29/08/2025
Just been on my first proper soft play date in a while. Planned in advance, went on my own, just for me. An hour long flotation session at the delightful Floatwell in Cambridge. I used to float a lot when I lived in London, and have had a hiatus but I’m definitely going to have to remedy that.
For those who don’t know a soft play date is one of the coaching tools I use - it’s a planned date with yourself, doing something just for you, that stretches your edges a little bit (not that floating was that, but hey, one of my edges is bending the rules of stuff so I’m counting it 🤣). For a lot of us an hour a week is a lot to start off with so you can work up to it. And if, like me, the habit lapses, you give yourself grace and start again. Deeply nourishing in themselves they also offer a training ground for self-compassion, learning what you like, pushing gently at your comfort zone, and self-love.
Floatation is a therapy where you are in the dark and quiet in a bath of Epsom salts that makes you feel weightless. It’s a blissful, meditative experience that feels like an embodied journaling and visualising exercise to me!
Delicious.
What could you restart/experiment with to nourish yourself this weekend?
