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Aquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depression.

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  1. [1] § Results › Group comparisons › Comparing altered states in Floatation-REST versus psychoactive drugs ↔ R/utils/radar_functions.R, lines 1–53 · score 0.79 · Audio Visual Synesthesia, Elementary Imagery, Impaired Control, Complex Imagery, Cognition, Bliss
  2. [2] § Results › Group comparisons › Comparing altered states in Floatation-REST versus psychoactive drugs ↔ R/01_data_cleaning.R, lines 230–317 · score 0.79 · Audio Visual Synesthesia, Elementary Imagery, Impaired Control, Complex Imagery, Cognition, Bliss
  3. [3] § Methods › Statistical tests ↔ R/utils/anova_functions.R, lines 6–71 · score 0.78 · generalized eta squared, Shapiro Wilk, Levene, Welch, Variance, ANOVA
  4. [4] § Results › Group comparisons › Comparing altered states in Floatation-REST versus psychoactive drugs ↔ R/utils/radar_functions.R, lines 1–53 · score 0.77 · Audio Visual Synesthesia, Blissful State, Complex Imagery, Spiritual Experience, perceptual, Disembodiment
  5. [5] § Results › Group comparisons › Comparing altered states in Floatation-REST versus psychoactive drugs ↔ R/01_data_cleaning.R, lines 230–317 · score 0.76 · Audio Visual Synesthesia, Blissful State, Complex Imagery, Spiritual Experience, perceptual, Disembodiment
  6. [6] § Methods › Materials › State and phenomenology measures ↔ R/01_data_cleaning.R, lines 189–228 · score 0.74 · Auditory Alterations, Anxious Ego Dissolution, Oceanic Boundlessness, Restructuralization, Vigilance, scores
  7. [7] § Results › Group comparisons › Exploratory mediation of the effects of Floatation-REST ↔ R/utils/table_functions.R, lines 20–106 · score 0.72 · Heart Intensity, Body Listening, Oceanic Boundlessness, mediation models, Regulation, sensitivity
  8. [8] § Results › Group comparisons › Exploratory mediation of the effects of Floatation-REST ↔ R/utils/table_functions.R, lines 109–188 · score 0.50 · ab, HAM, ASI, STAI, MADRS, R2

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Authors: Theo Tobel1, Aidan Cone1, Emily Choquette2, McKenna Garland2, Micah A Johnson1, Keller Mink2, Caitlin Lynch1, Joel Frohlich1,3, Justin S Feinstein4, Nicco Reggente1, Sahib Khalsa2,5
ORCID iDs: Theo Tobel, Caitlin Lynch, Nicco Reggente
  1. Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, 2811 Wilshire Blvd #510, Santa Monica, CA 90403, United States
  2. Laureate Institute for Brain Research, 6655 S Yale Ave, Tulsa, OK 74136, United States
  3. fMEG Center, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Straße 47, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
  4. Float Research Collective, 1254 S. Kihei Rd #1423, Kihei, Hawaii 96753, United States
  5. Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Institutions: Laureate Institute for Brain Research (United States); University of Tübingen (Germany); University of California, Los Angeles (United States)
Journal: Neuroscience of consciousness, volume 2026, issue 1, article niag044
Dates: received 10 January 2026; accepted 2 July 2026; published online 26 August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC
Identifiers: DOI 10.1093/nc/niag044 · PMID 42657182 · PMCID PMC13513766 · OpenAlex W7163997656
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: doi:10.31234/osf.io/6mj8n_v2
Status: code verified
Categories: human (organism), depression (population), cognitive (subfield)
Methods: Connectivity, Spectral & time-frequency, Statistics
Keywords: States of Consciousness, Embodiment, Altered States
Journal subjects: Aware & Alive: Embodied and Phenomenological Perspectives on Consciousness
Topic: Psychedelics and Drug Studies (Clinical Psychology, Psychology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R34AT009889)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 83 references in the paper

Abstract

Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy) systematically alters the balance of sensory signals reaching the brain by combining neutral buoyancy, thermal and proprioceptive neutrality, attenuation of exteroceptive stimulation, and enhancement of cardiorespiratory signaling. Here we examined whether this non-pharmacological sensory perturbation induces altered states of consciousness and whether specific experiential dimensions are statistically related to changes in affect. In a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled feasibility trial, 75 treatment-seeking adults with anxiety and depression were assigned to six sessions of Floatation-REST with prescribed scheduling, Floatation-REST with preferred scheduling and duration, or a zero-gravity chair comparison condition. Altered states of consciousness were assessed using the 5-Dimensional Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale, alongside measures of interoceptive awareness and affect. Compared to the chair condition, Floatation-REST was associated with increased interoceptive awareness of cardiorespiratory sensations and an altered state of consciousness characterized by Oceanic Boundlessness, Disembodiment, and Experience of Unity—a pattern we refer to as “aquahenosis”. Effects were strongest among participants who selected longer and more flexible float sessions. Experiential profiles selectively overlapped with those reported for psilocybin and ketamine along boundary-dissolution dimensions. These findings identify Floatation-REST as a tractable, non-pharmacological method for inducing specific altered states of consciousness and highlight Oceanic Boundlessness as an important mediator of the float-induced changes in positive affect.

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Tobel, T., Cone, A., Choquette, E., Garland, M., Johnson, M. A., Mink, K., Lynch, C., Frohlich, J., Feinstein, J. S., Reggente, N., & Khalsa, S. (2026). Aquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depression. Neuroscience of consciousness, 2026(1), niag044. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag044

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@article{tobel2026aquahenosis,
author = {Tobel, Theo and Cone, Aidan and Choquette, Emily and Garland, McKenna and Johnson, Micah A and Mink, Keller and Lynch, Caitlin and Frohlich, Joel and Feinstein, Justin S and Reggente, Nicco and Khalsa, Sahib},
title = {{Aquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depression}},
journal = {Neuroscience of consciousness},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
volume = {2026},
number = {1},
pages = {niag044},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
issn = {2057-2107},
doi = {10.1093/nc/niag044},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag044},
pmid = {42657182},
pmcid = {PMC13513766}
}

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J2 - Neurosci Conscious
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DA - 2026/08/26
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PB - Oxford University Press
DO - 10.1093/nc/niag044
UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag044
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