My Float Practice — 463 Floats, 524 Hours, 14 Years | The Float Practice
The Log

My Float Practice

Every session documented. 14 years of stepping into the dark.

463
Floats
524
Hours
14
Years
18
Centers
4
Countries
A note on accuracy

This log is likely underreported. Early years were reconstructed from calendar entries, booking confirmations, and email receipts. Booking systems changed, not every float was logged, and some centers no longer exist. What’s documented here is what could be verified across multiple data sources — booking exports, transactional emails, calendar events, and manual records. A previous rough calculation and gut sense puts the true number closer to 600+ hours. We show what we can prove.

The Timeline

14 Years in the Water

2012 – 2016
The Float House Era

Vancouver. Where it started. A private float in someone’s basement in Calgary, then Float House opened a block and a half from my apartment. The early years of exploration — from curious visitor to weekly regular to the person who pitched them on marketing.

2012 1 float · 1h
First Float
March 9, 2012. Private float, somewhere in Calgary. One hour that changed everything.
2013 10 floats · 16h
Float House grand opening specials. Late-night 2-hour sessions. The beginning of a real relationship with the water.
Art on Display
Jul–Sep 2013. Bryce’s art exhibited at Float House Vancouver. The creative and float worlds merging early.
2014 7 floats · 11.5h
Irregular but deepening. Late-night holiday specials. The practice hadn’t become structured yet.
2015 26 floats · 39h
The shift to weekly. Almost every Monday at Float House from June through November. This is when the practice became a practice.
2016 26 floats · 39h
Consistent weekly rhythm, mostly Sundays. 26 floats — identical to 2015. The practice holding steady while the business grew.
Early days at Float House, Vancouver
2017 – 2018
The Expansion

International floating for the first time. An overnight session. The first multi-day challenge. And finding a new home center that would become the foundation.

2017 7 floats · 17h
Fewer sessions, but the deepest single float to date. Last record at Float House in June before the chapter closed.
8-Hour Overnight Float
January 15. Float House, Vancouver. 10pm to 6am. Eight hours in the dark. A boundary-dissolving experience.
First International Floats
December. Float Chiang Mai, Thailand. Two sessions. The practice travels.
2018 29 floats · 29.2h
A pivotal year. The first multi-day challenge in Edmonton, then the move to Montréal and discovering Ovarium — which would become home for the next 320 floats.
Challenge #1 — 15-Day Stretch
Modern Gravity, Edmonton. June 3–17. 16 floats in 15 consecutive days. The first time the practice became an immersion.
First Float at Ovarium
August 11. Spa Ovarium, Montréal. A 75-minute session. The beginning of a relationship that now spans 320 floats and counting.
Early Float House days
2019 – 2020
The Weekly Practice

Locked in. Every Saturday at Ovarium, almost without exception. Through winter, through summer, through a global pandemic. The practice became non-negotiable.

2019 52 floats · 52h
One float per week, almost every single Saturday. 52 floats in 52 weeks. The first truly consistent year. This is when the patterns in the business started becoming visible — because the practice was holding steady enough to see them.
2020 42 floats · 42h
COVID closures created a gap from March to May. The practice resumed as soon as Ovarium reopened. 42 floats despite two months of forced interruption. A float-and-massage combo appeared — the practice expanding beyond the tank.
Floating Through COVID
Two months of closure, then straight back in. The practice wasn’t optional — it was essential infrastructure.
Mexico
2021
The Deepening

The biggest year yet. 77 floats across three countries. An unlimited pass in Mexico. Back-to-back multi-day challenges. Floating everywhere — Sayulita, Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Penticton, Calgary, Montréal. The practice went from consistent to intensive.

2021 77 floats · 85.2h
Joy of Floating unlimited pass in Sayulita — daily sessions through spring. Floating at Flota Studio in Mexico City, Float Sano in San Miguel de Allende, oGo Float in Penticton, Soul Float in Calgary. Then back to Ovarium for 15 consecutive days in October.
Challenge #2 — 16-Float Stretch
The Joy of Floating, Sayulita, Mexico. April 6–23. 16 floats over 18 days. Two missed days — both Sundays when the center was closed.
Challenge #3 — 15-Day Streak
Spa Ovarium, Montréal. October 17–31. 15 consecutive days without a single miss. Pure commitment.
Sayulita, Mexico
2022
Integration

Exploring new centers while settling back into the Ovarium rhythm. Chill Space in New York. H2O Float Studio and Float Toronto. L’Absolu Spa in Montréal. The practice expanding outward while the foundation held.

2022 40 floats · 40.2h
Four different cities. Six different centers. A float in New York between meetings. A 30-minute float at L’Absolu Spa — even a short session counts. Then settling into a deep Ovarium run through fall: 19 floats in the last three months of the year.
The practice deepening
2023
The 30-Day Challenge

The peak year. 83 floats. The year of the defining challenge — 30 consecutive days at Ovarium. Everything that had been building for a decade crystallized in those 30 days.

2023 83 floats · 83h
Weekly rhythm through spring and summer. A video production shoot at Mellow Float in Grimsby. A travel float at Sukhino in Indiana. Then November arrived — and the practice went to a level it had never been.
The 30-Day Challenge
Spa Ovarium, Montréal. November 7 – December 6. Thirty consecutive days. No exceptions. No missed days. The experience that fundamentally changed the way we think about the practice and the business built around it. Inspired by industry pioneer Glenn Perry, who first invited Bryce to float for 30 consecutive days. This challenge became the foundation for everything that followed. First date with Emm (now my fiancée) was halfway through the 30 days — an incredible testament to the power of the practice.
The long practice
2024 – Present
The Long Practice

Quality over quantity. The shift to 2-hour sessions. Fewer floats, deeper immersion. Emm joins in the tank. The practice continues to evolve — not louder, but deeper.

2024 38 floats · 38h
A year of integration after the intensity of 2023. Steady practice at Ovarium with occasional travels — a couples float at L’Absolu Spa, a session at Krysus Float Center in San Antonio during a trip.
Emm’s First Float
January 28. Ovarium, Montréal. A special occasion. The practice becomes shared.
The Move North
November 2024. Moved up north outside the city — now a 2-hour commute to float. The distance is the reason the practice frequency dropped.
2025 19 floats · 20.2h
The practice continues. Sessions at Ovarium and Float Toronto. The first 75-minute session in September. The rhythm shifts from weekly to intentional.
2026 6 floats · 11h
Every session in 2026 has been a 2-hour float. The practice deepening further. Quality over quantity. Six sessions, eleven hours — nearly double the time per float compared to the early years.
Home Float Tank Confirmed
April 2026. Confirmed getting a home float tank — reconnecting with a deeper and more consistent practice without the commute.
The Shift to 2-Hour Sessions
Every float in 2026 is a 2-hour session at Ovarium. An hour to let go. An hour to receive. The practice matures.
18 Centers

Where I’ve Floated

Spa Ovarium
Montréal, QC, Canada
320 floats · 327h
Float House
Vancouver, BC, Canada
74 floats · 119.5h
The Joy of Floating
Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico
36 floats · 43.5h
Modern Gravity
Edmonton, AB, Canada
16 floats · 16h
Float Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand
2 floats · 3h
L’Absolu Spa
Montréal, QC, Canada
2 floats · 1.5h
Float Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
2 floats · 2h
Flota Studio
Mexico City, Mexico
1 float · 1h
Float Sano
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1 float · 1.2h
oGo Float
Penticton, BC, Canada
1 float · 1.5h
Soul Float
Calgary, AB, Canada
1 float · 1h
Chill Space NYC
New York, NY, USA
1 float · 1h
H2O Float Studio
Toronto, ON, Canada
1 float · 1.2h
Gravity Float & Wellness
Kelowna, BC, Canada
1 float · 1h
Sukhino Float Center
New Albany, Indiana, USA
1 float · 1h
Mellow Float
Grimsby, ON, Canada
1 float · 1h
Krysus Float Center
San Antonio, TX, USA
1 float · 1h
Private Float
Calgary, AB, Canada
1 float · 1h

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