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Allergy sufferers can often trace their sniffles back to tree pollen.

This is one of the primary allergens in the spring. Weather conditions help determine pollen concentrations. Windy, dry days allow the pollen particles to float freely through the air. Allergy symptoms often start when pollen counts exceed 50 grams per cubic meter. Heavy rains wash airborne pollens out of the air, providing some relief for allergy sufferers. Heavy spring rains can promote grass growth, which can also lead to greater concentration of grass pollen later in the spring and into early summer.

How To Avoid Allergies

  1. Pollen counts are typically high between 5 am and 10 am, so limit outdoor activity during this time frame.
  2. When driving keep your windows closed..
  3. When you are home keep your bedroom windows closed.
  4. If you have been outdoors take a shower and wash your hair to get rid of any pollen.
  5. Watch the pollen count. If pollen counts are high you may want to avoid outdoor activities, especially during the early morning hours.
  6. Visit the Asheville Salt Cave for an allergy free session in our anti-bacterial micro-climate

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Allergy

Numbers

  1. 1 in 5 Americans suffer from some form of allergies
  2. The estimated number of Americans who suffer from all types of allergies is 50 million. This number includes indoor / outdoor, food and drug, latex, insect, skin and eye allergies.
  3.  4 million work days are lost each year due to hay fever
  4.  There is a 33% chance that a child with one allergic parent will develop allergies.
  5.  The odds are 70% that a child with two allergic parents will develop allergies.
  6.  7.4 million people reported respiratory allergies in the past 12 months
  7. The estimated amount spent annually on allergies is $14.5

There is no known cure for allergies. Medicines and shots can help lessen the symptoms while a visit to the Asheville Salt Cave can have a positive affect on the symptoms that cause allergies. You owe it to yourself and your family to take the ACHOO out of Spring Allergies. Visit Us Today

Is It Allergies?

The symptoms of the common cold and allergies are very similar.

  • COLD: sneezing, runny nose, thick dark mucus, sore throat, and body aches. Symptoms take about 3 days to appear and usually last for about a week.
  • ALLEGIES: red watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose, thin clear mucus,and wheezing. Symptoms can last for days or months after contact with allergens.

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All Life Forms

All life forms on this planet come from the ocean. The water of the ocean is a natural sole (concentrated salt and water solution). We can observe this process in the growth of the fetus in the womb. The amniotic fluid in the womb is 1 % water and salt solution – the sole.  The word sole (natural salt solution) is directly connected to the word “soul”.  Life is equal to energy. Lack of energy causes disease.  Suppressing symptoms does not heal. An energy deficit creates a chaotic state within our bodies. If we use medications solely to suppress the symptoms we are experiencing we will not find the cause of the illness nor will we be able to balance our systems.

Water

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Water is the pillar of all life forms. It is the beginning and the end of our life cycle. Water is not only important for our physical body, but it is also responsible for our thought processes, feelings and moods. If we drink enough water our body can eliminate toxins much quicker.

Salt

floor salt copySalt is equally as important to as bodies, as is water. We could not survive without water and salt. They are equal partners. Natural crystal salt contains all the minerals and trace elements found in our body. Even the most simple process in our body, requires salt. Salt is a core essential nutrient that is fundamental for keeping us alive. With out salt we would not be able to think nor would our muscles move.

The minerals found in natural salt crystals are available in such small particles that they can be absorbed easily by our cells. Salt is a vital source of life. Allopathic medicine has recognized the healing properties of salt since the late 1800’s.

Our Salt Cave

Inside Asheville's Salt Cave
Inside Asheville’s Salt Cave

The water which is found in the two water features of our Salt Cave is called Sole. It is a highly concentrated solution of water and salt. These two salt water features along with a constant temperature and constant humidity help to create the unique micro climate. When one experiences a salt cave session, ones body takes in the micro climate via respiration and through the skin. Our cave is made up of 20 tons of natural salt rocks which contain resonant vibrations . It is not just the purity of air in the salt cave that has a healing effect, but more important is its resonant vibrations, that activate our self-healing and self-regulating powers.

Salt Rooms

Salt rooms, which have become popular in our country, do not produce a micro climate nor does the coarse salt on the walls produce any resonant vibrations in a large enough quantity to produce any medical benefit to our bodies.

To learn more about the amazing combination of salt and water in our bodies and how they regulate and allow our body to heal itself read Water & Salt: The Essence of Life by Dr. Barbara Hendel and Peter Ferreira.

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Chakras:

It is believed that these hold the ability for ones body to heal itself. The spiritual healing associated with Chakras arose in India around the 1st century.  Energy healers assess and then balance our 7 chakras or energy centers in order to maintain ones well-being.

Chakras are part of what is known as the energy body, an energy field that is believed to hold the power for the body to heal itself.  Each of the 7 Chakras is thought to be a swirling focus of light radiating along the spine and according to the Hindu tradition each can reveal a lot about your physical and emotional well-being.

According to tradition, a variety of problems, from headaches to depression, can result from trapped energy, which is why the Chakras need to be rebalanced.

Each Chakras reveals clues about a particular area of the body. Each has it own specific purpose and is associated with certain organs, hormones, emotions, and parts of the personality.

Description of each Chakra: 

 

Chakra 1 – The root Chakra is located at the base of the spine, representing your foundation and feeling of being grounded.  If this Chakra is blocked it is associated with lower-back pain, immune problems, depression and varicose veins.

Chakra 2- The sacral Chakra or womb Chakra is centered in the pelvis, lower abdomen, and lower back.  It symbolizes creativity and sexuality. If this Chakra is damage it is believed to result in hip pain, fertility problems, arthritis, and illnesses of the prostrate or ovaries.

Chakra 3 – The solar plexus represents confidence, self-esteem and a feeling of being in control of your life.  Found between the belly button and rib cage it regulates the liver, gall bladder, stomach and adrenal glands.  If this Chakra is weak it may result in ulcers, stomach issues, eating disorders and liver problems.

Chakra 4 – The Heart Chakra: A healthy 4th Chakra allows you to be compassionate and to forgive.  As the middle Chakra of the 7 it also navigates a balance between body, mind and spirit.  It affects the heart, circulatory system, thymus gland and lungs.  If blocked it may cause heart problems, asthma, allergies and lung illnesses.

Chakra 5- is located in the throat and determines the ability to communicate.  It symbolizes self-expression and truth.  It takes care of toxins in the lymph nodes, thyroid, esophagus and mouth.

Chakra 6- Is the “famous” Third Eye. It represents intelligence, intuition and the ability to see the big picture.  It governs the brain, nervous system, eyes, ears and nose.  If it is weak it may cause neurological illness, headaches and eye problems.

Chakra 7 – The Crown Chakra symbolizes your spiritual side. It takes care of the muscles, bones and skin. If this Chakra is blocked it may cause a sort of spiritual discomfort.

The Salt Market located at 12 Eagle Street in downtown Asheville (at the Asheville Salt Cave) carries Billy Zankski’s (from Skinny Beats Drum Shop) Chakra Bowl Meditation CD. This CD is a 55 minute sound healing tool that journeys through the 7 Chakras. Five tracks of peaceful music help relax the mind and body while tuning the Chakras. Track 4 is all 7 Chakras in ascending and then descending order.

Rebalance Today

Rebalance your Chakras and enjoy a life of good health and well-being.

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Salt Cave Benefits

By now you are probably familiar with the Salt Cave benefits . The salt in the cave is over 250 million years old and comes from deep within the earth. It is pure and uncontaminated. This natural salt contains 84 minerals and trace elements. These are essential to our body. Without salt our brain would not be able to think and our muscles would not be able to move.

One powerful and often underestimated salt cave benefit is its relaxing environment. This factor alone has a tremendous impact on your health and well being. Running your toes in the salt, dim lighting, relaxing music, the zero-gravity chairs. . . and if you’ve come in for an event or massage, you double that effect.

Secondary Modality Benefit

Having 2 modalities simultaneously helps to improve our body and mind. Asheville Salt Cave has been proactive in bring many wonderful modalities in conjunction with the salt cave on a monthly basis, for the past three years.

Some of our offerings have included: Yoga Nidra, Kundalini Yoga and Gong Bath, Acupuncture, Tai Chi, Hand Pan Sessions, Toning our Chakras, Sound Healing Concerts  Solfeggio Tuning Forks, Pranayama Breathing, Full and New Moon Meditations, Sanskrit Chanting, Native American Flute sessions,  Restorative Yoga with Breathe work, and Tea Moments in the Salt Cave.

Special Benefit Offering

On Saturday, February 13th, as a special for Valentine’s Day will be offering Restorative Foot Massage. Your package (a $59 special) includes:  a 20 minute foot massage, a 45 minute salt cave session, chocolates and flowers. Space is limited to 8 people. Please reserve your space for this wonderful Gift of Health special by calling 828-236-5999 .

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This article appeared in the October issue of The Laurel of Asheville:

“The healing properties of tea, salt, and sound will combine to create an hour of bliss in the Asheville Salt Cave beginning next month. “A Tea Journey in the Salt Cave” is a special session that helps participants cultivate their relationship with the Earth and its diverse cultures.

The experience will include a tea class and tasting led by Dobrá Tea’s Andrew Snavely and Lindsay Thomas, Native American flute music by Geri Littlejohn, and a guided meditation and introduction to the salt cave surrounded by mineral salts and water features. Participants can choose to relax on zero-gravity chairs, or on pillows and blankets.

“We will be sharing locally harvested herbal teas, and teas from around the world,” says Andrew. “Each ‘Tea Journey’ is unique, with teas chosen not only to showcase the range of flavors, fragrances, and sensations but also chosen to reflect the time of year. Some may taste salty, others roasted or floral.”

“As the participants sample the teas, I offer songs inspired by the teas themselves,” says Geri, “utilizing the water features in the salt cave that help to deliver the minerals and elements into our bodies for healing as part of the soundscape… The improvisational music is inspired by that pour, by the present moment. It becomes another form of tea ceremony.”

tea time in the cave

 

There will be four opportunities to experience this journey: November 5 at 6 p.m., January 24 at 3 p.m., February 11 at 6 p.m., and March 20 at 3 p.m.

Advance reservations ($36 per person) and payment are required.
For more information, and to reserve your space, call Asheville Salt Cave at 828.236.5999.

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On this day in history, November 5, 1922, tuberculosis medical pioneer Dr. Karl Von Ruck passed away in Asheville. In the 1870’s doctors began praising Asheville’s climate and mountain air for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis. In 1888, Von Ruck established the Winyanh Sanitarium in Asheville. He was a constant advocate for Asheville as a health destination.

Today Asheville is a destination for many reasons, health and wellness being one. Things have come full circle in Asheville. The Asheville Salt Cave is proud to be part of the alternative health scene. Our facility offers our clients an alternative breathing treatment which aides in relaxation, restoration of mind, body and soul and rejuvenation.

On this day in history Asheville lost an advocate for Asheville as a health destination. Many to this day come to Asheville for alternative health treatments, to enjoy the climate and to breath in the mountain air.

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HEALTHY SIDE OF ASHEVILLE

We are excited that a national publication has written about our Salt Cave and Asheville.

On October 3, 2015 Kimberly Nicoletti, a freelance writer and editor, had her article published in the VailDaily on their Travel website. The article is titled “Health and Wealth in Asheville, with decadent mansions and healing salt caves. ” Here is an excerpt from the article.

Vanderbilt and Edwin Wiley Grove, visionary of the Grove Park Inn, built their properties to support and encourage health, and Asheville still resonates with healthy-living lifestyle.

The Asheville Wellness Tour allows visitors to delve into three areas: a salt cave, a yoga tour including savasana, which helps the body reset itself, and Wake, a foot sanctuary offering handmade soaps, salts and pure oils (www.ashevillesaltcave.com/ashevilles-wellness-tour).

If you can just choose one healthy locale in Asheville, then head to Asheville’s Salt Cave, the nation’s only sustainable, growing salt cave built solely of natural materials (salt, wood and water). A large fountain and salt blocks mined from the Dead Sea, Poland and the Himalayans create a healing microclimate.

The Appels brought in a team from Poland after nearly three years of researching how to create a proper salt-crystal microclimate. Owner Beth Appel said they became inspired after a 45-minute session in a salt cave relieved her husband’s chronic asthma for weeks. In addition to respiratory problems, salt therapy has been employed by various cultures for hundreds of years to treat skin issues, arthritis, depression, digestive ailments, migraines, insomnia and even poor concentration. Its negative ions are believed to increase serotonin and flow of oxygen to the brain, as well as contribute to a sterile environment. The heated salt crystals also release 84 trace minerals and elements essential to human’s health.

Unlike most other caves, the Asheville Salt Cave surrounds visitors in 20 tons of salt, from the ceiling pieces and crushed pebbles on the floor (which you’re welcome to play with, place a handful on your forehead or otherwise indulge in) to the large, up to 300-pound chunks emanating from the dimly lit walls. Zero-gravity lounge chairs and an initial guided meditation enable guests to relax and restore in 45-minute sessions.

However you decide to tour Asheville — be it health, wealth or both — you’ll find some of the best natural resources intertwined with architecture and innovation, which make for a thoroughly enchanting Southern stay.

To read the entire article go to: http://www.vaildaily.com/news/18461802-113/vail-daily-travel-health-and-wealth-in-asheville.

 

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The secret of our cave is simple: the air is enriched with salt trace elements and ions.

These elements, which the human body absorbs through respiration and through our pores, are essential to our existence. The result is: bodily relaxation and rehabilitation where the body and mind come to a perfect balance and one feels rejuvenated and is filled with well-being.

We all live a stressful life with our workloads and work conditions. More and more of us are looking for ways to reduce our stress and increase our health. With less and less time to experience relaxation, rest and rejuvenation we are looking for ways to balance our professional and personal lives. We are looking for ways to reward ourselves. Some of us may be looking for ways to lose weight, reduce or stop smoking, or treat our health issues with a natural method. All of these can be addressed by visiting the Asheville Salt Cave on a regular basis. Ten consecutive sessions have the ability to complete a rejuvenation cycle in which one will observe the differences in stress levels and physical fitness of ones organism.

Salt therapy is an experience for both the body and the spirit.

It offers well-being, relaxation and the strengthening of the human organism. Just one visit is enough for one to discover the relaxing and beneficial properties of the rejuvenating salt cave. What one feels after their first session is almost magical and it will bring your body and your mind into a state of perfect balance.

The Asheville Salt Cave, through the use of mineral crystal salt rocks, has created a micro-climate that reproduces the therapeutic properties of the atmosphere of a salt mine. By keeping the temperature in the salt cave constant (between 68 and 70 degrees) with a humidity of 50% the mineral salt naturally releases its healthy ions and trace minerals into the air without losing its crystal structure and attributes. Sea salt is not a crystal and does not have this same behavior, therefore we keep it to a minimum in the cave.

Asheville salt cave does NOT use any type of Gypsum or salt panels in the cave. We do not use any artificial resins. These become bacteria nests. We also keep our sea salt to a minimum and only use it on the floor, due to its low ion generation, quality and purity. There is no use of salt tiles (except for wheel chair access to our cave) because these man-made tiles do not comply with the therapeutic requirements. There is no mechanical or artificial means of “spraying salt”. The natural micro-climate of the salt cave is rich in beneficial ions and trace elements which kill bacteria and other harmful micro-organisms through natural means. Heating the floor, which is covered in Himalayan, Polish mineral and Dead Sea salt helps to generate ions. The two water features contain a concentrated solution of mineral salt and water creating a Sole’, which is  similar to the primal ocean, the water in our body and embryonic fluid. These two water features are natural ionizers which enrich the atmosphere of the salt cave with additional salt ions.

The Asheville Salt Cave uses two types of lighting. There are special photo-diodes scattered throughout the ceiling along with crystal salt lamps in the walls of the cave. Together these diffuse light through the salt and create color therapy systems which have a positive affect on stress, fatigue and depression. Your body absorbs the energy from these systems into its nervous system to the point where it is most needed.

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Thanks to the natural low moisture content, Himalayan Salt Slabs can be heated or chilled to extreme temperatures. They work equally well on grills, stove tops, in the oven or as a serving platter for cold food presentations. The possibilities of cooking with Himalayan Salt Slabs are endless.

Cooking at the proper temperature is the most important guideline to follow when working with a salt slab. It is imperative to take the time to properly and adequately preheat the salt slab. Failure to do so may result in salty food and could effect the integrity of the salt slab. The thermal  qualities of the salt slab make for an ideal cooking surface to sear, bake and roast a wide variety of foods.

The salt slab is susceptible to thermal shock (breaking due to dramatic changes in temperature). Therefore always follow these siple guidelines when heating and cooking on your salt slab.

  1. Handle the heated plate carefully. It is extremely HOT
  2. When cooking on an electric stove top you will something that is heat safe to elevate the salt slab so that it sits just above the burner. A good recommendation is a cake or pastry ring.
  3. To heat your salt slab begin on low for 15 minutes, set to medium for 15 minutes and then turn your burner on high for and additional 15 minutes . Your salt slab is now ready for cooking.
  4. To use the salt slab in the oven begin preheating t 250 degrees for 15 minutes, increase the temperature to 325 degrees for 15 minutes and again raise the temperature to 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Use of a salt slab under a broiler is NOT recommended.
  5. When cooking on an outdoor gas grill place the salt slab parallel over a burner bar on the grill grate. Preheat the salt slab as you would for indoor cooking. Feel free to close the grill hood after you’ve ensured the burner has been lit for the first phase of preheating. When using a charcoal grill be sure to set the grill up with 3 separate heat zones. On the far left there should be open space with NO charcoal. In the middle a single layer of lit charcoal and on the far right a double layer of charcoal. Once the charcoal is lit start preheating with the salt slab on the left for 15 minutes, move it to the middle for 15 minutes and finish on the far right for another 15 minutes.
  6. Watch our blog in the coming weeks for several tasty recipes for use with your salt slab.

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“It all comes Full Circle”, this is so true of what the Asheville’s Therapeutic Salt Cave brings to Asheville, clean pure air in a micro-climate.

Through out history tuberculosis was treated with clean fresh air! Asheville’s setting in the mountains and large homes or boarding houses with wide front porches, helped provide that. The Mountain Sanatorium, advertised in William Gleitsmann’s pamphlet Mountain Sanitarium for Pulmonary Diseases, Asheville, N.C., published in the 1870s, argues that Asheville “has for a long time been visited by such patients, and its climate is well known to exert a beneficial influence on Consumptives” (p. 1). “The pure, clean mountain air,” combined with the “southerly situation,” make Asheville pleasant in both winter and summer (p. 1). The sanitarium opened under the charge of the author, Dr. William Gleitsmann of Baltimore. Stressing the importance of adequate nutrition to successful convalescence, the institution offered patients a “rich, nutritious diet, suitable to their condition, along with “board, including light, fire and nurse” for “$10 to $12, according to rooms, payable weekly in advance” (p. 1).

The microclimate of our cave is created by keeping it at a constant temperature and humidity and by feeding the saturated air with “sole”, a highly saturated  solution of salt and water,  from our two water features. Our Salt Cave is the only one in the United States that is sustainable and growing and free from any artificial or mechanical grinding of salt. One is totally immersed in a “sea” of microscopic salt.

Your body absorbs the microclimate through your lungs, by breathing it in and through your skin.

So once again Asheville offers tourists and residents alike the opportunity to experience an environment of clean pure air.

Call today to schedule your “me time”. 828-236-5999. Take 45 minutes out of your day, Just For You!!

 

 

 

 

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ASHEVILLE AS A HEALTH RETREAT

As far back as 1795, records show that the area of Asheville, NC was regarded as a place to come to heal oneself. The Indians used the area as a neutral ground for their sick and took advantage of the area around Hot Springs. The climate was regarded as optimal because its components of temperature, barometric pressure, etc were measured by a physician who wanted to find the best place for his patients to recuperate. From the late 1880’s to the 1930’s Asheville rose in prominence as a curative place for tuberculosis. Boarding houses with large open air front porches were abundant. In the 1870s Dr. H. P. Gatchell, one of the pioneers treating TB published a pamphlet promoting the advantages of the Asheville climate for health seekers. As a result numerous sanitariums were built in Asheville specifically for the treatment of this contagious condition. It is no wonder that Asheville today has people coming to for specialized treatment. Mission – St. Joseph Hospital is a prime medical center for Western North Carolina. While Asheville itself is considered to be “The New Age Mecca of the East”. Based on the history of Asheville and its present day attraction for holistic healing, Asheville Salt Cave, after doing a great deal of research, chose Asheville as “the place” to share this amazing healing space with. We believe that we are a perfect fit for the area. Salt therapy has been well known and documented in Europe for centuries. It is only within the past 10 years that this form of natural healing has been brought to the United States. Asheville Salt Cave’s mission Is to help people who are suffering from various respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis, sinusitis, asthma, hay-fever, pneumonia, wheezing, cold or cough with a drug-free solution which is free from side-effects. We focus on the source of the problem rather than just suppressing the symptoms like medication usually does. However, we make no medical claims and recommend that all medical conditions be treated by a physician competent in treating that particular condition. We have replicated the microclimate found in natural salt caves in Europe, through the use of 20 tons of imported Polish Salt, water features which are natural halo generators, and controlled temperature and humidity within the healing space. Let Us Put Salt Into Your Life !

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The Asheville Salt Cave is the only Salt Cave in the United States that is sustainable and growing. It is fashioned after the Wieliezka Mine in Poland, the largest Salt Therapy Center in the world. We have recreated the micro-climate of a natural salt cave through the use of a constant temperature, a constant humidity and two natural ionizers that feed the cave with sole’ (a saturated solution of salt and water). Our Salt Cave contains nothing artificial. It consists of materials found in nature, wood, rocks, water and 20 tons of salt rock crystals weighing between 6 oz and 300 pounds each . The floor of the cave is a combination of Polish, Himalayan, Dead Sea Salt. We keep the sea salt to a minimum because of its low ion quality, as compared to the large rocks that make up our walls and ceiling. Come experience Salt Therapy at its best.

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Think about a stressful situation you’re facing at the moment —something small or something epic. Close your eyes and scan your body, noticing where you feel tension when you think about this tough situation. It might take a minute to find the spot. (Good places to check: jaw, shoulders, belly, chest, throat.) Rest your hand on the tense spot and take a comfortable inhale, imagining the breath flowing into and around the spot. Exhale naturally, all the way out.

Repeat a few times, letting your breath take  you right into the center of the tension; your hand will help remind you to direct the breath.  If you’ve noticed tension in more than one spot, move your hand – and your breath – to another spot and repeat.  Then relax, eyes closed, hands in your lap, and feel the new softness of those spots. You can do this exercise anytime, anywhere, even with your eyes open — and even if you’re not sure what the source of the tension is.Breathe! Breathing into tightness and softening creates a gentle space for tension to relax.

We have created a space for you to enjoy moments like this and to gain the benefits of salt, music and light therapy at the same time.  Come breathe in our enriched micro-climate and enjoy it’s calming effect.