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Sensory deprevation

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Just wondering if anyone knows of places where there are sensory deprevation tanks in sydney. Do they exist?
Has anyone tried them?
would be interested to get a discussion happening for what people think of these,
and also if anyone has; experiences under the influence.
 
Not sure about Sydney, on the far North Coast NSW, you can go for a massage, not that kind of massage, a real one, and ask to go in a float tank. A lot of the alternative massage, health centres have them. Basically a float tank is an enclosed chamber with saline concentration in it. You get in the chamber and float in the solution. You can do this with lights on or off and in total silence if you want. Hence the sensory deprivation. There is a movie called 'Altered States' about playing around in sensory deprivation tanks with various substances.
 
I don't know where to use these in Sydney, if at all, however for the people who put in queries about isolation tanks without searching, here is some information:

Isolation tanks were invented in the 1950's by John C. Lilly:
"John Cunningham Lilly (January 6, 1915 – September 30, 2001) was a pioneer researcher into the nature of consciousness using as his principal tools the isolation tank, dolphin communication and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination. [...] Dr. Lilly's work inspired two movies made without his direct involvement, Day of the Dolphin, in 1973, in which the US Navy turns the animals into weapons, and Altered States, in 1980, in which scientists combining drugs and isolation tanks see reality dangerously unravel." (link Erowid, link Wikipedia).
In the original tanks, people were required to wear complicated head-masks in order to breathe underwater; in newer tanks, Epsom salt (1.30 grams per cubic centimeter) is added so that the subject floats with his or her face above the water. However, since the ears are submerged when the subject is in a relaxed position, hearing is greatly reduced, particularly when ear-plugs are also used. When the arms float to the side, skin sensation is greatly reduced because the air and water are the same temperature as the skin, and the feeling of a body boundary fades. The sense of smell is also greatly reduced, especially if the water has not been treated with chlorine.

A therapeutic session in a flotation tank typically lasts an hour. For the first forty minutes it is reportedly common to experience itching in various parts of the body (a phenomenon also reported to be common during the early stages of meditation). The last 20 minutes often end with a transition from beta or alpha brainwaves to theta, which typically occur briefly before sleep and again at waking. In a float tank the theta state can last for several minutes without the subject losing consciousness. Many use the extended theta state as a tool for enhanced creativity and problem-solving or for superlearning. Spas sometimes provide commercial float tanks for use in relaxation.

Shorter sessions may be relaxing and other benefits are claimed by Lilly but have not been confirmed by other scientists. Common reactions to extended sensory deprivation are hallucinations, out-of-body experiences, anxiety, and depression, and some researchers believe this to be evidence of a deep human need for almost constant input of stimuli (the opposite of Lilly's conclusion).

The Isolation tank is also called Floater tank and Floatation tank, Sensory deprivation tank, Float tank, Samahdi tank, and John Lilly tank.

(Ref: Wikipedia/Isolation Tanks)
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BigTrancer :)
 
There is evidence for past religions using them as well. Drugs and 3 days in a tank to be born again later to the suns rays.
 
I have always wanted to do this as well so if anyone can post Melbourne locations, or indeed any location Australia wide please do.
 
I have gone to one here in perth... they're pretty amazing IMO. Start looking first at expensive classy "day-spas" who advertise them as "healing" because of the salt and relaxation etc.... anyway, once you get past the pomposity of the women at the day spa *rolls eyes* the float tank is a wonderful experience
 
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