Halo Therapy
Breathe salt air while you relax in the warmth.
Halo therapy fills our infrared sauna with a fine mist of pure, medical-grade salt, the same idea as Europe’s healing salt caves. Breathe easy, salty air while the infrared heat does its work. Add it to any infrared sauna session.
Salt caves and salt mines have drawn people for easier breathing for generations, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, where the tradition is called speleotherapy. Halotherapy brings the same idea above ground: a halogenerator fills a room with tiny salt particles that you breathe in as you relax.
At MK Wellness, we use Clearlight’s HALO ONE in our infrared sauna. It turns a fresh, single-use cartridge of medical-grade saline into a fine salt mist that spreads evenly through the cabin, with particles small enough, about 1 to 10 microns, to travel deep into the airways.
You get two therapies in one session: the deep, comfortable warmth of the infrared sauna, and slow, easy breaths of salty air. Many clients find the combination especially soothing for the sinuses and chest.
What to Expect
What a Session Feels Like
You relax in our private infrared sauna while the HALO ONE quietly fills the cabin with a fine salt mist. Just breathe normally. Most people notice fresh, salty air and a faint salty taste. We open a fresh, sealed cartridge for every session.
You may notice
Who it's great for
How Often to Come, and What It Costs
Add it to any infrared sauna session. Members pay $20. It’s an add-on, so it doesn’t count toward a membership’s modalities.
Recommended frequency
Safety & Contraindications
Do not use if you have any of the following — consult your physician
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Learn More →The Science & Research
For the curious: how Halo Therapy works in the body, the studies behind it, and the areas researchers are exploring. Tap a topic to open it.
How it works in the body
Salt naturally draws in water. As Dr. Norman Edelman, senior scientific advisor to the American Lung Association, explains: "When fine salt particles are inhaled, they will fall on the airway linings and draw water into the airway, thinning the mucus and making it easier to raise, thus making people feel better." The HALO ONE makes those particles from medical-grade saline using vibrating-mesh technology, and the warmth of the infrared sauna invites slow, deep breathing.
Tiny salt particles (about 1 to 10 microns) are small enough to travel deep into the airways
Salt draws water into the airway lining, thinning mucus so it clears more easily
Infrared warmth relaxes the body and encourages slow, deep breathing
A calm, warm, quiet setting supports the relaxation response
Research & clinical evidence (3 studies)
Salt Rooms and Childhood Asthma
In a double-blind pilot trial in Israel, 55 children with mild asthma had 14 salt-room sessions over 7 weeks, with or without the halogenerator running (Pediatric Pulmonology, 2017).
- ·Airway sensitivity (bronchial hyper-responsiveness) improved in the halogenerator group and stayed the same in the control group
- ·Most quality-of-life scores improved
- ·Standard lung function tests (spirometry) didn’t change
Salt Caves and Asthma
A Cochrane review of speleotherapy, the salt cave tradition of Central and Eastern Europe, found three trials in 124 children with asthma (Cochrane, 2001).
- ·Two trials found short-term improvements in lung function
- ·The reviewers called for larger, longer trials
Sauna Bathing and Pneumonia
A Finnish study followed 2,210 middle-aged men for a median of 25.6 years (Respiratory Medicine, 2017). These were traditional saunas, without salt.
- ·Men who used a sauna 2 to 3 times a week had a 28% lower risk of pneumonia than men who went once a week or less, after accounting for other risk factors
Areas it may support
Non-medical. These are areas of active research and client-reported benefit, not medical diagnoses or treatment claims.
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17844 Mound Road, Suite F · Cypress, TX 77433
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MK Wellness services are non-medical and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. The research cited on this page reflects published studies and does not constitute medical advice. Individual results vary. Consult your physician before starting any wellness program.