead Sea) so you float! (Jack from the titanic could have used this)

• Lightless

• Soundless

Ok, that's enough of the specs. Let's talk about the real and main benefits of these little spaceships. But first. Let's talk about what they DO NOT do (contrary to what companies spam).

They DO NOT help with heart disease, diabetes, bone health, or cure cancer. Scouring through the depths of hell for this article. I found companies that indeed laid out these claims (no I won't link them and give them more press). 

Single Benefit

You're floating in space with. Darkness. Quietness. And. Stillness. You enter A Psychedelic Inner Space Odyssey. You are: 

• Detached from your normal stream of thoughts

• Unaware of space-time

• Stripped of all but consciousness.

Your worries, issues, and to-do lists are meaningless. It's just you and nothingness. One year or one second could have passed. 

If you are a yogi and have reached the state of nirvikalpa samadhi (a higher state of awareness where the ego and samskaras have been dissolved and only consciousness remains), you don't need the flotation tank. If not this exploration will reboot and reconfigure your body.

Lilly never did find his answer to the truth of consciousness (likely we'll never find it). But one thing is for sure. You'll change the person you once were (however, small)

Research is ongoing on using flotation devices on anxiety, depression, insomnia, and muscle soreness. So stay tuned!

Tools for growth

Designstripe: Convert any SVG file into an animated video with a scribble sketch effect, and export it as a GIF or a Lottie file 🎉. Kinda awesome. Try it yourself. Here's an example.

Flow Club: Virtually allows you to have accountability, and set goals. Honestly kinda weird at first. But the idea is great. You show up in a small session have a goal and work. 

Cool Product

AmiofitS: From the company's website "Biohacking Vagus Nerve and Autonomic Nervous System | Wearable device for SLEEP, STRESS & ANXIETY".

Ok, this is a wacky one. At first thought wow this, is the most idiotic...but turns out the members have some scientific background. And scientific papers were published. If you're interested let me know and I'll do a full dive (read the papers and others) and reach out to some neurobiology folks to see if this actually works. 

Mystery Prize

Go read this article on empirical notes on kissing. You'll learn how the lips send waves of data to the brain’s somatosensory cortex at a mere touch, and how kissing temporary euphoria through specific brain chemicals. 

You're an awesome human,

Martin, CEO of braincrumbss