Entries Tagged as 'experiences'
aural exhalation in the 2nd hour
In my first hour of the float, I amused my mind by listening to harold budd’s “Lovely Thunder” album. In the 2nd hour, I floated in silence. My body began a number of elongations and relaxations. I felt pain in various places as Relaxation, that Mother of All, began to wrap her arms around me and take me back to where I once was.
There was pain in my left shoulder blade area, reminding of some tennis injuries. My head tilted to the left, reminding me of a motorcycle fall. My hips loosened up, reminding me of that time I jumped from a high wall in Vegas. My neck loosened up, reminding me of being hit from the back in New Port richey, Florida.
And then the break-through came, my body started melting. On each exhalation, all I could do was say “oooohhhhhhh”, “ooooohhhhh” …. with each exhalation, Mother Relaxation lay bare her bosom and invited me deeper into her secret treasure regions of Origin, Bliss, Creation, and of course, the Voice of the Silence.
stay and float just a little bit longer
I was listening to Adrian Juarez’ “Amilcar” — all 47 minutes of it… now, normally when the music ends, my float ends. But today, my body was screaming for me to stay.
And the real unwinding began. For the first time, there was some loosening in the groin area. Typical opening up of the left shoulder blade. And some nice extension in the neck as well… over and over these areas showed me how I was holding loads of unnecessary tension.
When your body wants to mis-align, let it
I was in my tank and all sorts of “acceptable” levels of tension was dropping away. And I again make the common mistake of thinking I have relaxed completely and am ready for perfect posture. And then my body releases into a curve to the left… completely asymmetrical and unstraight. And for a moment, I’m tempted to “right” my body… thankfully, I honored the body’s wisdom and let it hang out like that for awhile, eventually it came back to “correct” on its own.
How nice when you can get out of the way of yourself!
the neck issues improve and reveal deeper weaknesses
I have been using muscular tension to strap my body together. As I relax, all of my skeletal weaknesses emerge. They are mainly in the cervical area and even in the neck itself.
This is a fascinating trip of recovery.
When I float
I feel like this: 
Image by Jean Luc Bozzoli
hey, my neck hurts!
Floating is usually about getting rid of pain, but today I am experiencing a pain that I used to have. At one point, I had difficulty moving my neck to the right after being backsided. Now, since then, this only cropped up once.
I suppose floating is completely unwinding me and things that I had covered up are now being uncovered.
open little spine, won't you open?
today Mother Water was gently tugging at my lower spine. It hurt a few times as she brought me into line. Over and over she gently teased apart my bunched together muscles…
I listened to music while in the tank. I will have to do more of that!
open little spine, won’t you open?
today Mother Water was gently tugging at my lower spine. It hurt a few times as she brought me into line. Over and over she gently teased apart my bunched together muscles…
I listened to music while in the tank. I will have to do more of that!
you are not as wet after a salt bath
I’ve noticed that my skin is silky smooth and not so wet after floating… salt must help the water actually get into my body as opposed to beading up on the skin.