Aside from the salt cave that the salt therapy is administered in – as well as the many packages that can be purchased regarding it – the Salted Pixie has far more to offer than just its namesake.

Wellness retreats are getting salty with the rise of salt therapy or halotherapy in India. It claims to help with holistic well-being, but to what extent?

The strongest evidence for salt cave therapy is for individuals with respiratory and allergy conditions, says Dr. Brenda Walkey, M.D., a board-certified physician at Release Well-Being Center ...

This therapy can also help you relax and may help with skin conditions and allergies. In the 12th century, the practice of visiting salt caves for therapeutic reasons, or speleotherapy ...

Some salt caves are equipped with zero-gravity chairs ... According to the Salt Therapy Association, Feliks Boczkowski began treating asthmatic people at Wieliczka Salt Mine in 1839.

That trendy salt therapy spa popping up in your neighborhood ... from ancient Greek salt baths to Eastern European salt cave treatments that became formalized medical approaches in the 19th ...

"Obviously salt therapy is not a cure for anything, but it does help alleviate symptoms," Nugent said. The salt cave has five tons of 250 million-year-old Himalayan sea salt, according to Nugent.

THE ALTERNATIVE health and wellness treatment of salt therapy, also known as halotherapy gained popularity in Australia after the opening of its first replica salt cave over 15 years ago.

Halotherapy is a type of salt therapy that may have some health benefits ... These respiratory therapies involve breathing inside a cave, or environment similar to that of a natural salt cave.

A local meditation and wellness center that announced its closure in early June will live on after new owners stepped in to buy the business. Salt Wellness, an Oldham County company focused on ...

or salt therapy. The concept of holing up in a cave full of salt -- purported to have all sorts of healing properties for such conditions along with cosmetic benefits -- is extra appealing in ...

A local meditation and wellness center in Louisville will shut its doors at the end of June. The Louisville Salt Cave, "a community space for spiritual and self-discovery," opened nine years ago ...