When you first step inside the Himalayan salt cave, you feel a wave of calmness come over you and all of your worries instantly wash away. The salty air and twinkling lights make for an unforgettable experience. Sol Himalayan Salt Cave and Spa is easily the most relaxing place to be. “It’s great for mental health, depression, anxiety, stress relief, and PTSD,” says Michelle Grant. “Everybody is stressed these days and it’s amazing how tranquil the cave is. You decompress there and forget where you are.”
Owners Michelle Grant and Dan Finn first visited a salt cave while traveling with friends in 2018. They fell in love with the cave and the many benefits it offers. At the time, Michelle was suffering from extreme allergies and realized while relaxing in the salt cave that she could breathe normally again. “We actually opened our doors two years to the day after we visited the salt cave in Asheville. I’ve never felt better in my life. I had suffered from allergies for thirty-five years. I’ve had two sinus surgeries and after a few months, I was right back to where I was before,” says Michelle. Now, Michelle no longer suffers from allergies and has been medication free since January 2021.
Relaxing in the salt cave can bring many benefits. It helps with respiratory issues such as allergies, sinusitis, ear, sinus, and upper respiratory infections, cystic fibrosis, bronchitis, asthma, COPD, emphysema, pneumonia, and snoring. It also helps with skin conditions like acne, psoriasis, eczema, rosacea, rashes, water retention, swelling and inflammation, and dry, itchy skin. The salt cave can even bring you a sense of wellbeing by helping alleviate stress, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
“The salt cave is a 430 square foot man-made cave. There are stalactites hanging from the ceiling, four inches of salt on the floor, and the walls are made of chunks of Himalayan salt,” says Dan. “A machine called a halogenerator crushes up pharmaceutical grade salt and then blows it into the room so while you are sitting there relaxing, you’re inhaling the salty air. It gets into your lungs and opens up the respiratory system.” Michelle tells us that the salt is antiviral, antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal. “This is one of the most sterile places you can be in right now,” says Michelle.
Salt therapy is new to the U.S., but is popular in other countries since being discovered in the mid 1800's. It evolved from the salt mines in Europe and Russia when Dr. Boczkoawski noticed that the salt mine workers rarely suffered from respiratory issues. It was known as Speleotherapy, a respiratory therapy which involves the breathing of salt infused air in a microclimate of a salt mine. “It is respiratory hygiene - keeping the airways open, breaking up congestion, and building your immune system,” says Michelle.
Also offered at Sol Himalayan Salt Cave and Spa is the Private Zen Room, a salt cave for kids, Full Spectrum Sauna, yoga classes in the cave, and the Amethyst BioMat. A massage therapist, who is also a licensed esthetician, works on site and offers a variety of services as well. “The Amethyst BioMat has ribs of amethyst going across internally, but it’s giving off far infrared rays along with negative ion therapy. Your cell phone, microwave, and TV, that’s giving off the positive ions that’s bad for your body. It has the super conductive heat from the amethyst and the tourmaline. It’s amazing how it just takes all the pain out of your body,” says Michelle.
Visit Sol Himalayan Salt Cave and Spa to start off your new year right. Find them at 7013 Evans Town Center Blvd # 201, Evans, GA 30809. To reserve a session in the salt cave, visit their website at www.solcaveandspa.com or call 706-364-7958.
