Ways to Alter Your Consciousness Without Drugs: 1. Steps (with Pictures)I have been intrigued by isolation tanks ever since I was first introduced to the concept in college. At first, I was skeptical of the idea. Yet, as the years have gone on and I have garnered more life- experience to draw from, I had grown slightly more convinced of their effectiveness (to the point of curiosity). I decided to try one for myself and see if it created an out- of- body euphoric experience or simply resulted in a panic attack and ear infection. So, one normal afternoon, I trekked out to Float: Flotation Center and Art Gallery in Oakland and gave it a shot. My experience: Float is a little bit tricky to find, but I made it out there with a little bit of time to spare (in spite of always getting lost in Oakland).

When I got there I noticed that the art gallery front room was filled with some pretty cool plasma globe art. This kind of distracted me and made me a little less apprehensive about climbing into a closed box full of salt water. There was another woman who arrived there at the same time as me for a session, and since we were both first time "floaters," we both got the 1. It started with a little history of the machine, followed by the science behind the tank, and lastly a crash course on what to expect and how to behave inside the tank. The short summation is that the tank is filled with 1,0. No matter what you do, you are going to float.

Turning over is very difficult, and if you do, you are going to regret it as your eyes will burn for a long time. That said, the chance of falling asleep and drowning is almost nonexistent. The idea is to lay on your back, clear your mind and try to enter a deep meditation.

Most first timers enter a prolonged theta state inside the machine, but with some practice, you can fall into a deep sleep in the delta state. With that introduction, I rinsed off, privately took off all of my clothes, entered the tank, and shut the door behind me. It took a few moments to get used to being in a dark closed space filled with super- saturated salt water. Once I had my bearings I began to try to fall asleep.

I couldn't. I was very awakened by the experience. Some more time passed. I suddenly felt my feet start to sink and head start to rise.

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I moved my body to stop this, which was when I realized that my body was not actually moving. I tried to do make this floating feeling happen again. With some practice I could spin around in all directions without actually having moved. Being a metaphorical weightless disembodied brain in a giant vat was starting to be fun. I was in a trance state akin to being self- hypnotized without actually having to hypnotize myself.

All I really had to do was climb in and lay there. After a while I could no longer easily tell if my eyes were open or shut. I began having visual day dreams. These were typically centered around flying or being a ship on the ocean with moonlight shining on me. I could see the moonlight. This continued for what seemed like 1. I started to get dizzy and a little bit nauseous.

I tried repositioning myself and shifting my center of gravity. Not really having a center of gravity, I kind of did a sideways nose dive like fighter planes often do. I grabbed for the side of the tank and reassured myself that I wasn't actually moving.

It was at this moment that I realized that perhaps encouraging out- of- body weightless spinning was not a good idea. I worked at being calm and still. I found a position in which I became an immovable object that was hugged tightly on all sides by the universe. This was quite nice. I liked this. I was finally getting into the groove of this whole isolation tank thing when I heard 3 knocks on the door and knew I had to get out and take a shower. I was a little off- balanced when I finally sat up, and forgot to follow the directions of how not to get salt water in my eyes. Watch The Dude Ranger Online Mic.

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Needless to say, I managed to get some salt water in my eye. This burned like there was no tomorrow. I went and rinsed off. I was a bit dizzy still, but had this weird calm feeling about me. I cannot explain it. When I finally went downstairs and had some tea (Float ends sessions with a cup of tea and gets an A+ for all- around experience), I was kind of feeling - for lack of a better term - strange.

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I cannot think of any other experience I have had quite like it. I would definitely consider trying it again and recommend it to anyone curious to try.