Ready to try something different? Head on over to the Royal Salt Cave & Spa in Frankfort, Illinois. You will be greeted by a hostess that will do quick temperature check, review safety protocols and explain simple housekeeping of the cave. You enter barefoot and the ground is covered with so much pink salt that it mimics walking on sand. Soft lighting and soothing music is a dead giveaway to the mood you will transformed to. Due to Covid it is requested that you bring your own blankets. The seats recline all the way to a prone position which I took full advantage of. The headphones have two settings; one for guided meditation and another for soft music. Switch up if you like, I enjoyed both.

Once your therapy session begins, a halogenerator grinds and releases salt particles so fine that you inhale them. This process absorbs irritants, allergens and toxins. I honestly felt as if my breathing was better and later on I noticed that some of the pain I had been feeling in my feet from wearing steel toe or composite toe boots was going away.