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Art of the Float

363 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

Art of the Float is a podcast about float tanks and float centers. It's hosted by three float center owners who discuss their experiences and knowledge to help others looking to start their own business.

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Episode 6: 6: Updates on LIBR Float Research

December 03, 2015 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

Colleen Wohlrab, Lab Manager at the leading center for float research, the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, talks to us in an exclusive interview! Hear how Dr. Justin Feinstein and his team have structured their research program and what their participants experience at each stage. Colleen shares what is being measured in their participants and how they’re being measured before the float, during the float, and later in an FMRI machine. Their preliminary results reveal exciting changes ...

Episode 5: 5: Holiday Specials?

November 26, 2015 08:30 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

It’s our holiday episode! Our hosts discuss strategies for preparing for everything holidays at a float center, including how to plan purposeful campaigns that blend discounts with community involvement. Lance and Amy share why they switched to plastic gift cards and will never go back to paper certificates, and our hosts discuss how to optimize retail sales that compliment gift certificates. Floataway www.floataway.com (sponsor) MINDBODY https://www.mindbodyonline.com/ Dylan and the Art of ...

Episode 6: 5: Holiday Specials?

November 26, 2015 08:30 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

It’s our holiday episode! Our hosts discuss strategies for preparing for everything holidays at a float center, including how to plan purposeful campaigns that blend discounts with community involvement. Lance and Amy share why they switched to plastic gift cards and will never go back to paper certificates, and our hosts discuss how to optimize retail sales that compliment gift certificates. Floataway www.floataway.com (sponsor) MINDBODY https://www.mindbodyonline.com/ Dylan and the Art of ...

Episode 4: 4: Dirty Tank Water

November 19, 2015 17:00 - 56 minutes - 78.4 MB

It was the quote heard round the world in the float community when the New York Times chronicled one man’s unfortunate encounter with a “used gym sock” smell in a float tank. Press from The New York Times is huge for any emerging industry, but do the cons of this article outweigh the pros such that it’s something we wouldn’t share on, say, social media? Dylan, Lance, and Amy share their reactions. So where does that “used gym sock” smell come from, and how can we make sure it doesn’t happen? ...

Episode 5: 4: Dirty Tank Water

November 19, 2015 17:00 - 56 minutes - 78.4 MB

It was the quote heard round the world in the float community when the New York Times chronicled one man’s unfortunate encounter with a “used gym sock” smell in a float tank. Press from The New York Times is huge for any emerging industry, but do the cons of this article outweigh the pros such that it’s something we wouldn’t share on, say, social media? Dylan, Lance, and Amy share their reactions. So where does that “used gym sock” smell come from, and how can we make sure it doesn’t happen? ...

Episode 3: 3: #WhyWeFloat - Andy Zaremba

November 12, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 84 MB

In a special interview with Andy Zaremba, creator of the #WhyWeFloat campaign, Andy shares why he started floating, the role that floating has played in his own personal journey, and how that led him to open Float House. We hear how his innovative marketing strategies from the beginning of Float House have led him to the #WhyWeFloat campaign. With the increasing press surrounding floating, he discusses how important it is that we take ownership of how floating is marketed to the general publi...

Episode 4: 3: #WhyWeFloat - Andy Zaremba

November 12, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 84 MB

In a special interview with Andy Zaremba, creator of the #WhyWeFloat campaign, Andy shares why he started floating, the role that floating has played in his own personal journey, and how that led him to open Float House. We hear how his innovative marketing strategies from the beginning of Float House have led him to the #WhyWeFloat campaign. With the increasing press surrounding floating, he discusses how important it is that we take ownership of how floating is marketed to the general publi...

Episode 2: 2: The Oz Effect

November 05, 2015 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

This week in float news, Lance shares the exciting work that the Canadian Float Collective is doing to get floating covered by health insurance in Canada. Our hosts weigh in on what they thought of the Dr. Oz feature on float tanks and question whether floating is being portrayed as trendy. 111 Days of Floating is a project being done by Dustin Erickson of Float Space. Our hosts highlight this and other examples of people who have benefited from frequent floating over time. Dylan announces a ...

Episode 3: 2: The Oz Effect

November 05, 2015 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

This week in float news, Lance shares the exciting work that the Canadian Float Collective is doing to get floating covered by health insurance in Canada. Our hosts weigh in on what they thought of the Dr. Oz feature on float tanks and question whether floating is being portrayed as trendy. 111 Days of Floating is a project being done by Dustin Erickson of Float Space. Our hosts highlight this and other examples of people who have benefited from frequent floating over time. Dylan announces a ...

Episode 2: 1: Let's Start a Float Center!

October 29, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

In this, the pilot episode of the Art of Floating podcast, we meet our hosts as they cement their mission for a podcast designed specifically for floatrepeneurs. Dylan, Lance, and Amy catch us up to speed by taking us back to what they were doing before having ever heard about floating and, from float influences to guys' basements, from big ideas to business plans, let us in on how and why they became float center owners. Feel free to leave us a VM by clicking on the gold bar on the left side...

Episode 1: 1: Let's Start a Float Center!

October 29, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

In this, the pilot episode of the Art of Floating podcast, we meet our hosts as they cement their mission for a podcast designed specifically for floatrepeneurs. Dylan, Lance, and Amy catch us up to speed by taking us back to what they were doing before having ever heard about floating and, from float influences to guys' basements, from big ideas to business plans, let us in on how and why they became float center owners. Feel free to leave us a VM by clicking on the gold bar on the left side...

Episode 1: Teaser Episode - 000

October 26, 2015 04:00 - 6 minutes - 12.4 MB

Dylan introduces the Art of Floating Podcast and describes its purpose (to help float centers start and grow). We also hear clips from upcoming interviews. First Mike Zaremba describes the #WhyWeFloat Campaign, followed by Colleen Wohlrab of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.

Episode 000: Teaser Episode - 000

October 26, 2015 04:00 - 6 minutes - 12.4 MB

Dylan introduces the Art of Floating Podcast and describes its purpose (to help float centers start and grow). We also hear clips from upcoming interviews. First Mike Zaremba describes the #WhyWeFloat Campaign, followed by Colleen Wohlrab of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.