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How Does Hydrogen Peroxide Work?
I set out this week to write a short post on how Hydrogen Peroxide works in keeping float tank water clean. The information online was so complicated that I reached out to a scientist at the Oregon Health and Science University for assistance. While much of the science is still beyond me, hopefully this post…
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Is a Flashy Float Tank Worth the Investment? | Dylan’s Salty Mailbag
In today’s post I respond to Rishi, who is trying to decide between a cheaper $6K float pod or an expensive $19K float pod. Hey Dylan, I am in something of a fix. I have an option between going for a $6K pod and one that costs $19K. The expensive one looks gorgeous and is…
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Black Carpet, Salty Float Center
The flooring in your float rooms is going to be a top priority in the design and construction of your float center, but what about the floors around the rest of your center? You wouldn’t expect a float center to have black carpet, yet that’s exactly what we have running down the hall that leads…
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The Art of Floating: Present & Future
While Sandra and I are meeting the demands of running, growing, expanding and nurturing a business, Brian and I have managed to meet almost every Tuesday to go over our latest blog posts. We made an agreement with each other that we would blog for one year. No questions asked, no excuses. We agreed to…
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2014 – The State of the Float Shoppe
I’ve been receiving an unprecedented number of emails recently from people letting me know their progress as they work to start their float center. I’ve also been getting a growing number of emails from business owners letting me know about their progress developing their business, sharing their successes and of course the speed bumps that…
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Rest Easy With the Right Neck Pillow
We tend to keep our neck muscles tight the first few times we float. Even as you learn to relax all the other muscles throughout your body, the brain still unconsciously keeps your neck muscles strained. Afterall, your brain knows that letting your head dip underwater is unsafe, it’s a survival mechanism. Throughout humanity this…
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Choosing a Laundry System
Today we dive in to another question from Dylan’s Salty Mailbag. Christian commented on our tour video post with the following: We’re struggling with laundry and wondering if you are happy with your situation. A commercial washer and dryer is almost 10x the cost of a residential model, and while certainly more robust, we can’t…
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The Temperature Myth
Why 93.5 Degrees is Not the Ideal Floating Temperature NOTE: Any temperature changes should be made moderately and within safety limits. Those floating in your tanks are in a vulnerable state and put you in a place of responsibility for taking care of them. Please do all necessary research on body/brain safety before altering the…
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Happy Holidays from The Art of Floating!
http://youtu.be/pyxl5pmBYZ0 While we are taking a little break over the holidays, we thought we would take a minute to wish everyone a happy holiday, and also introduce the other two people who make the Art of Floating exist. Brian is everything behind the scenes. He is my editor, film and sound guy, idea organizer, IT…
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Take a Video Tour of our Float Center
If you’ve never been able to visit the Float Shoppe, today you can take a virtual behind the scenes tour of our entire center. This tour will walk you through our: Front lobby Zen Room Massage Room Acupuncture Room Tranquility Room Floatarium Room Counseling Room Infinity Room Storage Spaces Utility Room Thank you for joining…
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Is Starting a Float Center Right for You?
Opening and running a float center is an incredible undertaking. What will be asked of you will most likely push you to more extremes than anything you have ever done in you life, particularly if this is your first business or even first brick and mortar. Every individual opening a float center will bring their…
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How A Video Game Company Taught Me To Hire
During the 2013 float conference Graham Talley talked on stage about how he couldn’t imagine hiring someone based on their resume. He found hiring based on internships to be exponentially better. This stuck with me over the months following the conference. The same questions kept percolating: If I don’t have an internship program, what is…
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Skip burnout and Stay Inspired
My first year of opening the Float Shoppe was about creating new skills within myself and trying to learn the ins and outs of every facet of the business. My second year has been about discovering which of those skills fill me up and make me happy/fulfilled and which ones become a chore and tedious.…
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Have a Clean Day!
In any brick and mortar business it’s important to have a set time to clean and make tweaks on existing equipment. For some businesses it’s a few hours needed once a month; For float centers you will need this once a week. If you are just starting your float center business, you may want to…
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When Float Tank Pumps Die
When our pump started making occasional whirring noises I knew I was getting a hint that my pump was on it’s way out. When it started screaming like a banshee, I knew I had waited too long before figuring out how to swap it out. This is a brief account of my experience replacing our…
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Presence is a Gift
Whether you are running your float center by yourself or if you have a slew of employees, where you put your attention and your level of presence will change the experience in your float center as much as the type of float tanks you have. I encourage you to practice presence when a client walks…
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For the Love of Towels
We’ve got a quick post today that will help you save your towels! For anyone who is already running a float center, you’ll find that some people wipe off a LOT of makeup on your towels. It seems that no amount of bleaching will ever return these back to their clean white state.
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39 Days of Construction – an update on the Float Shoppe
Today I would like to walk you through what I’ve been up to the last 39 days! It actually started much more than 39 days ago, when our landlord asked us if we would want to rent the first floor of the building next door if the current renters moved out. After a short deliberation,…
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