As you consider what changes you want to make in your life for the new year, it’s worth also spending some time thinking about how you are going to make sure that you actually follow through with them. There are people who joke that their main New Year’s resolution is to not break their New […]
Floating: The Ultimate Wingman for New Year’s Resolutions Read More »
The concept of taking time away from obligations to relax and recoup is so foreign in our society that the idea is often met with confused looks; people live in a constant state of motion, often bouncing from task to task with no time to stop, breathe, and enjoy the moment. In society’s eyes, relaxing
The Benefits of Doing Nothing Read More »
Touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste are what most people immediately think of when asked about the human senses. While these five major senses get the most attention, there are numerous, often-overlooked senses of the body that can add a great depth of information about what is going on inside of us: for example thermoception
Tuning Into Your Inner Perception with Floating Read More »
As you probably know if you have tried it, the experience of floating in a sensory deprivation tank can be deeply relaxing. So, why does floating relax you? What’s the science behind this? The relaxation effect that occurs after floating is far from rare. In fact, relaxation is one of the core reasons why people
The Science of How Floating Relaxes You Read More »
Jesse’s lives and works in his home studio in Brownfield, Maine. His artworks are reactions to the feelings about his romantic relationships, domestic life, family, communication and, more recently, the pandemic, and his own autism. In describing his lexicon of figures Jesse explains “often, I use the figure or other shapes (e.g., houses) in an
