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flotation tank

British  

noun

  1. an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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McDermott’s childhood memories are matched by naïvely excited music; the flotation tank, by a soporific étude; the simulated coma, by music so shapeless yet alluring that it could have been written by Satie.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2023

And I got a vision, floating in the flotation tank, of me and Philip onstage together.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

Zeiger has operated a flotation tank service in New York since 1985, and runs the only commercial flotation business that has survived since the last time flotation was in fashion.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2016

“The world is so beautiful” To better understand what happens inside the flotation tank, I dropped $100 to experience an hour of senselessness at Lift/Next Level Floats, in trendy Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2016

Developed in the 1950s, the original goal of the flotation tank was to explore and experiment with consciousness, and the activity has had new age undertones ever since.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2016

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