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A floatation tank in Grafton? It’s the Truth.

It glows blue behind the glass door. Blue, filled with water at a perfect 90 degrees, packed with enough salt to make an adult easily float on top.

It’s friendly, welcoming. You can lie inside it, arms spread, and not touch the sides. You can turn off the lights, play some music — or not. This is a room made for complete sensory deprivation, a relaxing womb where the whole purpose is to connect with… nothing.

Float here for a while, hair spreading in the water like a mermaid’s. The rest of us will tiptoe out of the float suite and talk about Truth.

Enter Truth, an organic spa and wellness center that re-located to the former Masonic temple at 55 North Main St. in North Grafton, and you may be compelled to Instagram a photo of the front stairs, on which are painted “I am enough. I am worthy. I am beautiful.” It’s a mantra of owner Julie Bovenzi, who has dedicated her adult life to bringing calm and wellness to clients,

Its former home at 202 Worcester St. was “bursting at the seams,” Bovenzi said. Now she has three levels to work with — yoga and meditation on the first floor. Massage, facials, craniolsacral therapy, Reiki, reflexology and various body treatments on the second floor. Offices on the third floor for counselors.

“From the very beginning, I wanted to create a space where people could be clear, empty, so they can fill themselves with love,” said Bovenzi, a Grafton High School graduate.

Truth is dedicated to using organic products, relying on cruelty-free and natural ingredients. Naturally, they sell the products they use near the checkout counter crafted from logs specially for Truth by an artist. The entire renovation of the former temple relies on natural, almost minimalist, elements for decor.

Truth’s newest additions are just a little high-tech. The infrared sauna resembles a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” medical pod. The client lies inside, head poking through the top, while the sauna does its thing.

“You sweat,” Bovenzi. “There’s so much sweat. You sweat out all your toxins.”

And there’s the float tank.

It’s the only float tank in the Worcester area, and it took months to get Board of Health approval. It holds 200 gallons of water, mixed with 1,000 lbs. of salt. A pump keeps the water moving except during the times it is in use. And after ever float, an hour sanitization featuring hydrogen peroxide, ultraviolet light and ozone is run.

Clients must shower both before, to remove oils and makeup, and after, to remove the layer of salt that clings to their bodies. In between, the floater enters a state of semi-consciousness that clears the mind and leaves them well-rested.

The float tank opens to the general public on Nov. 1, at a cost of $59 for the first float and $75 after that.

“You leave like you had a full-on body massage,” Bovenzi said.

2 thoughts on “A floatation tank in Grafton? It’s the Truth.

  • Danielle

    It was great! Relaxing! I kept the music and light on but relaxed wit my arms out! Everyone should give it a try!

  • This sounds heavenly.

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