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TROPIC • HEALTH

Rock the float

Tropic meets Cheryl
Wegner, the new owner
of The Float Studio on
Anderson St.

Tropic: What led to your ownership of
The Float Studio?
Cheryl: I’m an Occupational Therapist, What is your vision for
with further background in Workplace The Float Studio?
Health and Safety and Ergonomics. I’m To be the ‘go to’ place for absolutely
also a Yoga teacher, remedial massage nothing (and all of the benefits that BENEFITS OF FLOATING
therapist, meditation teacher and overall ‘nothing’ can have for so many people in Stress and Anxiety
wellness believer! I heard about the sale of today’s busy world.
The Float Studio from a colleague whilst What can a new visitor to The Float Pain Relief
volunteering at the Cancer Council, and Studio expect? Sports Rehabilitation
that was it - I decided to buy it. A pampered feeling of calm and Creativity and Learning
What is it about Floating that hooked self-awareness. Pregnancy
Sleep
you in? Do you float yourself and why?
The serenity and benefits for me of I LOVE floating! It brings me back
increased alertness, decreased stress, to myself, keeps me balanced, calm BOOKINGS:
thefloatstudio.com.au or
decreased anxiety and decreased pain. and alert. phone 07 4032 0367

First timer The Float Studio does a great job into an absolute abyss of warm,
at relieving any apprehension you
almost ethereal bliss. It’s hard to
Tropic’s Tim Cooke goes for a float might have about experiencing a know where your body ends and the
high-tech floating pod for the first water begins because the high salt
time. With hushed ambience and a content means the floating part
high-end day spa vibe, I’m greeted is effortless. It is remarkable how
by a lovely host who runs me relaxing this experience is. I’m left
through the float procedure. With refreshed and a little ‘buzzing’.
earplugs in, I enter the pod and drift I can’t wait to float again.

It’s not a personal weakness. I spent On paper, my life is incredible. I have
Saying yes to help 18 months trying to convince myself a loving family, supportive partner
of those words, until I finally did
and a terrific job. But that’s the thing
something about it. My name is about depression and anxiety and
Words Elliot Lovejoy Elliott Lovejoy, I do the breakfast all those other ugly things. It doesn’t
Triple M Cairns breakfast host
show at Triple M here in Cairns and seem to matter what is happening in
I, like many other men in FNQ, have your world, it hits when it wants. I
been struggling with my mental had gotten to a point where outside
health. of work, I couldn’t find a reason to get
A few weeks back I went and saw out of bed. I would turn down invites
my GP at Clifton Beach and it was from friends to be social every time
the best thing I could have done for and would spend most weekends at
me. I’m now set up to speak with home. I had isolated myself.
someone regularly and have put the One conversation has set me on a
right foot forward to feeling better brighter path already. I am trying to
within myself. And it all started with say yes to things and am focusing on
a conversation. That first day at the what genuinely brings joy to my life.
doctor was bloody hard though. I Don’t become another statistic. Reach
answered a questionnaire and it out to someone. You’d be surprised
became apparent through that just just how many people want to help.
how not myself I had become.
I could no longer recognise what FOLLOW: Elliot on Instagram
made me happy. @llcooljoy

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