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Float Therapy in Dubai: The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing

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Dubai has a remarkable talent for filling every free moment. A meeting ends, a notification arrives. You finally get home, and suddenly your phone has 19 very important things to show you. Somehow, even relaxing…
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  • Floating
    Dubai has a remarkable talent for filling every free moment. A meeting ends, a notification arrives. You finally get home, and suddenly your phone has 19 very important things to show you. Somehow, even relaxing…
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  • Contrast Therapy
    One room. Two very different temperatures. A surprisingly lively debate about which one you should enter first.
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  • Couples & Experiences
    Dubai does dinner rather well. That's not the problem. The problem is that somewhere between choosing a restaurant and taking the fourth identical photo of your dessert, date night can start to feel like a…
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  • Massage
    Searching for a massage in Dubai can turn into a research project surprisingly quickly. Swedish? Deep tissue? Relaxation? Sixty minutes? Ninety? And what exactly does “medium pressure” mean to another human being?
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  • Couples & Experiences
    An entire hour together without a phone, a television or somebody asking where you want to eat.
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  • Contrast Therapy
    Two sauna lovers walk into a room. One asks for more steam. The other asks where the infrared panels are. Both insist their method is the better way to relax.
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  • Sports Recovery
    You've finished a hard workout. Your legs are questioning your decisions. Someone at the gym suggests an ice bath.
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  • Floating
    Sometimes you want somebody to work the tension out of your shoulders. Other times you want the entire world to leave you alone for an hour.
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  • Sports Recovery
    Brazilian jiu-jitsu has a special way of reminding you about muscles you didn't know existed.
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  • Mindfulness & Yoga
    Sit still. Breathe. Clear your mind. Sounds simple until your mind decides to replay every unanswered email you've ever received.
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  • Stress & Sleep
    You've closed the laptop. Technically, work is over. So why is your brain still chairing a meeting?
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  • Massage
    We have a question that sounds simple and somehow inspires passionate opinions: massage before or after floating?
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