Float Tank Benefits, Sensory Deprivation, Neurofeedback & Microdosing

Sean McCormick has floated over 600 times and started Float Seattle, one of earliest commercial float centers (Sensory Deprivation) in the country.
In todays show we talk all things brain, mood and mental health.
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-----------------------------------Show Notes-------------------------------------
03:25 Float is a peak/transcendent experience. It is safe and reliable. Five senses are restricted, as is gravity.
07:22 Your sympathetic state shifts into a parasympathetic state when senses and gravity is restricted.
11:37 When you are in that sensory deprived state, your brainwaves change from alpha to theta.
12:00 Floatation therapy is used in treating PTSD in veterans, quickening learning of languages and improving athletic performance from visualization while in the tank.
17:38 A Passive Float Experience: For the highly stressed, just letting go has huge benefits, including magnesium absorption and traction of your spine.
18:30 An Active Float Experience can involve visualization, focus and manifestation.
24:54 The most effective use of floatation therapy with the least amount of application was 9 floats in 27 days at certain intervals.
25:43 For massive life changes, float 3 or 4 times in a week.
26:35 For a major change this year, float 6 times in 2 weeks. You will be different at the end of it.
32:09 Breathing stimulates the vagus nerve, creating an anti-inflammatory interleukin 10 cytokine. Experiment to find the breathing practice that works for you.
43:18 Neurofeedback is simple..
48:25 Neurofeedback can be effective for insomnia and PTSD.
49:44 Neurofeedback and float tank usage can bring brain hemispheric integration, helping your brain communicate more effectively.
57:51 Microdosing LSD and mushrooms helps business professionals see problems from a new perspective and helps them focus in a new way.
58:53 Strategic applications of psilocybin mushroom can help with depression and anxiety.
01:11:55 Sean’s morning routine begins with a few deep breaths.
01:14:35 Sean’s Desert Island Nutrient is CILTEP by Natural Stacks. It promotes better memory, better recall, better focus and longer focus/mental endurance.
01:15:51 Sean’s Elevator Speech: Drastically regulate chemicals, plastics and synthetic fragrance.
01:20:32 Intuition is teachable. Sean includes this in his coaching practice for his clients.

[@donit.]

Pls do a whole podcast about microdosing drugs!

[@Beast_of_a_Human]

I just booked my first sensory deprivation tank session, I'm super excited!

[@dagneytaggart7707]

Float tanks are wonderful.

[@davidjeffers9361]

Keep up the great work Mike!

[@rawbacon]

HIH to the rescue! I've got something to listen to for the next hour plus.

[@carlfrisen7705]

Super interesting. Thanks for this!

[@siscassie1]

So much I have leaned. Thanks guys

[@JViolet77]

I have done this 3 times!! Looooovvveee it 💙💙💙💙

[@jmcfootball96]

Really great pod!

[@ImplyDods]

Thx Mike.. I'm now looking for a float tank nearby 😊. Sounds like I would really benefit.

[@whitegraymatters6654]

Thank you for this video, I have wanted to go float for a long time but now I will have to. It's expensive, at least to me, where I live so I cant do the frequency he said to start off with. I am excited about it though.

[@PEMF.Hydrogen.LLLT.Experts]

Deserves a share!

[@ericf9479]

Really interesting! Wanna get into meditation but just cant get myself to do it. May try breathwork

[@conorgrace2378]

Makaro Makaro everyone can give 2 minutes to sit down and focus on their breath. The question is Would you? Think about Why it is you wanna get into meditation? Use this Why as motivation to sit for 2 mins, build from here!

[@familyfungi]

4-7-8-3 is a great breathing pattern. Recommend when you begin doing this to perform in a rested area (not driving or moving), you may become light headed. 4 sec inhale, fill your lungs with this breath. 7 sec retention 8 sec exhale 3 sec retention Repeat as many cycles as necessary, at least 5-10. Much love, thank you for reading.

[@thedutchrepublic5785]

Hi, maybe you could do a video about ground sitting and the natural human sitting posture.

[@austinresch2362]

I am curious if people have tried doing a flotation session and using the Wim Hof power breathing at the same time, and how that feels

[@seanmccormick6526]

Austin Resch they have. I tried it for a few weeks. Floating supine is a little trippy while doing the breathwork. It’s pretty cool though. Deep state change and full body awareness

[@CJ-ty5cj]

A friend of mine went crazy after taking acid... never been the same since and this was years ago. Sadly, we’re not friends anymore as he’s not even really capable of interpersonal relationships since this event. There are certainly dangers when it comes to psychedelics.

[@Highintensityhealth]

Real InReality wow. Does he have a family history of bi-polar or schizophrenia?

[@CJ-ty5cj]

High Intensity Health not that I know of but he was a fairly eccentric character already. He most likely had a predisposition. Through my own experience in my high school years I had some great times with hallucinogens, but I also had some terrifying experiences... enough so that I’ve steered clear ever since. I don’t know too much about micro-dosing and can see some potential benefit there, but certainly these drugs should be treated with respect.

[@Dom-nt4gn]

You used to race motorcycles you say? Also the self deleterious way the speaker was describing the default mode network and the criticisms are actually exactly what a lot of schizophrenic people hear on a daily basis. I just did some research on scholarly articles and it's possible that aberrant behavior in the default mode network could be a contributing cause to schizophrenia. imagine meditation and sensory deprivation being something that could help such a debilitating disorder especially if it is caught early in somebody who is in their twenties before they are on psychotropic drugs for multiple decades.

[@Highintensityhealth]

Dom675 Good points! Raced motocross, loved it but got out just when 4 strokes were taking over in ~ 2002. Miss my CR 250

[@rudystudios]

As Mike said, great points! Do you mind sharing some of those articles? Sounds fascinating

[@MontyScheluffe]

“The float tank kind of meditates you”. I’ve found this to be true !

[@iCanonKiD]

Hey Mike, great video! Float therapy is still expensive where I'm from. Do you have any recommendations for alternatives?

[@nerychristian]

Use a swimming pool and ear plugs and try to float on your back.

[@Highintensityhealth]

iCanonKiD That’s the downside, it’s expensive

[@seanmccormick6526]

Try using a zero gravity chair, earplugs and a blindfold - similar in a lot of ways

[@musicnut1966]

This is off topic, but can you please tell me your link to the Blublox glasses? I think that you were offering a discount on another video. I checked into them and my doctor said that they would be good for my sleep pattern that's all messed up.

[@Highintensityhealth]

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[@musicnut1966]

@@Highintensityhealth Thanks so much!! 😊

[@urielwong]

Hi Mike, what do you think about ozone therapy? Sorry off topic question... Thank you!

[@Highintensityhealth]

Uriel Wong Ozone for what? Injected can help with soft tissue

[@urielwong]

@@Highintensityhealth Was listening to a podcast by Dr. Hyman with Dave Asprey, and they mentioned that ozone therapy helped to turn mitocondria back on and restore brain function.

[@joellecollette5843]

I’ve been in a float tank! I’d do it again!

[@Rocketscientist66]

Joelle Collette Do you know if they change the water every time for each new person? Guess that would be a huge amt of water.

[@joellecollette5843]

Rocketscientist66 there’s a filtration system right outside the tank used after every float

[@Rocketscientist66]

Joelle Collette Ahh okay, thanks

[@v.a.n.e.]

#1.

[@LoriKLynn]

Does anyone know how to, logistically, learn a language (or some other skill, doesn’t matter) in a float tank where you’re surrounded by water? I’m learning a language and dealing with the usual frustrations and would love to accelerate my progress. I’ve been in a float tank and can’t understand how you can add in technology with salt water everywhere. I believe there are some fancy float tanks already equipped with audio technology but most places (I live in Chicago and have been to the 1st center that opened up probably in the 80’s or 90’s that the gentleman was referring to) but they’re pretty basic. I’d also like to play some guided meditations if I could but again, I’m at a loss for how to add in electronics in a wet environment. Maybe this is a simple fix so pls someone, pass on your wisdom! Much appreciated!

[@seanmccormick6526]

LoriKLynn all float tanks have speakers underneath the water where you can still hear through the earplugs.

[@paul1der]

Maybe this works so well because the float tank simulates the mothers womb in which we haven't seen any trauma or stress. I feel what he says when I meditate on the bible and being in the harmony of righteousness of God. It called shalom in hebrew which means peace or wholeness but the word shalom stems from the word shalem which means perfection, fullness or completeness. I believe we are created in the image of God unlike any other creature and we have a divine template and potential. That can be good and bad. We are not just a body which is scientifically proven. We have a spirit. This is not religion, this is facts that most people are not aware of because they are so dumbed down by alot of factors.

[@supermecho3]

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