Cosy Up for Autumn: A Seasonal Guide to Floating, Sweating and Slowing Down
We don't want to write another blog telling you what you should be doing, there's enough noise out there already. We'd rather help you actually enjoy this shift in season.
Modern life is hard, isn't it? Summer in Cornwall is busy with endless plans, long days, and barely a moment to stop. Autumn arrives feeling exciting at first: cosy nights, hot chocolates, the first proper jumper. But as the days draw in, energy dips too, the natural comedown from a busy summer.
This is where Soul Float comes in supporting you through these cycles, season after season. Infrared saunas help the body process what summer leaves behind, from extra pollution to constant travel. While floating is often mistaken for a hot, tropical thing when really the tank sits at body temperature all year round, just as balancing in August heat as it is cosy on a crisp autumn evening.
There's always a pull to hold onto summer a little longer. But it's kinder to flow with the seasons instead, and keeping warm is part of that. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, autumn calls for protecting your 'wei qi' with a scarf, a covered neck, and warm feet, rather than letting the first cold winds catch you out. That's what we mean by cosying up: slowing down, pausing to listen, and giving ourselves space to process summer and reset.
What Traditional Chinese Medicine says about autumn
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, autumn belongs to the Metal element, with the lungs and large intestine as its organs. The lungs are all about the exhale, breathing out to clear space, so new breath, and new inspiration, can find room to come in.
The emotion tied to this season is grief. Rather than something to avoid, TCM treats autumn as a natural time to let go of what no longer serves you: a habit, a relationship, a version of yourself to make room for what's next. It's also considered a season to pay attention to the lungs and support immunity ahead of winter.
You don't need a TCM practitioner to make use of any of this. A simpler translation: autumn is permission to slow down, breathe a little deeper, and release what's been weighing on you.
Why floatation therapy supports this seasonal shift
Float tanks use body-temperature water saturated with Epsom salt, creating a buoyancy that lets every muscle properly let go. No small thing when your nervous system has spent a whole season switched to ‘go’. The sensory deprivation itself, darkness, silence and no gravity pulling on your joints, tends to drop you into a deeply meditative state.This has research linked to greater day-to-day mindfulness.
Infrared sauna as an antidote to seasonal scaries
As temperatures drop, the warmth of an infrared sauna does more than just feel good. A session raises your heart rate and widens your blood vessels, a response similar to moderate walking. Which may support heart health, ease muscle recovery, and even help with chronic pain. Regular sauna use has also been associated with fewer colds and lower markers of oxidative stress.
It's worth noting that the detox claims are often linked to sweating, clearing heavy metals. So come for the warmth, the calm and the circulation boost, and treat anything else as a welcome bonus. If you're pregnant, trying to conceive, living with MS, or managing another condition, it's worth checking with your doctor first.
Building a simple autumn routine
You don't need to overhaul your life to feel the benefit of the season. A few ideas:
Swap one evening scroll for an early night, the body does its best repair work during deep sleep.
Book a float when your to-do list feels loudest. Let the water do the holding for an hour.
Follow a sauna session with a few slow, deep breaths, a small nod to the lungs' TCM recommendations.
Notice what you're ready to let go of this season, whether that's a habit or an old story about yourself. Make room for new habits that support your wellbeing.
Eat warming, simple food as the temperature drops, and don't fight the urge to do less.
None of this has to be perfect. Autumn isn't asking you to optimise, it's asking you to rest.
Cosy up with us this autumn
Whatever this season is asking of you, we built Soul Float as a place to actually listen to it. Come warm up in the infrared sauna, float until your mind goes quiet, or simply give yourself permission to do less for an hour.
Cosy up for autumn, we'll have the cosy vibes and cuppa ready.
