The Halotherapy room looks unremarkable from the doorway: warm light, salt-block walls, six reclining loungers. The work happens at a scale you can't see. A halogenerator at the back of the room grinds pharmaceutical-grade salt into particles small enough to enter the lower airways and disperses them into the air you're breathing.
What the salt is doing.
Sodium chloride at that particle size is mildly hygroscopic — it pulls moisture out of mucous membranes. In airways that have been irritated by allergens, pollution, or chronic congestion, that small water shift loosens mucus and reduces inflammation in the tissue. The effect is local and largely mechanical. There are no systemic absorption claims worth making.
How to breathe through it.
For the first ten minutes, breathe through the nose. Nasal filtration carries the particles deeper into the respiratory tree than mouth-breathing does. If congestion clears early — sometimes it does — switch to a longer exhale: four counts in through the nose, six out through the mouth. That pattern keeps the parasympathetic dial turned slightly up while the salt does the rest.
Nose for the first ten minutes. The filtration carries the salt deeper than mouth-breathing.
Why we pair it with infrared.
A short Infrared Sauna session before Halotherapy widens the airways and increases ciliary clearance, which is the technical term for the rhythmic motion that moves mucus upward and out. The pre-warming makes the salt session more productive. Members with seasonal congestion often book the pair together for that reason.
What to expect in the days after.
You may cough lightly for the rest of the day. That's the body clearing what the salt loosened. Most members notice the deepest improvement on day two or three, not the day of the session. Two visits a week for three weeks is the cadence we recommend during allergy season.