Flotation therapy was invented in the 1950s and caught on in the 1980s thanks partly to the movie “Altered States,” in which William Hurt played a professor experimenting with sensory deprivation ...

In mental health care, it’s not uncommon for patients to pursue complementary therapies to manage mental illness. As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen patients who take dozens of daily vitamin supplements.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘In the float tank, robbed of any ambient distractions, my brain set off at full speed, like a wild horse that had slipped its ...

Tom Brady and other athletes have touted flotation tanks as a way to speed up muscle recovery. Celebrities like Elle Macpherson and Jennifer Lawrence have heralded the calming effects and skin ...

We tried dry float therapy, which promises stress reduction and relaxation in futuristic settings, at Quantum Wellness Spa and WellNest.

Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson searched the valley for alterative wellness modalities that are lesser-known and have proven benefits. Follow along each Sunday in January and discovery ...

Travis Bonovsky's hands shook from stress four years ago. He drank too much, he admitted, not knowing how else to cope with his taxing advertising job. Bonovsky knew that he needed to make a change in ...

What Is It: Just Float is a float therapy center that allows clients to spend an hour effortlessly floating in a private salt-water tanks Who Tried It: Gabrielle Olya, PEOPLE writer and reporter Level ...

When I was a baby, the nap was a concept I had little regard for. There was too much going on in the world during the day that descending into darkness again for an hour or so was something I did only ...

Vanessa McDonald-Hobbs climbed into the small, shallow pool, pulled a large clamshell lid over the top and eased, flat on her back, into the water. She closed her eyes. Because of the high salt ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. spas now offer dry float tanks — designed to create weightlessness and stress relief without requiring ...