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Float your stress away TEXT: SOFIE COUWENBERGH | PHOTOS: FLOATCENTER
While floating has been around for over two decades, it has only recently become a treatment that is accessible to more just the lucky few. In the Netherlands, FloatCenter plays a big role in making this happen. “We want to make the benefits of floating available for everyone,” says CEO Rob Koene. And research has shown that floating, the act of letting your body float on 30 centimetres of special salted water, has many benefits for both physical and mental health. It reduces stress, blood pressure and heart rate; improves blood circulation and stimulates the release of endorphins which make you feel good. This means that floating can be used to address and remedy a wide range of health problems, from burn-out to sleep issues, back pain, addictions and sport injuries. However, floating is not a ‘one size fits all’ treatment. That is why FloatCenter 82 | Issue 30 | June 2016
offers individual guidance for each of its clients. “A stressed-out business man, a carpenter with back pain and a tennis player with a sports injury can all benefit from floating,” says Koene, “but they’ll all have a different experience.” When visiting FloatCenter for the first time you will be asked about the reasons for your visit and will get a personalised floating session, after which the effects of that sessions will be explained. “That’s the idea behind FloatCenter: we offer floating in the best possible way and make sure everybody learns to use it correctly so that they receive optimum benefits from it,” says Koene. That means that not only the guidance needs to be top notch, but the quality of the float rooms as well. FloatCenter uses the world-renowned Ocean FloatRooms that can be used both in wellness and in medical environments. Because of the size of the rooms, the non-skid floors, the
use of special Epsom salts and the highest quality of water, everyone can enjoy them. That all-inclusive approach to floating is also why FloatCenter focuses on expanding not only in the Netherlands, but also internationally to Belgium, the UK and the US through franchising. So the next time you feel like it is all getting a bit too much, check if there is a FloatCenter near you and give floating a try. www.floatcenter.nl