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Michael Cordova
- Oct 10, 2019
- 4 min
Exploring the Void - Visuals & Floating (Part 1)
My first float was something else! I entered the float tank with child like curiosity, something I had not felt for a while. I had questions running through my mind, will I fall asleep? am I going to enjoy it? how am I going to get the most out of the session? What is going to happen? I didn’t fall asleep as such but entered a deep meditative state akin to NREM sleep. I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much so that I became a member! I got the most out of the session by having no ex
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Michael Cordova
- Mar 27, 2019
- 7 min
Flowtation
Have you ever spent half an hour searching the internet which, as you find out afterwards, lasted three hours? Or opened a book shortly after breakfast and a little while later noticed that the room was getting darker? Think of a moment in your life when you were so involved in what you were doing that the rest of the world seemed to have disappeared. Your mind wasn’t wandering; you were totally focused and concentrated on that activity, to such an extent that you were not ev
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Michael Cordova
- Sep 22, 2018
- 9 min
Overnight Float – A Journey into Sleep (Case Study)
On the 19th of September I slept in a Float Pod overnight. You may be wondering why I decided to sleep in a Pod, sounds a bit extreme right? The simple answer is research! Plus, a whole bunch of people wanted to know what it was like doing an overnight and how it affected sleep and cognitive function. This was to be my 5th overnight float session, the last one was in 2016. I stayed in for 8hrs that time, that was the longest session. Previous sessions had been shorter periods
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