I'd never felt drawn to the floor. On my list of comfortable resting surfaces, I've consistently ranked it below an air mattress and only slightly above a row of airport chairs. Accordingly, I approached TikTok's "floor time" trend with a healthy dose of skepticism. The aptly named wellness practice involves — you guessed it — lying on the floor. The #floortime hashtag has amassed millions of views on the platform, where users are posting videos of themselves sprawled on carpet, tile, and linoleum to a chorus of approving comments.
"Floor time is the best part of the day 'cause when there is a tornado in your mind it makes it disappear," one user comments. "Floor time is free therapy," adds another. "Floor time makes me instantly feel sm better," a third commenter proclaims.
Unlike some of the other internet fads I've fallen victim to (anyone else try and fail to laminate their eyebrows?), floor time seemed relatively harmless. In the name of science, I decided to go all the way down.
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