Beating Jet Lag Naturally
Whether you’ve just landed back in Belfast from a work trip, a holiday abroad, or a long-haul flight from the U.S., jet lag can leave you feeling foggy, fatigued, and off balance for days — sometimes even weeks.
But what if you could reset your body faster, without relying on pills, caffeine, or sleeping tablets?
At Floatation Therapy NI, we offer a powerful, drug-free solution for jet lag recovery that taps into your body’s natural rhythms. It's called floatation therapy, and for frequent flyers, shift workers, and high performers, it's quickly becoming a non-negotiable part of post-travel recovery.
Jet lag isn’t just tiredness. It’s a disruption of your circadian rhythm, your body’s internal 24-hour clock that controls when you feel awake, when you feel sleepy, when your hormones release, and even how your digestion functions.
When you cross time zones quickly (especially flying east), your brain and body become out of sync with local time. That misalignment leads to:
Poor sleep
Digestive upset
Mental fog and low mood
Fatigue and performance dips
Increased stress and anxiety
Floatation therapy, also known as sensory deprivation, involves lying effortlessly in a warm tank of magnesium-rich Epsom salt water, free from light, noise, and distractions.
Your body becomes weightless. Your brain quiets. Your nervous system slows down.
This state of deep relaxation mimics slow-wave sleep and offers several key benefits for jet-lagged travellers:
1. Resets Your Circadian Rhythm
Floating in darkness and silence helps your body re-establish its natural sleep-wake cycle, especially when combined with smart light exposure before or after.
Many clients report sleeping deeply and naturally the night of their float, even after multiple time zone jumps.
2. Reduces Travel-Induced Stress
Floating lowers cortisol (your main stress hormone), helping reduce travel anxiety, muscle tension, and nervous system fatigue.
It also increases dopamine and serotonin, lifting your mood and improving mental clarity after a long flight.
3. Aid Magnesium Absorption
Magnesium plays a key role in sleep regulation, nervous system function, and muscle recovery, but many people are deficient, especially after travel.
Epsom salt floating allows for transdermal magnesium absorption, which supports faster recovery.
4. Eases Physical Tension & Inflammation
Long flights often lead to tight hips, sore backs, stiff necks, and swollen joints. Floating relieves pressure on joints, improves circulation, and reduces inflammation.
We help frequent travellers, flight crew, shift workers, and corporate clients recover naturally from jet lag, often in just one or two sessions.
You can float before or after your trip - both offer benefits:
Before Travel - Calm nervous system, improve pre-travel sleep, reduce stress
After Travel - Reset circadian rhythm, improve sleep, relieve stiffness and fatigue
To maximise your recovery, we recommend:Exposing yourself to natural daylight as soon as possible after arrival
Avoiding caffeine or alcohol in the hours leading up to your float
Using your float session as a pre-sleep wind-down, especially in the early evening
Wearing blue-light-blocking glasses or dimming screens after sunset
Following a consistent sleep-wake time after your float
Book your post-travel float today at Floatation Therapy NI and feel the difference deep rest can make.No more grogginess.
No more sleep meds.
Just deep rest, total reset, and a refreshed you.