How Floating Reduces Cortisol, a Stress Hormone
11Apr, 2022

How Floating Reduces Cortisol, a Stress Hormone

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Stress – it’s become a typical part of modern life. It’s also part of your body’s innate defense system. However, stress causes significant health concerns to your body and mind, including increasing the release of cortisol, a hormone linked with several adverse health outcomes and various effects on different functions within the body. The Rise of Stress in Recent Years The modern world is filled with things that are supposed to make our lives simpler and more manageable, but we’ve never been more stressed at any other point in history. […]
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National Entrepreneurship Week
18Feb, 2022

True REST Float Spa Celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week

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As a way of empowering and encouraging entrepreneurship across the United States, National Entrepreneurship Week was founded in 2006 to build equitable access to the entrepreneurship ecosystem, also known as a system that includes business practices, entrepreneurs, talent, knowledge and resources, culture and more. Entrepreneurs work diligently to build their business, dealing with the day-to-day struggles of a new venture to ensure their dreams of being a business owner are realized. True REST Float Spa recognizes this week as a moment to not only support small and local entrepreneurs but […]
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How Float Therapy Pods Provide a Solution for Sleep
11Feb, 2022

How Float Pods Provide a Solution for Sleep

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Sleep is a necessary part of life. The process allows our bodies to rest and prepare for the next day. Without it, the body functions at a lower level, reducing necessary cognitive skills—after all, your brain is responsible for telling your entire system what to do. The average person will spend more than one-third of their lifetime sleeping. However, falling and staying asleep is not easy for many and finding a solution for sleep and restless nights is difficult.  Why Solutions for Sleep are Needed Doctors recommend that the average […]
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How Float Therapy Supports a Healthy Mind
28Jan, 2022

How Float Therapy Supports a Healthy Mind

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A healthy mind is key in creating a happy and fulfilling life. However, it can be hard to maintain great mental health while struggling to balance the different stressors of life. Everyday stress and the uncertainty and consequences of COVID-19 caused a drastic rise in stress levels across the world, almost 80% of adults cite the pandemic as a primary source of stress. The effects of the pandemic are still affecting our minds, even as we begin the return to normal. Even beyond the pandemic, when we think of the things we […]
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Float Therapy is an Effective Athletic Recovery Tool
14Jan, 2022

Float Therapy is an Effective Athletic Recovery Tool

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During the Olympics last summer, we were watching amazing physical feats of Olympians across every sport. Although these athletes make their athletic prowess look effortless they have spent years, some even decades, honing their bodies to be in the best possible condition for this worldwide competition. The process of training hard every day is essentially the act of breaking down your muscles and rebuilding them to be stronger, faster and more efficient. As you can imagine, this takes a huge physical toll on their bodies. Even though not everyone is […]
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Mandy Rowe Joins the Pillars of Franchising Podcast to Discuss Float Spa Franchising
21Dec, 2021

Mandy Rowe Joins the Pillars of Franchising Podcast to Discuss Float Spa Franchising

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True REST Float Spa’s director of franchising, Mandy Rowe, sat down for a live-streamed episode of the Pillars of Franchising podcast to discuss float therapy and the experience of owning a float spa franchise. She answers live audience questions and shares what inspired her health and wellness industry journey. Mandy’s experience as a holistic therapy industry liaison and member of the Float Tank Association makes her not only a great expert in the field of float therapy but integral to fostering the success of each True REST Float Spa franchise. […]
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The Evolution of True REST Float Pods
9Dec, 2021

The Evolution of Float Pods

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The First Float Pod The incredible effects of float pods were discovered and researched by a prolific scientist, John C. Lilly, in 1954. In the first iterations of the float pod, it was a giant tank filled with warm water, and participants wore diving suits and facemasks painted black to achieve total sensory deprivation. At the time, total-body submersion was used to study the effects of float therapy but later developed into simply floating on top of the water—a practice that is still done today. Although the benefits of sensory deprivation […]
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Giving Tuesday
24Nov, 2021

Join True REST Float Spa on Giving Tuesday to Support the Yellow Ribbon Fund

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Recognizing that there is significant work to be done in the lives of military and veterans, True REST Float Spa is proud to announce its support of the Yellow Ribbon Fund this Giving Tuesday. As one of the leading and largest global generosity movements, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving serves as a worldwide effort to encourage people to do good, collaborate and celebrate acts of kindness, big or small. Giving Tuesday emboldens everyone to positively impact others and uplift their communities through smiles, small deeds, or donations to nonprofit organizations.  With this message of inspiration and alternative therapies for […]
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Veterans Day
8Nov, 2021

True REST to Give 1,700 Free Floats to Veterans this Veterans Day

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True REST Float Spa has a long history with military and veterans, providing them with opportunities to feel their absolute best since 2014. Having designated the 11th day of every month as U.S. Military Appreciation Day, the float brand has donated nearly 17,000 free floats to military service members, in addition to donating free floats each year on Veterans Day. This year, True REST Float Spa is continuing its military support by is closing locations to the public to offer veteran-only float sessions on November 11, otherwise known as Veterans […]
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Float Therapy Benefits
3Nov, 2021

Float Therapy Benefits: Zero Gravity and Sensory Deprivation

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When you hear the words “floatation therapy,” it can sound confusing, and many people have never heard of the wellness practice. However, once we explain what it is, one of the most common questions we hear at True REST Float Spa is, “how can sitting in a pool of water help me?” Fortunately, it’s an extremely simplified explanation but with powerful benefits. Floatation therapy is a holistic experience where you float in a solution made of 1,000 pounds of Epson salt and 180 gallons of water. Like the Dead Sea phenomenon, the […]
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