WELL BEING____________________________________________________________________
FLOATING
WELLNESS
By Shenaaz Vanker
If you're anything like me and find
yourself torn between your kids needing
you 24/7, your significant other
needing you 34/7 and your boss trying
to get you to work somewhere between
30/7, you will agree that the only
possible way to achieve this is to clone
yourself.
Since that's not an option, I have
resorted to other means of staying
sane. Some being: going for regular
massages, drinking chamomile tea
before bed and taking long baths in
hot water saturated with lavender oil,
amongst other things. Nothing
worked. As soon as I left the massage
therapist I felt good. The aches and
pains were gone, until on my way
home I encountered people that
decided to try their hand at driving.
Lo and Behold!, the road rage kicked
it. So what was the solution to this
daily stress? Be it on the road, at
home, at work, with our families and
friends. I was determined to find
something that worked and I think I
might have just found the answer.
There is a new kid on
the block people:
Float Therapy.
Now I was very sceptical about this. I mean,
just look at the pod you have to get into. It
looked like something out of a space
invasion movie. Curious, I decided to give it
a go. I took the required shower before
getting into the pod. Anxiously, I lay down
on the water, waiting to sink to the bottom,
but nothing happened. As hard as I tried, I
couldn't get my body to touch the bottom
of the pod. The water is filled with so much
Epsom salts that it's impossible to sink. The
pod has a lid that closes and encapsulates
you, which at first I was terrified to close. It
also has a light inside which can be kept on
or off. Needless to say I kept mine on.