The floater enters the tank, closes the door and with it blocks out most external stimuli. Each floater takes into the tank what they bring with themselves. Some meditate, others work on business problems, and others let their minds go and try to enter a creative state. There are no drugs, massages, or therapy processes. Floaters report many different types of experiences and many of these experiences are perceived as profound.
Athletes use floating for optimal performance, visualization and injury healing.
Doctors and chiropractors recommend floating as a way to reduce pain, especially back pain. Psychologists recommend floating as a way to reduce levels of depression. Writers and inventors use floating as a way to create and innovate. But most floaters do not care so much how it works but that it works. They report that old ways of thinking simply 'melt away' and do not have to be 'strategically broken down'.