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Float tanks help ease stress, pain, insomnia

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Geoff Sato emerges from his sensory deprivation tank. The salt solution in the tank contains 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt for 180 gallons of water and is heated to a comfortable 93.5 degrees.

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Geoff Sato, owner of Dream Float, floats in the tank he received as a birthday gift. Sato offers sessions for a fee in his Aina Haina home. “Most people are just curious because it’s anew experience,” he said.