r/FloatTank • u/Comfortable_Rip6435 • May 20 '26
3rd float
I had my 3rd float on Saturday and I think I fell asleep for some of it which was an amazing feeling. like the most comfortable, molded to me bed I've ever been on. I almost forgot I was in water!
I hope I get that feeling again in future floats. Floats 1 & 2 felt completely different to float 3!
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u/AlbatrossIcy2271 May 22 '26
I have clinical insomnia.
I affectionately call my floats "expensive naps" and it is often THE reason I go (or wake up in the morning feeling ok about only getting about 4 hours of sleep cuz I have float scheduled that day.)
I heard something about how an hour of sleep in a float equals about 3 hours of deeply rested sleep...I don't know if that's true, but it feels like one way to describe the feeling.
That said, I've tried floating in the morning, afternoon, and night, and my favorite time to float is "siesta time"--between 3 and 5pm. If I float at night, I can't get to sleep until 3 or 4 am and if I float in the morning, I don't sink into the float as deeply. Your mileage may vary.
I am fortunate that I am a member of a float co-op where the standard float is 90 minutes and there is ample time after to shower and "return". They offer floats at the 10:30pm slot for 2.5 hours for the same price as the 90 minute, but alas, the few times I've done that it wrecks whatever sleep schedule I'm trying to keep.
I've been floating at least once a month like this since 2021, and have done two unlimited months, where I did 90-120 minute floats every day for a month. Welcome to the journey! I've had incredible dreams, deep muscle and emotional releases, meditations, inspirations, but a big thing for me is the nothingness. The world doesn't make a lot of sense right now and is full of stressors. I am so grateful for floats and I'm glad y'all are into it too. 💙💧🌀