Float Conference Podcast

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Gary Ferguson is the founder of Pathways for Veterans, a non-profit focused on helping vets bring health back to their lives. Gary has been integrating float tanks into his organization, making it part of the services he offers to vets, and beginning down the path facilitating float research. Gary will be […] The post 106: Gary Ferguson – Pathways for Veterans appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Treeka Drake is the owner of One Love Float in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as well as the President of the Float Collective. She’s partnered up with Corey Costanzo to put on a Friday Activity this year called “Shamanic Floating Concepts with Didgeridoo Journey.” Treeka has been digging into the world of […] The post 105: Treeka Drake – Shamanic Floating Concepts appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Corey runs Still Point Wellness, a float and wellness center out in Asheville, North Carolina. He’ll be partnering up with Treeka Drake of One Love Float to put on a Friday Activity entitled “Shamanic Floating Concepts with Didgeridoo Journey.” Corey will be playing using his didgeridoo to take people on this […] The post 104: Corey Costanzo – Shamanic Floating Concepts appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Derek W Wyatt is one of the key people behind the marketing for Float On, Float Tank Solutions, and the Float Conference. Involved in the marketing world for over 20 years, Derek still prides himself on his never ending quest to learning about different strategies of marketing. This year, during the Friday […] The post 103: Derek W Wyatt – Marketing Forum appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Clayton Christian is putting on a Friday Activity this year all about building your own float tanks for your center. He, along with Marcus Metcalf, are a part of Recover, a chain of three float centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They’ve built float tanks for their own centers, and have float tank […] The post 102: Clayton Christian – DIY Float Rooms appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

***NEW INTERVIEW FOR 2017*** Tom Fine is one of the first people to ever do research in an actual float tank, and his studies from the 80’s and 90’s are some foundational pieces of float related research out there. Tom is going to be leading a Friday Activity this year that will involve an in-depth […] The post 101: Tom Fine – Float Research appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Glenn Perry, along with his wife, Lee, are the creators of the Samadhi tank, the first commercial float tank ever made. Glenn spoke at the Float Conference about what he learned from John Lilly about the float experience and how to appropriately interact with people after they come out of their float. You can watch his talk […] The post 100: Glenn and Lee Perry (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Stephen Johnson is a long time floater and explorer of inner space. He spoke at the 2016 Float Conference to philosophize about the float experience, and its impact on the human state. You can watch his talk from the 2016 Float Conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_DzOXYPOYA The post 099: Stephen Johnson (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

This panel discussion focuses on sanitation and regulations in float tanks, exploring what information we currently know about sanitation in the float environment, what areas still need more research, and what role regulations play in a field that is still developing. The panelists are: Jason MacDonald – A health regulator from Canada who has done […] The post 098: Float Sanitation (Conference Panel) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Pete O’Brien is the founder of At Peace Floatation Spa in Texas, as well as the manufacturer of the At Peace Float Cabin. He joins the 2016 conference to share some of his insights on running a float center that offers massage as well, and to raffle off a free float tank to someone from […] The post 097: Pete O’Brien (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Charlie Williams is a historian at Birkbeck College, University of London, with Birkbeck’s ‘Hidden Persuaders’ project. His research into the popularization of the concept of brainwashing that emerged in the 50’s and 60’s led him to discovering sensory deprivation tanks and the work of John Lilly and Jay Surely. He speaks at the 2016 Conference […] The post 096: Charlie Williams (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Ricardo Gil-da-Costa is the founder of Neuroverse, a company that makes a wireless and waterproof EEG sensor that is being used for float research at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research. Ricardo speaks on experiments they’ve done with EEG brainwaves in the past, and reveals the first EEG data collected from someone floating at the […] The post 095: Ricardo Gil-da-Costa (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Graham and Ashkahn are two of the founders of Float On, and the organizers of this Float Conference. Leading up to this conference they went on The Float Tour, a three month road trip around the US and Canada where they visited as many float centers along the way as possible. Listen to them tell […] The post 094: Graham Talley and Ashkahn Jahromi (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Kevin Johnson is the owner of the Zero Gravity Institute, a float center and float tank manufacturer in Austin, Texas. Kevin describes the place spirituality has in both our lives as humans, and in relation to the float tank. He talks about the importance of valuing this, and how to integrate the floating, empiricism, and […] The post 093: Kevin Johnson (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Rick Doblin is the founder of MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Rick speaks about his own history, and how John Lilly was one of his inspirations for creating MAPS in the first place. He goes on to share the work that MAPS is currently doing, and how floating could be complimentary to it. […] The post 092: Rick Doblin (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Jesse and Sean run Float Toronto, a five tank center in Toronto, Canada. Since the time they opened their doors in 2014 they’ve been keeping their tanks packed full. In this talk they share the marketing strategies they’ve been using to run a successful float center. Watch their talk from the 2016 Float Conference: https://youtu.be/KEaqrL5sRYc The post 091: Jesse Ratner-Decle and Sean Lavery (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Sione was part of a writer’s program put on by Float On where writer’s created poetry and short stories after spending time in a float tank. Sione presents one of her poems from that program. Watch her performance from the 2016 Float Conference: https://youtu.be/PIx59aphP7w The post 090: Sione Aechliman (Float Poem) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Aleks was part of a writer’s program put on by Float On where writer’s created poetry and short stories after spending time in a float tank. Aleks presents one of her poems from that program. Watch her performance from the 2016 Float Conference: https://youtu.be/Qe60So9OrNE The post 089: Aleks Stefanova (Float Poem) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Carly was part of a writer’s program put on by Float On where writer’s created poetry and short stories after spending time in a float tank. Carly presents one of her poems from that program. Watch her performance at the 2016 Float Conference: https://youtu.be/wesTxbhcJng The post 088: Carly Jean (Float Poem) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.

Sahib Khalsa is a researcher at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research which houses the Float Clinic and Research Center, the world’s premiere float tank research facility. Sahib presents new data showing floating’s effect on increasing interoception, the brain’s sense of the internal body. He also shows some early information from a study on floating […] The post 087: Sahib Khalsa (Conference Talk) appeared first on Float Conference 2019.