Salt Booth & Dry Salt Therapy (Halotherapy)
Breathe easier in just 10 minutes with concentrated dry salt therapy.
If you’ve been searching for a salt room, salt lounge, salt cave, or salt therapy in the East Bay, our private salt booth offers all the benefits in a faster, more focused session.
At Bay Area Brain Spa in Albany, our SALT Booth® distributes micronized, medical-grade salt into a small, enclosed chamber. The salt concentration stays high, giving you a true therapeutic dose in just 10 minutes—much stronger and more efficient than most salt lounges or salt rooms.
Also known as a salt room, salt lounge, or salt cave, dry salt therapy (halotherapy) supports sinus health, lung comfort, skin clarity, and overall wellness.
What Is a Salt Booth?
A salt booth is a private, enclosed chamber where medical-grade salt is crushed into a fine aerosol and dispersed into the air. Because the chamber is small, the salt concentration remains high—resulting in more targeted and effective benefits in less time.
Many clients prefer this private format because it is quiet, fast, and easy to add before or after other services.
Salt Booth vs. Salt Lounge (Salt Room)
Salt Booth (Bay Area Brain Spa)
- 10-minute private session
- Higher salt concentration
- Strong, efficient, therapeutic dose
- No shared space
- Great before or after other services
Salt Lounge / Salt Room
• 20–45 minute shared/group session
• Lower salt concentration
• Gentler, “relaxation-focused” experience
• More time needed for similar benefits
Both are helpful, but our salt booth is ideal if you want quick, private, effective salt therapy.
Learn more about the difference here: https://bayareabrainspa.com/salt-booth-vs-salt-lounge-whats-the-difference/
Benefits of Dry Salt Therapy (Halotherapy)
According to the Salt Therapy Association (STA), regular dry salt therapy may support:
- Relief of respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, allergies, hay fever, sinusitis
- Improved breathing and lung function
- Easier airway clearance
- Comfort for smokers or those exposed to poor air quality
- Relief from cold, flu, and congestion symptoms
- Support for skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, and fungal issues
- Improved skin hydration and complexion
- Reduced irritation from environmental pollutants
- Eased symptoms of rhinitis, tonsillitis, and ear infections
- Relief for those in recovery from respiratory illnesses
- General relaxation and stress reduction
- Improved immune function and overall well-being
Dry salt therapy is gentle and non-invasive. If you have a serious or chronic respiratory condition, please check with your healthcare provider before booking.
Halotherapy can also help with breathing problems caused by COVID-19, improving your breathing and the amount of oxygen in your blood. (Source: WebMD and Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations: “The Importance of Halotherapy in the Treatment of COVID-19 Related Diseases.”)
What to Expect
- Your session is 10 minutes inside our private SALT Booth®
- You sit comfortably while micronized salt is dispersed around you
- Just breathe normally and relax
- Many clients notice easier breathing, clearer sinuses, and improved skin after their session
- You may taste a light salt residue—that simply means the therapy is working
Salt therapy pairs well after neurofeedback, lymphatic drainage massage, red light therapy, PEMF, and NanoVi.
How Dry Salt Therapy Works
Dry salt therapy—also known as halotherapy—uses crushed pharmaceutical-grade salt that is ground into microscopic particles and dispersed into the air. Inside the salt booth, these ultra-fine salt particles are inhaled into the lungs and also land on the skin.
Salt is naturally anti-inflammatory, absorbent, and antimicrobial, which is why halotherapy can support:
- Thinning and loosening mucus
- Clearing the airways
- Reducing respiratory irritation
- Calming inflammation in the sinuses and lungs
- Balancing skin moisture and reducing irritation
Because the salt booth is a small, enclosed space, the concentration of micronized salt is much higher than in a large salt room — meaning you receive a true therapeutic dose in just 10 minutes.
Salt Booth Pricing
For best results, the Salt Therapy Association recommends a series of treatments. Some individuals prefer to use Dry Salt Therapy as a continuous preventative measure.
Why Salt Therapy Is Great for East Bay Living
Salt Therapy FAQs
Halotherapy is a dry salt therapy that utilizes a halogenerator to grind and crush salt into micronized particles that are dispersed into the SALT Booth® via a dry salt aerosol that works to aid respiratory concerns and skin conditions. If there is no halogenerator, there is no halotherapy.
Since cubic airspace is smaller inside a SALT Booth® as opposed to a Salt Room, the customer experiences a higher concentration level of salt, and only 10-minute sessions are needed to experience the full effect of Dry Salt Therapy.
Loose, comfortable, light-colored clothing that you can relax in works best. If you are using Dry Salt Therapy for a skin condition, you’ll want to have that area exposed.
Based on your condition and symptoms, this can vary. For best results, the Salt Therapy Association recommends a series of treatments. Some individuals prefer to use Dry Salt Therapy as a continuous preventative measure.
There are no potentially harmful side effects of Dry Salt Therapy. The treatment is completely natural. A slight cough or a runny nose is possible, but this is simply the salt working to remove mucus and toxins from the lungs and airways.
Yes! And recomended.
Anyone who:
● has temperature or infectious disease.
● is coughing up blood.
● has an acute disease of other organs has recently had an organ transplant.
● has chronic kidney disease
● has cardiac insufficiency
● has any form of Tuberculosis
● has acute de compensated heart failure (ADHF)
● has sthenic emphysema
Halotherapy should be considered a complementary option to, rather than a substitute for, treatments and medicines prescribed by a doctor. If in doubt, make sure to consult with your physician before booking a session.
Yes! And you may have used some! Other forms are salt therapy are:
- Netti pot
- saline eye drops
- saline IV
- saltwater gargle
- salt bath
- salt foot soak
- salt scrub
- nebulizer
These are all WET salt therapy.
Studies show that DRY salt therapy (Halotherapy) has more therapeutic benefits.
Salt heals and has been used for generations!
In 1843, a Polish physician Felix Boczkowski first wrote about the benefit of salt mines. He noted that salt miners had much lower rates of lung disease compared to the rest of the population. He attributed the cause of the salt miners’ good health to the salt cave air that was saturated with saline dust. Soon Halotherapy (“Halos” means “Salt” in Greek) became a common drug-free treatment for many chronic lung and skin conditions.
Speleotherapy was a popular medical treatment and is still used to this day!
We use Pure Grade Sodium Chloride.
It does not contain any additives.
All-natural, processed to remove dirt and debris.
Same salt that is used for all clinical studies.
Salt Therapy Association Standard.
A salt booth is private and delivers a higher concentration of dry salt in just 10 minutes. A salt lounge (salt room) is a larger shared space with lower concentration and longer sessions. Both offer similar benefits, but the booth is more efficient.
Learn More here: https://bayareabrainspa.com/salt-booth-vs-salt-lounge-whats-the-difference/
We offer a salt booth, which provides a faster and more concentrated halotherapy session than a traditional salt room.
Yes — because the space is enclosed, the dose is more therapeutic than a large salt room.
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Considerations for Halotherapy
Salt Therapy is not recommended for people with the following symptoms:
- Contagious diseases
- Active fever
- Open wounds
- Cancer
- Severe Hypertension
- Active Tuberculosis
If you are unsure about whether you should try salt therapy, please make sure to consult with your medical care provider. Pregnant women and children under 2 years of age should also consult with a doctor before trying salt therapy.
Salt therapy does not claim to cure or heal any type of disease or condition, but rather provides relief from the symptoms of respiratory disease and skin conditions, as well as, strengthens the respiratory system for overall health.
Salt therapy does not claim to work as a substitute or replacement for any medication or prescribed regiment offered by your health care provider or medical doctor.