Taking care of ourselves, our health (body and mind) is more important than ever.
As Stress has become one of the most prevalent diseases of this century,
We are developing a unique spa brand based on floating therapy proven to be one of the most effective ways to relieve physical and mental stress. In addition to providing immense health benefits, floating is fun and enjoyable.
Floating pools are large bathtubs filled with water at body temperature and saturated with magnesium salt making you feel like you are in zero gravity. This creates a sense of total disconnect.
Our guests enter a private room, float for one hour and reach a deep state of relaxation, resulting in significant stress reduction, physical recuperation, and increase of creativity and cognitive skills. Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated these mind-blowing - or should we say mind-fixing - results.
ABOUT NAMAKA
Namaka is the sea goddess or water spirit in the Hawaiian Mythology. She cooled her sister goddess Pele's lava as it flowed into the sea, turning it into new land. It perfectly embodies our mission - the relaxing effect of water that cools down fiery stress. This epic godly fight between fire and water represents our inner duality. The unification of these fundamental elements allows for the creation of a new land, a new you, at ease and full of opportunity.
Namaka also means salt in Hindi which is our main magic ingredient. Salt not only allows to float weightlessly in zero gravity, but the magnesium releases the muscle tension and replenishes the skin.
Our mission is to provide an ultimate relaxation experience for our guests to become healthier, happier and closer to their best selves.
WHAT IS FLOATING?
Have you already experienced a zero gravity environment? Complete silence? Pure stillness?
Floating allows you to experience weightless sensation in salt-saturated water at body temperature and achieve highest level of relaxation.
Floating therapy has proven to be one of the most effective ways to relieve physical and mental stress, and to rejuvenate the body and mind.
Suitable for everyone, it is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to boost your vitality and mental potential.
Improve your concentration, enhance creativity, find inspiration, boost your performance, enjoy a stress-less life. Become who you really are.
WHO FLOATS AND WHY?
Floating is for everyone. Overworked people from all streams of life, sleep-deprived parents and pregnant women, corporate top performers, creative professionals and students taking exams, homemakers and eternal youth seekers, athletes and casual sports persons are all in quest of true relaxation, rapid recovery, higher energy levels, increased memory and concentration.
Floating therapy helps the body recover more quickly from training and injury and achieve deep rest and relaxation. But you don’t have to be a professional athlete to benefit from floating. Yoga, CrossFit, marathon, weekend soccer, hiking or tennis –no matter your passion, float therapy, like no other method, can help you train, achieve your goals or simply speed up your recovery time.
Who created it?
Floating was created by neuroscientist Dr. John C. Lilly 60 years ago while he was doing research on brain waves and altered states of consciousness.
Do we have scientific proof it works?
Floating therapy has been academically studied in the USA and in Sweden with published results showing reduction of both pain and stress. At the moment there have been 90+ studies done on the benefits of floating.
What is a floating pool or pod?
The floating pool or pod looks like a large bathtub. They are usually installed in an individual room designed to block out all external stimuli - sight, sound, touch and gravity. Namaka is offering both, a pool or a pod experience , the difference between a floating pool and pod is that the pod can be closed/opened by the guest.
How does it work?
The water, about 25cm deep, is saturated with 500kg of Epsom and is at body temperature. This creates an environment similar to that of the Dead Sea, letting you float effortlessly and enjoy a feeling of weightlessness! Once you are settled, you will feel you are floating in the air.
HEALTH BENEFITS
The reduced stimulation encountered by floating refocuses your attention to internal stimuli. At first this includes the novel sensations of floating effortlessly in darkness and quiet. The sensations of the body become more salient, making the floating pod/pool a walk-in biofeedback device.
This natural biofeedback initiates a self-regulation process that encourages relaxation. This relaxation is augmented by the full body absorption of magnesium that elicits the release of muscle tension.
As physical sensations become less noticeable, mental activity can come to the fore. For those not used to being alone with their thoughts this can be difficult. However, even unpleasant thoughts become more pleasant as the body descends into a more deeply relaxed state. Eventually even the parade of thoughts subsides and the mind enters a meditative state.
The relaxed state you get into while in the pod is a healing state for many conditions and is reported by researchers to:
• promote total calm and peaceful relaxation
• eliminates fatigue and jet lag
• quicken rehabilitation and recovery
• relieve pain from arthritis, migraines and injuries
• improve sleep, and alleviate both physical and mental stress
• energize and revitalize
• stimulate left/right brain synchronization creating
mental clarity and alertness
• shift brainwaves from beta to lower frequency levels, alpha, theta, and even delta waves
• accelerate learning, increase creativity, improve problem solving abilities
• heighten visualization, deepens meditation and expands awareness
• enhance hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis.
• enhance the potential for lucid dreams
• increase your motivation and diminish depression,anxiety and fear
• increase your productivity as you are clear and ready to work on whatever it is that is important to you
• facilitate freedom from habits, phobias and addictions
• Improve athletic performance, speed the healing process, and prevent sports injuries.
• boost immune function
• decrease the production of cortisol, ACTH, lactic acid and adrenaline which helps reduce stress, and relax you
• increase the production of endorphins
• increase and improve the circulation and distribution of oxygen and nutrients
• help in healing people with fibromyalgia
• reduce blood pressure, pulse, heart rate and oxygen consumption
• increase everyone's overall motivation in the workplace.
Floating compares well with other stress management techniques such as long vacations. A one hour float is like having a mini-vacation at your doorstep.
