An hour immersed in half a tonne of Epsom salt.
Every float happens in water saturated with magnesium sulphate, a mineral central to muscle function, sleep and hundreds of processes your body runs daily.
Every float dissolves over half a tonne of Epsom salt, magnesium sulphate, into skin-temperature water. Magnesium plays a part in more than 300 processes in the body, from muscle and nerve function to energy and sleep, and an hour of mineral-rich soaking leaves skin soft and muscles noticeably looser.
Magnesium contributes to normal muscle and nerve function, energy metabolism and sleep regulation, and many adults run short of it. Research on absorption through the skin is still ongoing; what is well documented is the deeply relaxing effect of warm, mineral-rich water on muscles and the nervous system.
Silky skin, softened muscles and the heavy-limbed calm that follows a mineral bath, multiplied by an hour of weightlessness. Float regularly and you may notice fewer cramps, calmer evenings and easier nights.
I come for the quiet and stay for how my skin and shoulders feel the next day.
Book a session at London's award-winning float centre and experience the difference an hour of true stillness makes.
