If there is one year in my life that had a great impact on me, it was 1991, about twenty-six years ago, when I lived in a floation center in Middelburg, the Netherlands and had the opportunity to…

I’ve been hearing about float tanks, sensory deprivation tanks or isolation tanks for years. They’re like enclosed bath tubs, square or round, filled with salt water (or magnesium sulphate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_sulfate] to be exact) that is warmed to your body temperature that you lie in. But it’s like the Dead Sea, there’s so much salt (I think 500 kg or 1000 lbs of salt per tank) that you float. And once you close the tank and switch off the light, it’s pitch black. And…

In a way, sensory deprivation hilariously underscored the primacy of my body.

I paid $69 to spend an hour in a pitch-black sensory deprivation tank.

"In the depths of tranquility, floating weightlessly in a sensory deprivation chamber, the mind transcends boundaries, surrendering to a realm of serene introspection and profound relaxation."

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