I walked into the odd cave saddled with anxiety and congestion from severe allergies. Less than an hour later, I emerged feeling relaxed and much clearer. The secret? Salt. Nearly 13 tons of the stuff ...

Mid-winter is peak flu season and a time when respiratory conditions like asthma tend to flare, so it seems like the ideal time to try out halotherapy, or salt therapy. The concept of holing up in a ...

Blocks and bricks of pink Himalayan salt line the room. Salt dust sleeps on the cave’s crevices. Take a step in, and feel your feet touch the salt grains on the ground. Look up, and you’ll find a ...

As the designer of the first public Himalayan salt cave, and current owner of Oceanair Himalayan Salt Caves in Florida and Massachusetts, Dr. Smiechowski has seen the number of salt therapy businesses ...

When the world feels like it's falling apart, sometimes you just want to have a place to find a moment of "zen." Zen is defined as "a state of calm attentiveness". Zen is a prominent school of ...

In the late 1800s, Colorado was a hub for people looking for a cure for tuberculosis; our dry air, high elevation and sunshine attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents coming from humid ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2022. I walked into the odd cave saddled with anxiety and congestion from severe allergies. Less than an hour later, I emerged feeling relaxed and ...