A typical session is $50. On Black Friday it's $20 per person, with sessions all day long. These are shared sessions for adults only, so you'll be in the Salt Cave with up to 5 other guests. Invite a friend and take the recliners side by side.
131 W Auburn Rd, Rochester HillsUntil Black Friday at Salinair Salt Room Spa
Why people book a Salt Cave session
See how halotherapy may help →Black Friday, Nov 27
$20 per person for a 45-minute shared session in the Large Salt Cave. You'll be in the room with other adults, up to 6 per hour, and every guest books their own seat. Pick your hour below.
Plan on 1 hour from check-in to checkout. Questions? Call or text (248) 747-0543.
Looking to book a private visit or a family visit? Click here
Black Friday and beyond
Black Friday is the first of our new monthly specials. Join the list and hear about each one first.
Your Black Friday visit
Plan on 1 hour from check-in to checkout. The salt session itself is 45 minutes.
You arrive and we check you in. We offer you hot tea or water.
You settle into a recliner in the Large Salt Cave and we bring out the blankets.
We turn on the halogenerator, and the air fills with tiny particles of pharmaceutical-grade salt.
Music plays in the cave while you breathe in the salt for the full session.
New to the Salt Cave
Halotherapy, also called dry salt therapy, is breathing pharmaceutical-grade salt that a commercial halogenerator grinds into particles of 1 to 5 microns and disperses into the cave. They are fine enough to travel deep into the airways, and larger particles settle on your skin.
It started in Europe's salt mines. In 1843, Polish physician Dr. Feliks Boczkowski noticed that salt mine workers rarely had breathing problems, and he opened the first health resort inside the Wieliczka Salt Mine. In 1976, the first halogenerator brought that salt mine air above ground.
One 45-minute session gives you the salt exposure of 7 to 8 hours in a natural salt mine. It is no more than 45 mg of salt, less than you eat in a day, and it goes to your lungs, not your stomach.
Without a halogenerator, there is no halotherapy.
Why people come
According to the Salt Therapy Association, inhaled dry salt particles may help your respiratory system in four ways.
Salt may help thin nasal and bronchial secretions so they drain and clear more easily.
Salt pulls moisture from swollen airway linings, which may help open the passages you breathe through.
Better drainage may help move out pollen, dust, dander and other particles that keep symptoms going.
Salt is naturally antibacterial, which is why it has been used to keep things clean for centuries.
Who it may help
Halotherapy is a complementary practice. Keep taking every prescribed medication, and use your Salt Cave sessions alongside the care you already have.
Salt may help thin nasal secretions and clear out the pollen, dust and pet dander that keep allergy symptoms going.
Over a series of sessions, the Salt Therapy Association reports better mucus clearance and less reactive airways. Bring your inhaler and keep using it as prescribed.
Dry salt may help thin mucus and support drainage, so stuffy sinuses have a chance to open up.
Regular sessions support respiratory hygiene through Michigan's cold months. If you have a fever or anything contagious, please reschedule.
Salt may help loosen mucus in the airways so it is easier to cough up and clear.
Researchers have studied dry salt aerosol for how it may support mucus clearance in the airways of smokers.
Larger salt particles settle on your skin, where the Salt Therapy Association reports they may support the skin's protective layer.
Forty-five quiet minutes with your phone away. The Salt Therapy Association lists stress, fatigue and sleep among the reasons people come. Relaxation is a welcome side effect, not the point.
How often: for allergy and cold season, the Salt Therapy Association suggests 2 to 3 sessions a week for 3 to 4 weeks. Black Friday is an easy first one.
Your first visit
Reviews
The details
Looking to book a private visit or a family visit? Click here
Halotherapy is a complementary wellness practice. Individual results vary. Continue all prescribed medications as directed by your doctor. While there are many clinical and scientific studies on dry salt therapy (halotherapy) around the world, the FDA has not evaluated these statements. Dry salt therapy is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Salinair Salt Room Spa does not replace medical care.