Episode 4: Chasing Sensory Deprivation – Chasing 100 Club
Summary
In this special edition of the Chasing 100 Club podcast, Mercedes and Telanna share their unique and entertaining experience with floatation therapy in a sensory deprivation pod.
Join them as they delve into the world of self-care and explore this popular trend in relaxation and introspection. Discover how they stumbled upon the concept, the reasons behind their curiosity, and their initial apprehensions.
Get ready for an insightful and humorous conversation about finding peace, embracing stillness, and letting go in the ultimate pursuit of tranquility. Don’t miss this hilarious and enlightening episode of the Chasing 100 Club podcast!
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Chasing Sensory Deprivation Transcription
[00:00] Telanna: Just makes me farts in the water.
[00:05] Mercedes: Yeah, because oh, my God, you out too. Because we went out to brunch and we both had to fart, but apparently mine were, like, silent and not deadly. Apparently hers did some damage to her paws.
[00:24] Telanna: Close.
[00:35] Mercedes: Hey, Chasers. Welcome back to a special edition of the Chasing 100 Club podcast. It is Mercedes, and it’s Telanna.
[00:46] Telanna: Oh, Mommy. Telanna.
[00:48] Mercedes: Telanna. Yeah. Pick what your name is, ma’am. But we recently went to a float eight experience in a sensory deprivation pod, which Mommy has been doing for a little bit. And this is my first time, and I loved it.
[01:08] Telanna: She welcome.
[01:09] Mercedes: Loved it always. So we figured we could do, like, a really special maybe quick. I feel like when we say quick, it’s not going to be quick, but let’s see how we do. And we’re going to talk about our experience with float eight sensory deprivation pod. Yay.
[01:25] Telanna: Yes. I’m excited.
[01:29] Mercedes: So if you’re new here, if you’re new here, we generally talk about our biggest 100 goals and things that we’re doing in our lives to bring those to fruition or where we are in that journey. And a big, really big trend is, like, taking time for self care and to experience joy and peace. And so I really felt like this topic had a lot to do with all of the different things that we’ve been doing to take care of ourselves. So I think at this point, Mama Talana, you should tell us about how you discovered this thing and why you do it. Go for it.
[02:09] Telanna: Is that too big on the topic? No, I think it’s great. And that’s how I did find it, because when most people well, I think it’s I’ll rewind a little bit, because in the beginning, when most people were talking about self care, it was all about, go get your Manny, your Penny, your medi. Lord have mercy, your manicure. I know. That’s why I shouldn’t be abbreviating anything. Go get your mani pedi. That’s what a lot of self care talk was around for women or go get your hair done, or go one of those things. And then it kind of evolved into, okay, taking care of your health is health care. So we dove into you said taking.
[03:01] Mercedes: Care of your health is health care. Yeah.
[03:03] Telanna: Taking care of your health is self care.
[03:05] Mercedes: There you go. Yeah.
[03:07] Telanna: Rhyming too much.
[03:09] Mercedes: It’s too many words. It’s okay. I just didn’t want people to be, like, confused. She just said, health is healthcare. Duh. I’m sorry.
[03:17] Telanna: Too many words. So then the health care started to become self care. So are you making those doctors appointments? Are you going to the dentist? Sorry, flashback. Are you those annual checkups and your mammograms and so one of the things that I started looking at, because I am not a man pedi type of gal sometimes, but it’s not something you.
[03:47] Mercedes: Want to tell us why? No, just kidding. Why not?
[03:50] Telanna: Mostly because I’m wonder why touching me?
[03:54] Mercedes: I was going to say because you just ripped them off before you could get in there.
[03:59] Telanna: Well, that is true, but I just don’t like I mean, I never I don’t like people touching me. Even when I went to cosmetology school and to get my nail technician license, I just didn’t in school, you have to do it on each other. I didn’t want anyone touching me. And so I’m kind of the same way. Same way with massages, too. I will do them, but it’s not at the top of my list. It’s more maintenance than, hey, come here, let’s relax.
[04:25] Mercedes: That makes so much sense of why you like the float eight, because nobody’s touching you, but it’s just as relaxing.
[04:34] Telanna: Although when we did get there and you was like, oh, I didn’t know there was a pod where two people could go in. Horrifying.
[04:42] Mercedes: I know.
[04:43] Telanna: Don’t come for me.
[04:44] Mercedes: Okay. I was thinking about that for me and Brandon. I’m fully aware that you would not want to be in a pod with me. No, you’re welcome.
[04:54] Telanna: I don’t know why anybody would want to be in pod with anyone, to be honest, but whatever.
[05:01] Mercedes: Yeah, I think I would have to do it to see if I liked it or not.
[05:06] Telanna: Yeah, I don’t know. I have this vision of crashing into them as you’re floating and messing up the atmosphere and the experience. I digress. But anyway, like I said, the reason why I was looking for this is because I was looking for things outside of the normal, quote unquote, self care things. And this is something that I had seen a while ago, and it just kind of floated away. And then last year before my birthday, I saw a Facebook ad how Facebook stalks you with the stuff that you didn’t know that you needed.
[05:55] Mercedes: It’s pretty good sometimes.
[05:58] Telanna: Good. And so I saw a Facebook ad, and they said, hey, they had good targeting ads, though. I always love when I get targeted by ads for my birthday. So their ad was a targeted ad for your birthday, and you got 40% off. And so I was like, girl, this is the moment. What God has for you is for you. He knew that this was in your spirit a while ago, and you forgot. And look, he just presented it right here because he knows that you need to relax. Hey, y’all. Mama Telanna here. Have you been feeling tired of feeling like you’re just stuck in a rut? Are you struggling to achieve your goals? No matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to stick with it? Do you find yourself constantly self sabotaging and getting in your own way? Look, my mission here at Purpose Minded Woman is to help you take ownership of your life and begin to live with intention. And it starts with breaking free from the negative behavior patterns that are really holding you back. Okay. To help you get started, I created a free resource. Six simple steps to Stop sabotaging your success. It is a powerful tool to help you identify the obstacles that are really getting in the way of your dreams. It’s time to break free from your self sabotaging habits and behaviors. And with this guide, you’ll have the solutions you need and the implementation steps you can take to take action and control your thoughts so that you can begin to exist at your highest level. Get it now while it’s available@purposemindderwoman.com.
[07:57] Mercedes: Okay, wait, I didn’t know that you had been wanting to do that for a while. Yeah, I didn’t know that.
[08:04] Telanna: I did want to do it for a while, and then I kind of forgot about it as we do. I don’t forget about these things now because I have a notion board, this type of stuff. There’s my notion plug.
[08:14] Mercedes: I know.
[08:16] Telanna: Yeah. I had forgotten about it, and there it was, and I jumped on it. I was like, this is something I.
[08:23] Mercedes: Want to try my time.
[08:24] Telanna: Yeah, I know, right? Parking spaces. That’s a whole nother story anyway, but yeah, so I jumped on it, and then as soon as I bought it, I was like, oh, darn. I got like this is now an.
[08:43] Mercedes: Expensive self care habit.
[08:46] Telanna: It wasn’t even expensive. It was just like, the uncertainty of, like, what are you getting yourself into? What if you drown, girl?
[08:55] Mercedes: Floating. Yeah, no, I get it, though. Can you imagine? Because I do think it would be really hard to drown in there. Okay, my next question for you, because we’re talking about floating float Eight, sensory deprivation tank, pod, whatever you want to call it. So for anyone who has watched Stranger Things, like, oh, Mommy, it’s in Fringe, too, right?
[09:20] Telanna: Yes, I think so. Okay. Which is probably where it was where I originally got it from. Fringe.
[09:27] Mercedes: Yeah, you’re welcome. Anyway, if you’ve seen Stranger Things or Fringe, it’s that pod that they’re floating in so they can do, like, their psychic stuff.
[09:40] Telanna: Well, I didn’t get psychic.
[09:42] Mercedes: We didn’t get any psychic downloads. But I think, Mommy, you should tell them a little bit about what it actually is. What do you do? What’s the experience?
[09:53] Telanna: So I will say let me first start off by saying the location that I went to is called Float Eight. So in your city, if you’re going to start looking this up, you’re going to either be looking well, you’re going to look for sleep I’m not sleep. Sensory deprivation, pod, or float experiences. If you’ve got groupon, I think I’ve seen them on groupon as well. So just want to clear that up. The place that I do is called float eight. The experience is not float.
[10:33] Mercedes: Eight.
[10:35] Telanna: So it’s very interesting. Like, a week before I went, they sent you out all of the videos that they have on YouTube. For you to check it out and see what it’s like. I was really interested in going because I was thinking it was going to be kind of like meditation. You have the opportunity to quiet your mind. And as you know, one of my top 100 goals is always chasing quiet time. Quiet time to think and just be right. And so I was like, oh, this is a great opportunity for me to be alone and just be quiet, be still.
[11:24] Mercedes: If you wanted to get away from your family, just say that. I’m just kidding.
[11:29] Telanna: Well, of course. It’s not like I don’t tell them. That’s why I checked myself in hotels. But that’s another episode.
[11:38] Mercedes: Yeah, sorry.
[11:38] Telanna: Go ahead. And so when I first went in there, they give you a walk through and you just go in there and it’s like yeah, it’s like a pod. It looks like a big egg.
[11:51] Mercedes: It does look like an alien spaceship egg.
[11:57] Telanna: I can’t even really think of what that movie is where the lady comes out of some lava looking thing. Anyway.
[12:08] Mercedes: But it just about Fifth Element.
[12:11] Telanna: The fifth element. I should know that because Kevin has watched that like 20 million times.
[12:16] Mercedes: Okay, we’re not we’ll fact check this later.
[12:19] Telanna: Yeah, wait, I’m going to fact check.
[12:20] Mercedes: It while you keep going.
[12:21] Telanna: Keep going. I don’t know, but that’s what it looks like when you first see it. The water is really still. The room is very dark. It’s a great mood. One of the things that they recommend is that you do not eat a heavy meal afterwards. One of the things that they also didn’t recommend I got so thirsty when I was in the tank. I don’t know why every time I go, I get really thirsty. And so this last time I had intended to just have a little small cup of water in there on the shelf and I forgot again. Yeah. So the interesting part is now some people might think that this is a little bit weird, right? Because first of all, before you go there, you have to shower. And that’s not weird. You have to have clean hair. So that means for especially like, you and I, we’re natural hair.
[13:19] Mercedes: We have product in our hair.
[13:21] Telanna: And so in the beginning, I was like, well, this isn’t going to be once a month, every other week type of thing because I’m not trying to deal with my hair like that. Because in the tank is salt, okay? And that salt will be all over you for days. All over you. And one of the things that my kids I don’t know which one of you all was like, you should get a swim cap. Why didn’t think of that? I don’t know. But it was the best thing ever.
[13:58] Mercedes: It was probably KJ. He is the most logical of the three of us.
[14:01] Telanna: That is true. Except the first swim cap I got was too big and the water, the salt got all in my hair. So here’s the funny part about it, though. When you get in the tank, so I usually do 60 minutes, I recommend your first time that you do 90 minutes. Why? Because it’s going to take you about 30 minutes just to get used to being in the tank and just trying to calm your mind about the fact that you are in a tank. The thing is closed. You can have the lights on or off. You can have music on or off. One of the questions I always get asked when I share this, whether it’s on TikTok or on Facebook or anywhere, is, I can’t do that, I’m claustrophobic. And so I want to say specifically to people who are claustrophobic, one, there’s a pretty big space in there, right? You have room at the top where you can just sit up in there and there’s even some more room if you sit up. And also if you’re claustrophobic, you can have the same experience and keep the pod open. You do not have to close the pod. So I want to make sure that you know that if this is something that you want to do and you feel claustrophobic, you do not have to close the pod. You can absolutely keep it open. Yes, it changes the experience a little bit, but it’s doable. And that gives you the opportunity to try it and see, hey, maybe I would still like to do this, but with the pod open, because either way, you’ll still be able to be in a dark room. The pod will just be open because once you get in, the lights are kind of censored, so they’ll go off anyway.
[16:02] Mercedes: Yeah, I also wanted to share for me, because I think I don’t know if maybe for you it was more natural, but it was really nice for the lady who was there that day to kind of share. Not everybody does that well with sitting in a pod for the whole 60 minutes, too. So for me, I sat in there and it’s like a little hatch, right? So I sat in there and I just sat for maybe five minutes before. I don’t have any claustrophobia issues, but I just kind of sat in there to kind of get comfortable and feel myself kind of be buoyant so I could get comfortable before I close the hatch. And then the lights went off and I got to see kind of a little bit of the ambient lighting and the music. And so it’s like one of those things where it’s like you can make that experience, like what you’re comfortable with. And if you want to float for your entire float with the hatch open.
[17:01] Telanna: Or you don’t even want to float.
[17:02] Mercedes: Fully, you just kind of want to be a little buoyant and sit in it to get comfortable. All of those things are possible for.
[17:09] Telanna: You to feel comfortable.
[17:11] Mercedes: And I didn’t stay in there for 60 whole minutes either because I was like, stressed. I couldn’t quiet my mind. But I know that’s something that happens over time. But I just wanted to say, like, if you’re like 690 minutes, all of this stuff I just wanted to reiterate. You can make it what you want to.
[17:32] Telanna: Yeah, exactly. And you can get in, get out the room. I’m sure different places, it’s going to be different, but the room that I was in has a nice little bench that you can relax on if you want to wait. They provide you with a towel, but you can take any other things that you want. I take my own shampoo, I take my own toiletries, even though they have those ones available for you. So you can really make the experience whatever it is you want to. If you want to bring your own music or play your own music from your cell phone, I’m sure that you can do that, too. Instead of utilizing what they have, it’s just checking whatever facility that you’re going to use and finding out what works for you. And I will say check the facility before you go, okay? Because oh my gosh, I didn’t check. Well, I did check because I’m just that person. So I checked two days before I went, two or three days before I went and I realized I had to parallel park. Oh my God, your girl had to parallel park to go to this you.
[18:51] Mercedes: Won’T make me tell you that. Tell that parallel parking story.
[18:55] Telanna: And I started freaking out, right? Because I do not like the parallel park. It’s not that I cannot parallel park, I just don’t like the pressure of when people drive up behind you and they’re waiting for you to do this ninja parallel parking. So I was going to cancel. I was like, I am not going. I cannot parallel park. Oh my God, I’m just going to cancel so much. I know, right? But I’m glad I did not cancel and I’m glad I did find where I could just drove into the parallel parking on the side road. So I did not park directly in front of the building because that would have required some serious parallel parking and I just wasn’t made for that. So I did have a little bit anxiety about that beforehand. So that’s why I said always look and figure out where the location is that you’re going before you go, so that when you show up, you don’t have any surprises that’s going to take away from your experience. Okay? That’s my advice.
[20:07] Mercedes: I’m not telling the Barney story.
[20:10] Telanna: Maybe you’ll never get a Starbucks ever again out of me.
[20:15] Mercedes: Whatever. Luckily for me, apparently my doggy son buys me Starbucks, so I don’t need you anymore. I’m just kidding. Now Starbucks. So in the background, y’all, I did go look up these pictures and she was talking about Fifth Element, but that is not what the pod looks like, so please don’t think that’s what the pod looks like.
[20:48] Mercedes: Hey there. It’s Mercedes. If you’re listening to this podcast, you probably have some pretty big dreams and aspirations. Are you looking to break into your dream job? What about pivot into a new career that aligns with your purpose? Or maybe you want to advance your career as an amazing black woman. If any of this sounds like you, it’s time for us to have a chat. In the show notes, you’ll find a link to schedule a quick and free 15 minutes career clarity. Chat with me. During our call, we’ll dive deep into your career goals, and I’ll share some transformational career advice. If coaching with me could benefit you, we’ll discuss that, too. If you’re feeling uncertain about your career, it can be tough, but it’s possible to find clarity and direction. So why not take a step to your breakthrough and schedule your free career clarity? Chat with me today. The link is awaiting for you in the Show notes.
[21:38] Mercedes: Love. All right, let’s get back to the episode. So one of the things that I think is funny is that I love water. I love being in water, being around water. It gives me peace and joy. So as soon as I got in that pod I’m not joking I don’t even know if I told you this because we were just talking about all the things, but I cried legit because it was so overwhelmingly peaceful. And you know how you kind of get in water and you want to be carefree, but you don’t want to drown? So that was so nice to just get into the water and feel your body release all tension because it’s just floating. There’s no tension on your body.
[22:31] Telanna: Tell the people why you were really carefree, because I didn’t think I shared that. Wait, what do you mean in the fact how you can dress to get in the pod?
[22:45] Mercedes: Oh, my gosh. I forgot.
[22:46] Telanna: I did not care that I was.
[22:48] Mercedes: Like, this was just part of the experience. I totally forgot because I was like, we should go into what you do in the pod. Why is that beneficial? Okay, so, yes, when you go into the pod, you can choose to go in your birthday suit or you can wear a bathing suit or I mean, I guess they don’t really care if you’re fully closed as long as you took a shower, but anyway, so you can get in the pod however you want. I, of course, went with my birthday suit because who wants to feel anything? But that’s the whole point. I’m not feeling anything. Carefree. And most sorry because mommy was like, I know you went in there without no clothes on.
[23:26] Telanna: I didn’t see my baby suit back.
[23:28] Mercedes: No, I already knew I was going there with no clothes on because I love water, I was not worried about the floating at all. That was not it. But the reason that I had a little bit of the anxiety and stress going into it and why I couldn’t fully relax my brain is because I was worried about dozing off, or not because of drowning, but because I didn’t want to not hear the sound. So in the pod, you’re literally just floating, trying to relax your body, ease your mind kind of like you would in meditation. But you really don’t have that sensation as much for your body. Right. So your body kind of leaves the process of easing your mind. I guess that’s the best way to say it, because it’s just floating, it’s that complete relaxation. And then you can kind of hear your mind, which I wasn’t able to do, but I got closer. But I love just the free feeling of being, of floating in the water. And that’s what I really loved about it. And hopefully next time I go I can do a little bit I don’t want to say better because I was like, that’s kind of like this work, but I can ease my mind a little bit more.
[24:41] Telanna: And I think every time you go, you’ll see that it a lot quicker for you to get relaxed. I know for me, when I go in the first half of it, I have lights on, music on, and then the second half of it I have lights off, music off. And I think it’s because by then I feel like I’m in the state of mind that I really need to be so that I’m able to just check out. This last time I went, I did wear my aura ring. And we can do an episode sometime about that because I wanted to see if I fell asleep in there because sometimes it’s hard to tell if you actually dozed off or took a nap or anything. And unfortunately, I don’t think my ring picked up on whether or not I fell asleep. But I’m going to try it again next time though.
[25:52] Mercedes: Okay? Yeah. And for those who don’t know what an aura ring is, it’s like a fitness tracker, but it’s just a ring. And it gives a lot more detailed analytics and results about your health and fitness, sleep, those types of things. And it’s in a ring just in case.
[26:10] Telanna: Yeah, because a lot of the goals that I’m chasing, mommy chasing, yes, a lot to do with just doing life better in general.
[26:23] Mercedes: Yeah.
[26:24] Telanna: So we’ll talk about the ring some other time because I love it.
[26:28] Mercedes: Yes, we’ll have to do like a fitness one, so I know we have a career one because I had a career shift that I want to talk about. And then we can do like a health one too because I feel like we are on our health, wellness and fitness grind right now. Seriously?
[26:43] Telanna: Yes.
[26:46] Mercedes: My waist hasn’t reflected that yet, but I’m really proud of. Okay, cool.
[26:56] Telanna: Speak it into existence.
[26:59] Mercedes: Yeah, no, I’m honestly really proud of myself, and I’m really proud of you, too. And we’re in it together.
[27:07] Telanna: And talking about benefits. So let’s talk about the pod number. Now, there’s all sorts of benefits, right? And of course, I’ll just put that disclaimer out there. What works for one person may not work for you. So please make sure that even in something as what seems as simple as this, that you might even want to consult with your own physician first. Right. Whatever is up to you. But for me, the results was just sheer relaxation. Just being able to be still and to think and meditate. And for me, just being able to because before I go in, I try to pray and I try to ask God to let me hear anything that I need to be hearing that I haven’t been able to hear because I’ve just been out in such a noisy world. So that has been good for me, too. And I always make sure when I get out of it not to just go and jump right in the shower. Right. I try to reflect and document if anything came up for me during that time. So that’s one of the things for me. The other thing is I have arthritis in my knees and it’s just relaxing. I felt like my body tensions were just gone, and I felt very relaxed and just it’s kind of hard to explain what I felt in my knees per se, but I can totally I can’t put it into words.
[29:15] Mercedes: It’s almost like as soon as you get in that water, it’s like a release. It’s like everything in your body just releases. It’s almost like when you take a deep breath and you can just kind of feel your body expand and release. That is what it feels like as soon as you hit the water. And that’s honestly why I cried, because it just felt so good. Like, not a bad cry, like a.
[29:40] Telanna: Happy cry, but it feels like you’re I don’t want to say, like you’re letting go. I don’t know if I could put, like, passing out nicely into a little box, but yeah, you know what’s? Those things when they I can’t even think of the thing now where they do the drop and somebody catches you.
[30:04] Mercedes: Like a trust fall.
[30:06] Telanna: Yeah, one of the trust falls. There’s a part of it that just feels like as soon as you get in it and you lay out and you I don’t know, it’s just magically. Like, everything disappears. Whatever is on the outside of that pot does not exist. And I think that’s what I love about it. And I feel like I’ve only had one really other experience like that one time, which is kind of a weird thing, but when we were moving and we took some things to the dump, and it was so were you with us? I can’t remember.
[30:50] Mercedes: But it was so therapy and we.
[30:52] Telanna: Were throwing out like this.
[30:55] Mercedes: It was so therapy.
[30:57] Telanna: Yeah. And so I think that this is one of those things, too. It’s like you just leave everything behind.
[31:07] Mercedes: Yeah.
[31:07] Telanna: And your body knows it. Your body knows it, and that’s the instantly it’s amazing.
[31:13] Mercedes: I’m telling you, as soon as you hit that water, it’s like your body’s like poof. And one of the things I was going to say in relation to that, I just lost my train of thought. Oh, I remember it came back. So it’s like if you’ve ever heard trauma informed, it’s not like meditation or stretching, but those people that tell you how you hold trauma in your body when you’re stressed out and you can feel it all in your neck and your upper back and your shoulders, that kind of thing. I think it’s so nice to just be able to ease your mind without all of the stress that you hold in your body from whether that’s existing or because you’re going through something or trauma. It’s so nice to just have that be released so that you can actually have your mind be the focus.
[32:11] Telanna: Yes.
[32:11] Mercedes: There’s something else.
[32:12] Telanna: Exactly. And I know that when you look on the different websites for these, there’s a lot of other health benefits that they say that floating helps with. Now, I’m not really going to go into them because I haven’t researched that scientific evidence for it. Right.
[32:40] Mercedes: You don’t know how you can have what is that called, a psychedelic trip in there? You haven’t figured that out?
[32:46] Telanna: No, I don’t know, because that’s not what I’m going for.
[32:53] Mercedes: I’m really excited for that moment where you have a very vivid vision in there, because I know sometimes that happens to you. I can’t wait. It’s going to happen.
[33:03] Telanna: It’s going to happen.
[33:05] Mercedes: You’re going to be like.
[33:09] Telanna: Yeah.
[33:09] Mercedes: You’re going to be like, dear God, I only get one of these for ten years.
[33:14] Telanna: Yeah, that would probably be a two hour float because, of course, we’ve been on this health and wellness and one of the things, too, that is sleep. So I’ve been paying more attention to sleep. I’ve been paying more attention to when I do have those type of dreams. So we’ll see.
[33:34] Mercedes: I’m ready. I think you’re going to join the rest of us in our prophetic dreaming and divisions and whatever else. It’s fine.
[33:44] Telanna: I’ll stop denying your gifts.
[33:47] Mercedes: Yeah, that’s okay.
[33:49] Telanna: Well, denying the weird ones anyway.
[33:53] Mercedes: Oh, my God.
[33:55] Telanna: The ones I feel are too weird.
[33:58] Mercedes: Okay. All right. You have too many of us around you for you to feel in that way, but it’s okay. You got your best friend, you got your daughter, your mama and your sister. I don’t understand how you got here, but I guess oh, my gosh. It’s because none of us are in the house. With you.
[34:14] Telanna: Wow.
[34:15] Mercedes: Okay. I’m sorry. Let me go. Okay. So did we talk about everything that we wanted to talk? Oh, okay. What about after the float? How do you feel after you float?
[34:26] Telanna: Salty. No, I’m just joking.
[34:29] Mercedes: Well, I was getting salty. I was going to say I didn’t have any salt stuck to me.
[34:36] Telanna: Oh, wow. Show off.
[34:39] Mercedes: No, but that’s what I was because.
[34:40] Telanna: When you were saying it stays on.
[34:43] Mercedes: Me for days, I was like, I didn’t have any salt on me.
[34:46] Telanna: No, I was saying, well, see, normally when I leave there, this time, I took a really good, good shower before I left there. But normally I just rinse off and get my happy behind in my car so I can take a shower at home. But no, I think the biggest thing with the salt is if you’re using soap and stuff, no, you’re not going to have it on you. The biggest thing is the hair. From a perspective of women who have natural hair, I feel like it gets in those coils.
[35:29] Mercedes: Okay. I’m wondering if it’s just kind of like your hair texture. Because my hair did fine, but also my hair is also used to me, like doing that to it.
[35:39] Telanna: Yeah. And see, mine is mine is like, what is going on? Yeah. So that’s definitely one thing you want to make sure after you get in that salt, like, you shampoo and you do a really good moisturizing conditioner in your hair because of the salt.
[36:02] Mercedes: I wonder if this is like a low porosity versus high porosity girly problem.
[36:07] Telanna: It could be. It could very well be.
[36:10] Mercedes: I’m a high porosity girly. We know you’re a low porosity girly, and we hate you for it. But that could be it because my hair is just like I don’t know. This is, like, normal. Okay, anyway, enough about hair stuff. What else about your post float feel?
[36:32] Telanna: I will say this is not necessarily post float, but one of the things I recommend, too, is trying it during morning, afternoon, and evening and seeing which one works best for you. I feel like I would probably be a good floater in the evening. However, the place that I go to is not very close to me, and so I haven’t done any of the evenings. But I feel like if I did go in the evening, I would sleep like a baby. I mean, I sleep pretty good now, but I just feel like if I did that in the evening because my float place is actually open until 09:00.
[37:18] Mercedes: That’s so nice.
[37:20] Telanna: I really think about that.
[37:23] Mercedes: If you wanted to be super bougie about it. Well, one you can make. Somebody in your family can get you your husband, but you could do an Uber. You’re like, you know what? I definitely want to have a very nice, relaxing experience. I’m going to Uber there. I’m going to Uber back. So it’s like, no worries. I was also going to say I think it’s important as much as it is about the time of day. Is it also about kind of like what you have going on around the time? Because we were going on Mother’s Day, which was lovely, we kind of lost track at Ulta, which Alta totally makes sense. I was buying my Fenty and then I was so kind of stressed in getting there that I feel like that did hold back some of my ability to relax. I was kind of like headstrong. Is that right? Anyway, I was kind of like all over the place when getting there, but once I was there, it was a little bit easier because I knew I didn’t really have anything else to care about afterwards. So I will say don’t do this on like a lunch break or something. Do this when you have time to be leisurely so you don’t have the stressors of it all while you’re there because you have same experience.
[38:39] Telanna: Yeah. And I think after the first time, after the first time and you know what to expect, you can schedule better. And I feel like you have a different experience because you go in there with a different mindset of how you want to experience it the first time. There’s a level of uncertainty about what’s going to happen and how it’s going to happen and the next time you begin to look forward to it. But I do agree that anytime we think about self care right. We have to make it our own. So you have some people that like to go to nail salons and be in and out, but then you have some people that like that experience, but they want to be really pampered. They really want to enjoy their experience. They want to be served wine or water or whatever. And it’s the same thing with this. Yes, there is a method to what you’re doing in there, but you still get to create your own experience while you’re there with any of your self care. So I just want to remind you of that too. And you go in there with the mindset of what type of day that you want to have there. And ever since that first time of me getting passing anxiety of parallel parking, it’s been something great that I have been able to look forward to. Now, they do recommend doing it at least twice a month. If you work out a lot, they actually recommend doing it weekly and I can see why. Right. That would definitely help with your body. I actually don’t do it as much as I like to just because of the fact that I don’t live really close to it.
[40:31] Mercedes: Yeah, I want to say this as we close to really just drive in the fact that it is whatever experience. I told you all that I love water, I love playing in water. So I was, like, splashing the water around. Like, I was having child moments in there.
[40:47] Telanna: Okay.
[40:48] Mercedes: I was like, inner child. I was like, Let me flounder around. It was so fun just being weightless. So as much as I did take time to relax, I was like, look.
[40:57] Telanna: At the water, ma’am. Here’s my little disclaimer people. She wants to play like she’s Finding Nemo. Make sure you’re not floundering around so much that you burning your eyes out.
[41:10] Mercedes: Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. I forgot. Yeah. I did not splash my face. No, don’t do pool wave washing. But the way that the water like, the sound of the water is in there, like, it’s so cool. And the music, too. So cool. Yeah.
[41:30] Telanna: And they do provide you with a washcloth for your face if you still.
[41:36] Mercedes: Happen for your head, if you happen.
[41:39] Telanna: To get salt in your face, inner child.
[41:44] Mercedes: So hard that you splash it on the face.
[41:46] Telanna: Clearly, that’s not me. I follow rules. Follow rules.
[41:51] Mercedes: I didn’t burn my eyes at all. I just want you to know, I was very careful. Oh, my God.
[41:58] Telanna: And we needed those eyes.
[41:59] Mercedes: We did. And I, thankfully, did not actually have to parallel park.
[42:05] Telanna: No, but you would have been all right if you did, because I’ve traumatized you enough about that. So my own trauma has traumatized you enough about parallel.
[42:13] Mercedes: It has. But you know why? It’s because little towns with little city halls have little parallel parking that I had to get used to out here in rural Florida.
[42:23] Telanna: The problem is, I never drove in Bermuda. If I would have driven a car in Bermuda, I probably would be a pro.
[42:33] Mercedes: Oh, my God. In Bermuda, too. That’s, like, probably way worse. Goodness.
[42:37] Telanna: Exactly.
[42:40] Mercedes: Mommy. Well, I think we have told the Chasers the peeps out there about our flow eight experience. I loved it so much. Ten out of ten. We’ll definitely do that again. Maybe with Brandon and a buddy float. No. Just kidding. Are you okay over there? Whatever.
[43:00] Telanna: Very weird. Not that you all are just up in their butt naked. That’s not it. I wouldn’t want to float with anyone. I don’t know.
[43:15] Mercedes: Anyway. But Brandon does want to try it out, so we probably will, but just.
[43:20] Telanna: Makes me farts in the water.
[43:26] Mercedes: Yeah, because oh, my God. Because we went after brunch, we went after lunch, and we both had to fart, but apparently mine were, like, silent and not deadly. Apparently hers did some damage to her pod.
[43:51] Telanna: Must have been a terrible food at the restaurant that you took me to.
[43:54] Mercedes: Oh, my God.
[43:57] Telanna: Next time, take me to a better restaurant with better food.
[44:00] Mercedes: You know, that breaks away.
[44:03] Telanna: Hey, you stuck. You stepped in it.
[44:06] Mercedes: I did, but you stepped in it.
[44:09] Telanna: So I’m like, Whoa.
[44:10] Mercedes: And you man charted in a pot.
[44:12] Telanna: No, I’m just kidding.
[44:13] Mercedes: She didn’t chart. Apparently, I can’t eat where the white people eat, I think. No, we can’t go to Rollins college and eat there, apparently. Yeah.
[44:27] Telanna: That was not good.
[44:29] Mercedes: We did find it.
[44:30] Telanna: The pastries were good.
[44:32] Mercedes: The pastries were delicious.
[44:33] Telanna: The cappuccino was fantastic.
[44:35] Mercedes: Cappuccino?
[44:38] Telanna: Cappuccino.
[44:39] Mercedes: Can you the part that was killing me, mommy, is, like, everything was so well cooked. Like, it was cooked to perfection. No seasoning. No seasoning. No nothing season. I don’t even think it has salt and pepper. All right, Chasers. Well, thank you for joining us for this very special episode. We hope that you really enjoyed it. We hope that you go to a float and tell us how it was, and we’ll float with us. And relax your body, free your mind kind of stuff. Don’t take where you go.
[45:19] Telanna: No weed either. Oh, and don’t eat a heavy meal. Oh, and don’t have coffee.
[45:26] Mercedes: Weed actually might be good just, like, a little bit.
[45:31] Telanna: You think? I think it would I don’t know. I guess it relaxes.
[45:36] Mercedes: Yeah, because, I mean, you can’t, like.
[45:39] Telanna: It’S illegal in this state, so don’t do it. If you’re in Florida, go to Colorado.
[45:45] Mercedes: California.
[45:47] Telanna: We are not a lead friendly state or actually a not friendly state.
[45:54] Mercedes: Where are we going? Let’s go to Arizona. Are they okay with that? I just like Arizona.
[46:01] Telanna: I don’t think Arizona is okay.
[46:05] Mercedes: All right, we’ll figure out where to go.
[46:08] Telanna: Okay.
[46:08] Mercedes: Anywho, until next time, chaser got to go. Wish you the best in chasing your 100 goals. And mommy has to go probably because she has to pee. And we’ll see you next time, toodles.
[46:18] Telanna: I’m out. Bye bye.
[46:23] Mercedes: Bye.
[46:24] Telanna: Bye. Bye. Bye bye. See you next time.
