Great news from the world of grey cells. My (and yours probably too) brain can be pumped like a bicep. And then our neurons will automatically produce happiness.
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​So, well, or approximately so, arranged all in our head. Psychologist Rick Hanson told us what's really going on in your brain when you follow numerous expert advice on happiness.

I was first drawn to float tanks by stories I’d heard that sounded like mind-altering drug trips except the people telling them were completely sober. They were, quite simply, just floating on water. I had to try it and figure out for myself what made it a life-changing experience for so many.

Have you ever had the experience of full immersion into yourself, when you completely disassociate with your body and bodily sensations, not having to stop chaotic thoughts, because it happens naturally? Such results can be provided by the flotation process, which was discovered by Dr. John Lilly during his research into the field of sensory deprivation.​

People coming into the Araaragot Center for Harmonic Consciousness at 201 Brighton First Road can expect only one thing — to float. 
The center, nestled on a quiet Brighton Beach side street, offers the unique experience of flotation therapy in what Araaragot describes as a “unique one of a kind sensory deprivation cabin… specifically designed” to help those who immerse themselves in the experience to relax, heal and become in harmony with their environment.

Sven-Åke Bood from the Human Performance Laboratory at Karlstad University has concluded through research that a significant amount of relief can be had through regular isolation tank sessions. Three quarters of a 140 person test group experienced improvements in long-term conditions such as anxiety, stress, depression, and fibromyalgia. You can find these studies in Bood's dissertation Bending and Mending the Neurosignature: Frameworks of influence by floatation-REST.

My expectations were low as the automatic lid slowly lowered and latched shut on the tank. My body was floating on the Epsom salt and water mix and a blue glow surrounded me. I hit the button next to me and was immersed in total darkness. I felt like Spock about to be launched from the Enterprise for a proper Federation burial in space.