Flote - Portsmouth, NH
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
03801
United States
Flûte in Hampton, New Hampshire brings a refined wellness experience to the New Hampshire Seacoast’s most popular beach destination — offering relaxation and wellness services for the Hampton community and the millions of visitors who arrive at Hampton Beach each summer season. Hampton’s character as New Hampshire’s premier coastal resort creates year-round and seasonal demand for quality wellness experiences, and Flûte serves that demand with a thoughtful, design-forward approach to wellness care. The Hampton location makes Flûte conveniently accessible for beach visitors, seasonal residents, and the growing year-round Seacoast wellness community throughout the year.
Floating, also called floatation or float therapy, is a practice that involves an enclosed room or pod filled with a foot of water and 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt. The high salt content allows you to be completely buoyant as you lie in the water, and creates an experience of deep relaxation. Sometimes referred to as sensory deprivation, the practice more accurately involves minimizing external stimuli and enhancing awareness of internal stimuli. It is a unique practice that provides a long list of mental, physical, and spiritual benefits that compound over time with regular sessions.
Meet Our Tanks
What are the differences between your tanks?
Once you’re inside the tanks, the experience is practically the same in all of them. The main difference is the height and width of the tank. In Hampton, we have two types of float tanks: one deluxe float room, and two float pods.
In Portsmouth, we have three types of float tanks: two pods, one single float room, and one open double float room.
What To Bring (or not):
How to Prepare for Your Float Appointment
Eat
Don’t be too hungry or too full. Eating a small meal about two hours before your float is ideal.
Avoid Stimulants
Avoid caffeine at least 3-4 hours before your float. Caffeine is a stimulant and revs up your nervous system, making it harder to relax.
Avoid Hair Removal
Avoid shaving or waxing for 8-12 hours prior to your float, as the salt water may irritate your skin.
Bring What You Want
After your float, you’ll shower so make sure you bring anything you want to use in and post-shower. We provide a towel, washcloth, robe, shampoo and body wash.
Exercise
Doing some form of physical activity (a short walk, yoga, cardio) is great to do before a float so you can release pent-up energy and find greater stillness during your float.
Massage
Alternatively, having a massage before your float can put you in the perfect space to start your float already relaxed and help you to reach a deeper state of inner quiet.
Your Float Therapy Appointment
Show Up
Plan to arrive 10-15 minutes prior to your appointment—we don’t want you to feel rushed. Sit down and take a breath. Our Flōte team will walk you through the process and answer any questions you might have.
Enter your float room, shower, and do what you came here to do—find your inner peace. Your room is completely private and you float naked. We provide a towel and washcloth, robe, slippers, ear plugs, shampoo and body wash. We recommend using the restroom before your float.
Time to Float
Once you enter your float room or pod, your one hour session will begin. Your Flōte team member will share with you how to turn on and off the lights and music in the pod or room, should you desire to change it mid-float. At the end of your float, a voice recording will announce that the float is complete.
While floating, use your breath as your anchor. Slow, deep inhalations through your nose into your lower abdomen will take you into deeper states of relaxation and help you move through mental chatter.
After Your Float
Shower again to rinse off the Epsom salts, get changed, and regroup. Make your way to our mediation lounge for tea and space to slowly come back to the world. Feel free to share your experience in our community journal or read what others have shared. Enjoy the after-float glow.