OUR STORY
Why We Float
Modern life is demanding and often overwhelming—constant noise, stress, and distractions pull us away from feeling our best. At Float Seattle, we believe in a simple but powerful antidote: floating.
Floating isn’t just an escape; it’s a reset. One hour in the tank allows your body to relax, heal, and grow—melting away stress, easing pain, and creating space for mental clarity and deep recovery. It’s effortless, yet profoundly transformative.
What started as a single float center in 2012 has grown into five locations across the Seattle area. Despite our expansion, we’ve stayed rooted in our small-business values, prioritizing community, connection, and making floating accessible to all. Whether it’s your first time or part of your regular practice, we’re here to support your journey—one float at a time.
Meet Our Team
ANDREW L.
Owner/GM
Andrew is PNW born-and-raised and an explorer at heart. Over the last decade, he has developed practices around float tanks, spiritual herbalism, meditation, and yoga, to help turn depression and self-doubt into meaning and purpose. Andrew sees floating in particular as the most accessible tool in the modern world to tap into our true potential - no prerequisites required to experience the benefits. It does this by helping to reliably de-stress, reduce pain, and reveal an illusive stillness and tranquility within ourselves. From this point of reset, anything is possible.
Andrew’s mission is to provide space for relaxation, healing, and growth for anyone seeking wellness on their own terms. He has facilitated thousands upon thousands of float sessions, and finds joy in connecting with guests daily. Running these float studios is his way of helping people reduce the suffering in their lives and wake up to their own gifts. He is here to serve, and be your humble guide...
DEAN
Owner, Float Wizard
Dean has done a little bit of everything. He’s a former chef, student of transpersonal psychology and comparative mythology, professional DJ, and local business professional with over twenty-five years of experience at various non-profit, private, and public sector companies. Having managed lifelong anxiety and depression arising from CPTSD, Dean originally started floating as a way to deal with overwhelming workplace stress. He quickly came to the conclusion that Flotation Therapy is “basically good for everything” and it has become the “center around which all my wellness practices revolve." He's also been nerve pain free since 2017 thanks to floating! In his downtime he enjoys playing board games, pushing watercolors into paper, cooking rustic meals, reading voraciously, getting out into the wild, and loving ALL THE DOGS.
KARA
Lead Float Guide, Special Ops
Kara has spent much of her adult life in service of others. Float tanks have allowed her to harmonize her efforts without sacrificing her own needs. Soon after being introduced to floating, it became an essential life tool. Kara found that she could use her time in the tank to ease anxiety and also explore her own inner curiosity and playfulness. Her float practice continues to evolve, and has been instrumental in helping her find a new sense of purpose, balance, and self-love. She finds joy in the details of keeping our studios sparkling clean, organized, and cozy so our guests feel right at home and staff have everything they need to thrive. When she’s not facilitating floats, Kara loves spending time learning handy skills, drinking tea with friends, and staying in touch with the silly-side of life.
ASHLEY
Lead Float Guide, Operations Manager
Ashley is a naturopathic physician, biofeedback practitioner, and certified yoga instructor. Originally from Florida, she has always had a love of water (and salt), spending her childhood on the sunny beaches in her home state. She began floating as a way to relax both body and mind during her medical residency. Floating has helped her find a renewed sense of peace, increased focus and creativity, and has been an extremely useful tool in recovering from old sports injuries acquired from years as an athlete. Ashley believes that floating provides a blank space for exploration - whether that is reconnecting with ourselves and our goals, sparking inspiration, or just taking a break from it all. Ashley's mission is to help others find their way towards health through lifestyle, mindfulness practices, and integrative approaches to well-being.
BRIAN
Lead Float Guide, Manager-in-training
Brian is a student of philosophy with a focus on political philosophy, ethics, and Ancient Greek/Roman philosophy in order to answer the question: “What is the good life?” No stranger to introspection, Brian was eager to try floating as soon as he heard of it in 2018 and soon discovered the enormous physical, mental, and spiritual benefits floating can provide. He also aspires to become a larger human through proper diet/nutrition and picking up heavy objects. On his days off he enjoys hitting the trails or being bludgeoned in a mosh pit.
BRANDON
Lead Float Guide
Brandon is a trained Clinical Herbalist specializing in herbal medicine for mental well-being and has a degree in transpersonal psychology and consciousness studies. He has been fascinated with isolation tanks and the science of the mind ever since his first time watching Ken Russell's film, Altered States, way back in the 5th grade. He brings his insight into the nature of the Mind to his practice of floating and enjoys facilitating this profound experience for all the guests of Float Seattle.
ROYCE
Float Guide
Royce is an artist and float enthusiast. When he is not getting beat up by his 6 year old with a lightsaber, or ignored by a teenager on their phone, you may find him being a dedicated non practicing Taoist/Zen student. If you like to discuss art/film/music for many hours, Royce will be there for you, all the while struggling to be present.
SAPNA
Float Guide
MAX
Float Guide
Max is passionate about art, fitness and floating. A digital artist inspired by esoteric themes, he balances his creative pursuits with a passion for fitness and clean eating, currently studying for his NASM personal training and nutrition certification.
His hobbies outside work include reading, hiking, live music/comedy and paddle boarding. Driven by a desire to help others live healthier, more balanced lives as he strives for the same.
Max discovered floating in 2016. Initially floating to help ease back pain he quickly fell in love with the wide-ranging mental and spiritual benefits of the float tank.
Check out his art page on IG: @nosnoozegrafix and stop by any of our studios to see his perfectly folded towels :)
KAYLEEN
Float Assistant
Kayleen is a Florida native who loves sunshine, exploring, and helping others live great lives. She holds degrees in psychology and health communication, and enjoys digging into the frontiers of yoga, biohacking, and alternate paths to wellbeing. She is particularly skilled at stoking curiosity about and sharing insights on mind/body/soul connections, and while she is at the start of her own float journey, she loves hearing about yours! She understands floating is sometimes a life-saving service, and other times a unique tool to gain that extra edge of creativity and mind organization. When she isn’t floating or teaching yoga, you can find her getting creative behind the bar, reading a good book by the water, or working on making bad art (everybody’s gotta start somewhere!). Ask her about her favorite Float Seattle service, photobiomodulation- AKA red light therapy!
ANDY
Float Assistant
Andy started floating in 2015 primarily as a way to deepen his meditation practice. He now floats for all types of reasons including for better sleep and muscle recovery. Andy grew up in Seattle and has lived here most of his life with a 5 year east coast tour as well as spending a couple years in South America. He speaks Spanish fluently and enjoys connecting with guests from around the globe. Andy is passionate about self development and considers himself a spiritual seeker. He practices and teaches qigong and is starting a life coaching business.
ANDREW G
Owner, Special Ops
Andrew G is a Northwest native, drummer, connector, and professional solution-seeker. With over 10 years in the music/entertainment industry, he has just about seen and done it all. From recording intimate performances of young and veteran bands for 107.7 The End, to producing major music festivals and other high-profile events, Andrew has immersed his life in Seattle's music community. Andrew enjoys being behind the scenes making magic happen. No stranger to floating, he has been getting salty with us since the doors open in 2012. Time in the tank, and now love for IR saunas, have been valuable tools for recovery and staying centered amidst the chaos of major event productions. Over the last couple of years he has explored and continues to refine his role as a space-holder for others. He applies these skills throughout all the various roles he plays in life. His goal in life is to inspire others to be the best versions of themselves by evoking joy and curiosity for life. He is excited to share his lifetime of experiences and perspective with a place that continues to enrich his life every day. And if you have the time, he may suck you into a fun story or two.
TAYLOR
Lead Float Guide, Marketing & HR Manager
Taylor is a recent graduate with a degree in Psychology and Human development & family sciences, our social media content creator, an avid traveler who is always looking for her next getaway and a newbie to floating! She found floating through a friend and had her first float in 2022, where she immediately fell in love with the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits floating offers. She's adopted the tank as a safe space for her to unwind, decompress and recenter, and has found it to be a great tool in managing her anxiety. When she's not in a tank or serving others at work Taylor enjoys being out in nature, cuddling with her puppy, journaling, being creative and stretching out on a yoga mat.
MAGGIE
Lead Float Guide, Manager-in-training
Maggie became interested in the mind-body connection after struggling with chronic pain and anxiety for much of her life. She read many self-help books and had tried almost everything the doctors threw at her without much relief. That is, until one chilly January evening in 2018, she found Float Seattle and everything changed. Maggie was hooked from her first float and formed a semi-regular float practice. Upon being hired in 2021, she dug even deeper and discovered her interest in grief and death work. Maggie became curious about how the body stores and remembers events and emotions and how to safely and compassionately release them.
When she’s not looking for the next body of water to hop into (yes, float tanks count) she might be working on her yoga practice, journaling, have her nose stuck in a book, or looking to chat up and connect with the next stranger she meets. If you see Maggie in one of our studios or out on a hike, don’t be too shy to say hi! She may be a rough, tough Clough, but since she’s not from Seattle, she won’t freeze ya out : P #gosox
NOUHAYLA
Lead Float Guide
Nouhayla joined Float Seattle in 2023, shortly after moving from Eastern Washington, where she worked as a barista. The joy of connecting with people over coffee naturally carried over to her role at Float Seattle, where she’s found a space to grow and learn in an environment that genuinely prioritizes self-care. Integrating floating into her routine has helped her turn wellness into a habit and embrace the importance of slowing down in a fast-paced world. She feels deeply rewarded by sharing that experience with others while also learning from the incredible people she meets on their own wellness journeys.
When she’s not at the float studio, you’ll likely find Nouhayla spending time with friends, practicing yoga, going to concerts, reading, or simply enjoying life in the city she loves. If you see her at one of our studios, be sure to share your favorite book or movie recommendations!
WESLEY
Float Guide
Lucky to have "gotten it" since float number one, Wesley spends his time in the tank to dream, search for creative ideas and solutions to problems, and to deepen his relationship with the Divine. After a year of floating as a member he applied to the position of Float Guide to help others experience what he had come to love and further his relationship with the tank. As of 2025 he has floated an estimated 200 times, and has recalled the experience of the tank at will to find clarity during crisis situations, tap into his imagination for his creative projects, and to fall asleep on command.
When not at Float Seattle as a guide or guest you can catch him repairing vintage Honda motorcycles and teaching music to young children in Seattle schools and homes. SeattleMusicMan.com
BLAKE
Float Guide
Blake is from Indiana originally with a passion for creativity, adventure, and relaxation. When not skating through the streets or strumming a guitar, they can be found exploring nature, capturing inspiration through art, or getting lost in a good movie. A true believer in balance, they’ve turned floating in salt water into both a profession and a way of life. Whether on a skateboard, a hiking trail, or immersed in creativity, they’re always seeking new experiences and inspiration.
JASMINE
Float Guide
Jasmine is passionate about giving back to the community and connecting with people from all walks of life. Her floating journey began as a personal pursuit to find relief from pain and stress, and it has blossomed into a rewarding experience as part of a supportive and inspiring team. Jasmine is dedicated to creating meaningful experiences and promoting well-being for others.
Outside of her time at Float Seattle, Jasmine focuses on curating opportunities for people to discover unique and popular finds through my sales, sparking joy and fostering connection in every interaction.
SHANLEY
Float Assistant
Hailing all the way from Oswego, New York, Shanley's passion for helping others began with their older brother Connor. Connor is on the spectrum and can suffer from frequent headaches. They found that giving their brother scalp massages eased his pain. This discovery led them to pursue a career as a licensed massage therapist. As a LMT, Shanley found themselves working at a float center in their hometown. After a few float sessions they were hooked. They loved how floating helped ease their own anxiety and wanted to be able to share that experience with others.
When they're not busy working as a Float Assistant, you can find them playing video games, D&D and hanging out with their friends. Shanley is also a coffee and movie aficionado. Ask them for some recommendations.