Wealthy residents are spending tens of thousands of dollars installing pods that let them float free of gravity, claiming the amenity hastens muscle recovery and boosts creativity.
Last year, Francie and Ali Nilforushan spent “hundreds of thousands” of dollars turning their formal dining room and a guest bedroom into a high-tech relaxation area in their ranch-style San Diego home. There’s a hyperbaric oxygen-therapy chamber, an infrared sauna, a steam shower and therapeutic lighting. But the centerpiece is a 7-foot-tall sensory-deprivation tank.