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Koornut

Koornut

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So my last half dozen or so floats I have begun to experiment with different movements and orientations of my body in the tanks.

It started with placing my arms in different positions. Firstly crossed across my upper chest with my hands grasping my shoulders; settling in to fully releasing any tension in my body for ~20mins, thus falling into an atypical minimal gravity moment in which it feels like I am sliding headfirst on my back on an unknown medium.
This is further enhanced by very gently and with minimal movement rocking my hips left and right to get the spine in a nice wiggle.
They key is to use as little effort and muscle as possible to ease the slide back into the mini-g feeling.

The waves on the water is something of a nuisance, but if you've had enough edible ganja you can feel the size of the tank through the waves man - and just sliide right into the rhythm of them. ;)

Another fun one is a spinal twist which I need to diagram to show you how it's done because it's quite a precarious balancing act - the final feeling once you've found this position is such that your upper torso is rotating clockwise and your hips and legs are rotating counter-clockwise.

I understand this is more parlour trick or illusion than consciousness exploration but curious nonetheless.

Anybody try something similar?:)
 
Float tanks are awesome and primed for experimentation. I fell asleep in one once and had a semi-nightmare where the world around me was shaking apart violently. I woke up in darkness to the realization that I had been asleep and snoring violently. Then I laughed at the absurdity.
 
I went into my last float very inebriated from some strong weed. It was quite the little journey. It took longer to get into it than usual, but when I did it was probably my favourite float so far. It felt as if the whole world was tilting back and forth and I no longer felt like I was in a pod, but a massive room.

Had some great personal insights regarding my tinnitus as well, as it was bugging me at the time. I could connect with the sound and it helped me come to terms with it in a way. I need to do another one soon, but they are so expensive!
 
mmm yeah the price plays a big role in accessibility, I'm lucky enough to work at a centre part time. It's the cost of climate control that is most expensive from a business standpoint, unless you build from scratch with renewables or solar hydro systems it's hard to avoid the higher ticket price.
We heat the entire room that the tank sits in, would be more efficient if the tank was a 10x4x4ft room on its own.

@mitakuye
I've found that hovering into and out of sleep/dream states to be rich and interesting. Especially when you lose your bearings as to which state you are in at a given point. You can sometimes observe the awake imagination--->asleep dream mechanism, whatever that is.

On heavy canna, I often have full body convulsions. Not violent or anything like that I don't feel like something is wrong. They are more rhythmic in nature, and quite comforting. The lack of solid ground underfoot only helps to enhance it.
I have identical convulsions during rest periods in a strong yin yoga session, feels like tension is literally escaping my body through the kinetics of the movement.
 
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