From the March, 1976 issue of High Times comes David Rensin’s story about voluntary sensory deprivation. “Life is pretty dull if we have no surprises.” —Dr. John C. Lilly “Me? I love tanks.” —General ...

The mouth of the tank lay open before me. Naked and expectant. I stepped into the warm salty water. I stretched out as the lid was fixed behind me, and began to float and familiarize myself with the ...

“You don’t have to suffer continual chaos in order to grow.” A simple sentence of complex proportions made by Dr. John C. Lilly, a neurophysiologist and psychoanalyst who, among other things, ...

One recent blustery spring day, I floated in a thin layer of water in a tank in Brooklyn. The unseasonable cold and raging wind outside might as well have been in another city, another state, another ...

Sensory deprivation tanks force you into a meditative state by eliminating sound, light, and touch. Multiple studies have shown sensory deprivation tanks relieve anxiety and depression. I tried one at ...

After more than three years helping people in Rochester find peace by floating in an isolation tank, Jon Makihas pulled the plug and moving on to new endeavors. "It was a good run," Maki said of his ...

A sensory isolation or "float" tank. Source: Galen Crout/Unsplash What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation ...

“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control … and the subject is himself.” So ...

On a typical workday, Jeremy Warner might find himself on the phone nonstop. Warner owns Red Dog Carpet Cleaning and serves as a dispatcher of sorts for the Lincoln branch, taking calls from customers ...

MISSOULA — Two new businesses in Missoula will be offering sensory deprivation float tank therapy this summer, a service that is gaining in popularity across the country. Customers lay down in ...