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Experience True REST

Your first visit will likely be very memorable. Many people emerge from the pod with a huge smile and feel wonderful.

Tour of the Center

Your first visit will start off with a tour of the Center featuring the REST Pod, Oxygen Bar and Saltwater aquarium.

The Quiet Room is a private room where clients relax after their Float. Upon entry you will notice the elegant design and the alluring call of the Saltwater aquarium, containing majestic fish. The Quiet Room features subtle music and an Oxygen Bar, which is free for all Members.

True REST features an ADA compliant REST Suite, with ample room for wheelchair access and a ADA compliant shower. Many clients with severe fibromyalgia and other movement restricting problems find this specially designed room very helpful.

Each REST Suite contains a changing area and private showers. The Pod is automatically cleaned and disinfected after each use and will be pristine for every client, every visit.

The Center features a Prep Room, used after a Float for hair drying and other preparation.

What can you expect?

Preparation

• REST is perhaps the easiest pastime imaginable. The only precaution that you should take is that you should not shave, wax, or tan at all on the day of your REST session. The high salt content of the water can be irritating to freshly shaved, tanned or waxed skin. We provide Vaseline in every room for people to cover any small cuts and grazes.
• Please do not wear any hair or skin products prior to floating. If you have hair coloring that has not set you cannot go in the tank until the color is set and nothing washes out in the shower. Try not to eat about an hour before the float and have an empty stomach and bladder. Avoid caffeine 4 hours prior to your Float. You must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Your First Float

• Your first Float will start out with a 5 minute Introductory Video on flotation therapy and the True REST Float Center.
• You will be taken to the Quiet Room where you will replace your shoes with sandals (Epsom salts can be corrosive to shoes and clothes. You may not want to wear your "best" clothes.) We recommend bringing a towel, but you can rent a big fluffy one from us for $3.

The Float Suite

• Upon entering the private room you will rinse off in a warm shower
• Each room contains earplugs and Vaseline to cover up small cuts and grazes. We recommend earplugs to avoid swimmers ear and salt in your ear canal.(Epsom salts can irritate freshly shaved skin and we do NOT recommend floating on the day of a shave, waxing, or tan.)

Entering the REST Pod

• Upon entering the pod the automatic sensors will start your full 60 minute float session. The lights remain on until you turn them off. The water is heated to skin temperature, and even though it is only 10 inches deep, it contains 1,200 pounds of our specially formulated salt directly imported from Germany. This is the reason you are able to float on the surface.
• Climb into the pod and lie back gently, the buoyancy will lift you up. It is difficult to gauge how relaxed you are whilst floating, but will you notice afterward! Clients with sports injuries or back pain experience some discomfort in the early stages. One's brain focuses on even minor sensations due to a complete lack of "feeling" elsewhere. Keep relaxed and the aches and pains will drift away. (RELAX! Your body and head are completely supported by the water. You do not need to force you head up and your are in no danger of rolling over. Try touching the bottom of the pods with your hands...it is very difficult.)

In-Pod Experience

• Music will begin as soon as you enter the Pod. Music lasts 10 minutes in the beginning followed by silence and 5 minutes at the end of your session. It will take awhile for your brain to settle down, but the music is designed to distract you from your own thoughts. Try humming to yourself while in the Pod or hum when you exhale. It will sound powerful and loud and can be quite fun. Please do not become frustrated if it takes your mind a bit to settle down as everyone experiences this at first.The real benefits are normally only noticed after the session is complete.
• Remember you are in a private room, so you can leave the pod door open if you wish (you may feel a chill if you leave it open the entire hour), alternatively you can prop it partially open with your towel, rolled up. You might want to leave the pod's interior light on. (Switch is to your right while lying down).
• If you get salt in your eyes there is a bottle of pure water hanging inside the pod.

Ending the Session

• Music will begin at the end of your session letting you know your time is up. If you fall asleep the lights will turn on gradually and the automatic purification system will start, waking you up. If this doesn't work and you are still asleep you may hear a knock on the door.
• Upon exiting the REST pod make sure to thoroughly rinse off all salty water and to rinse your ears thoroughly, as in rare cases crystalline salt can cause ear aches. Salt can be corrosive to clothes, but is great for skin and hair. Epsom salts don't rob your skin of salt, thus their is no pruning or wrinkling, but instead your skin will be left soft and silky.
• Please try to vacate the room within 10 minutes at the end of your session, as we need to prepare for the next client. Enjoy your float session!
• Upon getting your clothes back on you are free to re-claim your shoes or use our Prep Room for hair drying or makeup.