Under The Elder Tree

Why Add Salt Therapy to Your Wellness Routine?

Halotherapy—better known as salt therapy—a growing trend in spa treatments. 

However, not a new treatment – it is more than 150 years old and may be traced all the way back to Hippocrates. He recommended salt inhalation as an effective treatment for respiratory issues. [Halo is Greek for salt.]

We use Pink Himalayan salt mined from the Khewra mines in Pakistan at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountain range.   

 The story of  Himalayan salt begins over 800 million years ago when that 

shallow sea evaporated.

But it wasn't discovered until Alexander the Great 

found the deposits around the year 326 BC 

during his Indian Campaign.

While there are many salt mines located all around the globe, 

Himalayan Salt is the only  kind that contains the broadest spectrum 

of minerals that our bodies need.  84 different  ones to be exact!

Salt therapy has many benefits, but these are the top five reasons to 

include it in your  wellness routine:

Skin, Beauty, and Anti-Aging

According to the Salt Therapy Association, : “As we age, our skin is the first organ to show the impact of time and life. Dry salt therapy is an excellent solution to improve the overall quality and appearance of the skin. Regular Halotherapy can be the most important tool that aids the healthy aging process of the skin.”

Boost the Immune System

Halotherapy is a known method of cleaning and detoxing the lungs. Exposure to pollutants, bacteria, and allergens is unavoidable, but salt halotherapy helps counteract that negative exposure and leads to better lung function and thus better overall health.  Salt is naturally anti-bacterial & antiviral so it helps you fight off a host of pathogens. 

Reduce Stress

When it comes to stress release, the benefits of salt therapy are two-fold: 

1) the experience itself – sitting quietly in a comfortable reclining chair for 45 minutes gives you the opportunity to unplug from your day and relax, 

2) when salt breaks down it creates a high concentration of negative ions in the room. These negative ions can calm and relax the nerves by normalizing breathing rate, decreasing blood pressure and relieving tension and stress.

Improved Sleep

These negative ions have the beneficial effect on sleep, too. By promoting abundant oxygen levels in the blood, negative ions help normalize brain function, resulting in relaxation, increased calm and better sleep.

Deep Tissue Relaxation

The break down of the salt into negative ions helps increase oxygen levels in the blood and facilitating more efficient oxygen utilization.  

Additionally, by normalizing serotonin production in the brain, negative ions help to accelerate recovery from chronic fatigue as well as physical recovery from workouts/training sessions, and injury.