It might sound cheesy, but we're trying to change the world. One float at a time.
Modern life is loud. Most of us are stretched thinner than we realize, overstimulated, and rarely getting a real moment to hear ourselves think. That isn't a personal failing. It's the default condition of being a person in the modern world.
Floating is one of the most reliable ways to intentionally hit pause. An hour, weightless, with no inputs or distractions. No phone or obligations. Your body settles. Your nervous system gets a chance to regulate. The internal noise gets quieter, and a deeper signal has a chance to come through.
People float for a lot of different reasons. Stress, anxiety, chronic pain, improving sleep, enhancing creativity, exploring a meditation practice, athletic recovery, or simply an hour where nothing is asked of them. The common thread is that most people leave a float lighter than they came in. The ones who keep coming back tend to find that the subtle benefits compound and the way they feel is hard to ignore.
Our job is to help people come back to themselves, regulate, and move through a loud world with more capacity to feel and work at their best. We've been doing it since 2012. Five studios across Greenlake, Greenwood, South Lake Union, Bellevue, and Renton, run by a team that also floats often and takes the work seriously. We provide safe, comfortable spaces for you to reset and recover. All you have to do is show up.
We're here to lift you up.
OUR STORY
Seattle’s experts in float therapy since 2012
Meet Andrew
Hi, I'm Andrew. I run Float Seattle
I discovered floating through a friend in 2013 and had my first session at Float Seattle's original Greenlake studio as a guest. At the time I was a bit all over the place. Bartending, traveling, playing music, weighing grad school and a possible academic career. I was dealing with some depression, and feeling like I was falling behind. Looking back, I call it my quarter-life crisis.
What I found in the tank was something I hadn't expected. A space to be completely free. To be curious, imaginative. To let go. To actually listen. I'd spent a long time comparing and seeking answers outside of myself, and the tank was the first place quiet enough to tap into something deeper. I came out lighter than I'd been in months, maybe years. By my third float I was hooked. As I continued floating regularly, somewhere in there things started to clarify. Being of service to other people was the thing I wanted to build a life around, and floating was what helped me hear it. I left the restaurant world and soon joined the Float Seattle team.
I quickly learned that I had a strong passion for sharing floating with others, and found deep fulfillment in helping guests discover what it could do for them. A temporary stint turned into a calling. In 2018, I took over the business from its founders along with Dean, a member and fellow float enthusiast. I moved from staff to GM to owner-operator, and over the years since, we've grown from two locations to five and a team of more than twenty. Throw in a pandemic and plenty of ups and downs…it's been quite a journey.
Beyond the studios, we also install tanks for private clients through our company Float Wizards, have sat on the board of the industry's annual Float Conference (which we've hosted in Seattle), and support ongoing research to help floating become more recognized by the medical community.
Through it all, what I'm trying to do hasn't changed. Help people get quiet enough to connect with themselves, and give them a real tool to keep coming back to. You don't have to be a meditator, an athlete, or anyone in particular to get something from a float. No prerequisites required. Just show up and be curious, and from that point of reset, so much is possible.
I'm PNW born and raised, and an explorer at heart. Over the last 15 years I've built practices around floating, meditation, yoga, and time outside, and stayed curious about what helps people feel most like themselves. I've facilitated thousands of float sessions, know many of the regulars by name, and still float every week myself. I hope you find yourself in a float tank with us sometime.