Salt Haven Med Spa’s salt room is a halotherapy room in Hendersonville, TN, where you sit for 45 minutes breathing salt ground finer than five microns. We built the whole spa around it. When we opened about 10 years ago, we were only the 119th salt room in the country.
Most people come in for seasonal allergies, sinus trouble, a cough that won’t quit, or skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. For allergies, once a week is usually enough to keep things at bay.
Sessions start at $25 for kids and $45 for adults, and everyone’s first session is $10. We have a separate Kids’ Salt Room, and you can almost always book same day.
You put blue covers on your shoes, get into a very comfy chair, and cuddle up with the blanket we give you. Then most people go to sleep. Sarah calls it the best nap you’ll ever take. Street clothes are fine.
Behind the scenes, we’re pumping salt into the room the whole time. It’s fine enough that the room starts to look a little foggy, and you’re breathing it in for all 45 minutes.
“We pump it in at less than five microns, and it works as a toothbrush in your lungs and sinus cavities and things like that.”
Sarah, owner and esthetician
Salt is naturally antibacterial, antiviral, and antimicrobial. Basically, not much can live in it. When you breathe in salt that fine, it reaches your lungs and sinus cavities and helps pull out whatever’s sitting in there.
That’s why a lot of people drain afterwards, or have a sneezing fit on the way to the car. That’s normal. It’s coming out.
Anyone with seasonal allergies, a runny nose, or a lingering cough
People who get the same sinus infection or bronchitis every year. A lot of them come in more often during those months so it doesn’t start.
Pregnant women who can’t take certain allergy medications and tend to deal with a constant runny nose
Teachers and anyone else who spends all day around people who are sick
People managing chronic conditions like COPD, cystic fibrosis, eczema, or psoriasis, alongside their doctor’s care
Kids, in the Kids’ Salt Room
One of our very first clients came because her doctor sent her. She has COPD, and he’d told her she was already on as much medication as he could give her. As she tells it, her options were to move to the beach or try this place. She got an unlimited membership and came about four times a week. She says her breathing improved enough to start working out again, and she’s since come off some of her inhalers. (That’s her story and her doctor’s call, and it isn’t a promise.)
It depends on what you’re dealing with.
Regulars usually go with a monthly unlimited membership: $99 for adults, $59 for kids, or $220 for a family plan.
Yes. If you call and tell us you have strep or bronchitis, you’re the person who needs it most. Let us know when you book, and we’ll make sure nobody else is in the room with you. We wash every blanket after every use.
The Kids’ Salt Room is a separate room where we pump in salt the same way, except kids don’t have to sit still. They play. A parent stays in the room with them the whole time.
We mostly see kids for allergies, runny noses, coughs, and ear infections, since it helps everything drain. It’s an option for babies who are too little for certain medicines, and for parents who’d rather not start with medicine at all. A kids’ session is $25, or $59 a month for unlimited.
The room holds up to 10 people, though most sessions have four to six. Keep it quiet. No phone calls, and no videos with the sound up. Reading or scrolling with the brightness turned down is fine.
The shoe covers are there to keep rocks and rainwater out, since water breaks salt down. And if you have eczema or psoriasis on your arms or legs, wear shorts or a tank top so the salt can reach your skin. Some clients bring a change of clothes in the winter and change here.
How long is a salt room session?
Every session is 45 minutes, for adults and in the Kids’ Salt Room.
How much does salt therapy cost at Salt Haven Med Spa?
Everyone’s first salt session is $10. After that, a session starts at $25 for kids and $45 for adults. Monthly unlimited memberships are $99 for adults, $59 for kids, and $220 for a family.
What do I wear to a salt room session?
Your normal clothes are fine. If you’re coming for eczema or psoriasis, wear something that leaves the affected skin exposed.
Is salt therapy safe during pregnancy?
It’s one of the questions we get most, and pregnant women are some of our regulars. It helps with the runny nose a lot of women get while pregnant, when many allergy medications are off the table. If you have questions about your own pregnancy, check with your OB.
Can I book a salt room session the same day?
Usually, yes. Book online through the Book Salt Room button, or call (615) 824-SALT (7258).
Book the salt room online, or call (615) 824-SALT (7258) if you want to talk through how often to come.
Salt Haven Med Spa, 393 East Main Street Suite 14, Hendersonville, TN 37075
