Origins of Salt Cave Therapy
Expand your health spa services by offering halotherapy — a technique that exposes clients to inhaled salt, which, research suggests, can provide health benefits.
The benefits of a salted environment were discovered in the early 19th century by a Polish physician named Feliks Bocszkowski, who observed that salt miners had significantly fewer severe respiratory ailments, and looked much younger for their age, than coal or metal miners. He believed these health benefits were a result of breathing in the air in the salt-rich atmosphere in the salt mines. Shortly thereafter, going to salt mines and caves for healing purposes became popular form of therapy throughout Europe.
Today, technology has allowed halotherapy to become more easily accessible to clients seeking the benefits of salt — without the need to venture into underground caves. In North America, halotherapy is a growing industry for relieving a number of respiratory, skin and health conditions.
You may be familiar with the use of wet salts in baths, scrubs and neti pots. Halotherapy uses dry salt, which the body absorbs through the lungs in order to achieve its benefits. Wet salt treatments are beneficial, but wet salt crystals are already saturated with moisture and therefor can’t offer the same results as dry salt.
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Costs of Building a Himalayan Salt Cave
The fee you can charge per session can range from $15 to $60, based on the size of your space and the number of clients you can handle.
As a health benefit, halotherapy is easy to market to clients. It’s convenient and affordable for any budget. Clients can spend less than $50 for a quick session on their lunch break or before a night out. It can also make a great add-on for before or after a massage, or as part of a special package paired with other services.
Costs of building a salt cave
At Select Salt, we build both salt caves and salt rooms. We keep our pricing simple: all quotes are based off of your floor’s square footage (the space we will be building on).
All materials, transportation of the materials to your site, labour, fibre-optic lighting within a stalactite ceiling, and speaker(s) are included in our pricing model.
We finish most floors with a 2-3 inch layer of granulated salt crystals, but we can also make the floor, or a portion of it, out of salt bricks (allowing for wheelchair accessibility), at no extra cost.
Other features that you can add include:
- water cascade (aka waterfall)
- skylight
- salt chimney
- salt bench
- salt reception desk
- children’s saltbox
We only use authentic Himalayan salt. We pride ourselves on the highest standard of workmanship and take no shortcuts, like the use of foam or papier-mâché, anywhere in our salt caves or rooms.
Contact us for a free quote for your particular situation.
Can a previous wet room. (Vichy shower) be converted to a salt room?
Hi Jackie. Any room can be converted to a salt room, generally speaking. The room would need to be bare, so any plumbing or other accessories would need to be removed. We can always assess the room individually and provide tips to prepare your room for a salt room build-out. Contact us for specifics or to get a quote.
We intend to integrate the salt room in our existing Spa. The room area is 4×5=20m2. Can you send us an estimate?
We are in Doha, Qatar.
Hi Francisco,
I’ve emailed you some information regarding your salt cave project. Please check your inbox.
Sunny Lal
Executive Assistant
Please advise about building a salt room at home Can it be fitted in the master bedroom if we have space ls that advisable.
Which one as i see is different ones can be chosen for that
Hi Tshabo,
I’ve emailed you a price quote. Please check and let me know if you have any questions.
Sunny Lal
Executive Assistant
I am interested in making a salt room in my home. And was just wondering about the cost for an 8×8 room.
Hi Deborah,
Please submit our Quote form and we will be happy to provide you with a price and go over your custom build-out with you.
Sunny Lal
Executive Assistant
Interested in making a salt room? would be the initial cost ?
Hi Nidhi,
Please submit our Quote form and we will be happy to provide you with a price and go over your custom build-out with you.
Sunny Lal
Executive Assistant
How much would it cost to turn a commercial building into a salt spa
Hi Amber,
I’ve emailed you a price quote for your project. Please check and let me know if you have any questions.
Sunny