text: I have been wanting to try this place for a while now and they just came out with another Groupon so I had to get one The Groupon is a fantastic price to try this out if you are a little skeptical of it I will preface by saying I really do not think this is for everyone but everyone should at least try it with an open mind I can think of a few people I know that would probably be horrified sitting in one of these pods in the dark for an hour I however am definitely a believer The experience was incrediblennI was a little worried that I would not get the full effect on my first time because apparently it takes a few sessions before you can fully relax and appreciate it This was not the case with me though I can safely say it was thoroughly enjoyablennAfter filling out firsttimer paperwork and watching a short video they take you to your private room and you first shower then get into the pod You will be amazed at how buoyant you are in the pod its almost impossible to get underwater I opted to do it with the pod closed lights off music off I highly recommend anyone trying this to do the same I cannot imagine doing it with the lights on or music playing completely defeats the purpose of the whole thing For the first minutes while the music is still playing find a comfortable position that your body likes Ideally you should stay in this position the entire time Takes some time and adjusting to figure out what is most comfortable but once you find itstay there Focus ONLY on your breathing count each breath If you can successfully do this and not let your mind wander you will be greeted with a pleasant luciddream like experience about halfway in that really is hard to describe in words Its like sleeping while being somewhat awakealmost out of bodylike Afterwards when you wake up you feel incredibly refreshed relaxed and rejuvenated The feeling afterward tops any good massage I have had beforeincrediblennFrom getting in the pod my thoughts went in a progression fromnUmmok I have to sit in this thing for an hournWell let us just play along and do the breathing thingnOk I am relaxedits not so bad but still an hour of thisnFOCUS on breathing Blaken nA matter of minutes pass where I successfully stopped thinking about things and all I could think about was the sound of my breathing and my heartbeat The mere idea of thinking about NOTHING and having ZERO stimuli around me actually gave me a wave of anxiety almost to the point where I thought ok I might need to get out of this thing But I fought that and continued to focus back on breathing and quickly began relax again What resulted was an incredible lucid dreamlike state where I was essentially asleep yet awake I was not seeing things like in a dream persay it was a dream of nothingnessall I could hear was my faint heartbeat and that is all that existed in my head and world at that point Words really cannot explain it very wellbut it was fantasticnnI have a suspicion that a good majority of people will not let go of their mind and thoughts enough to relax to this degree but it is certainly worth the effort to try I highly recommend trying True REST outand do so with an open mind open enough to leave your thoughts and worries behindnnSo why not stars you say Well upon recent I have been pretty stingy giving out star reviews The whole experience was definitely star but I feel the spa could be a little more spalike The rooms have a damp humid smell to them go figuremaybe somehow get some lavender scent going on in the room Just a thought Not a fan of the plastic material lining the showersredo the showers in stonehell if my gym can do it so can a spa These are not really negative criticisms just me offering up some suggestions