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The dry-salt room, a European mainstay beloved for its lung- and skin-clearing benefits, finally arrived in New York in May, occupying a nail-salon-like room within the Oasis Day Spa ($40 per session). Sink into one of six recliners for 45 minutes, as a halogenerator pumps out undetectable microparticles of salt air (a process that’s believed to improve breathing, sleep, and stress levels) and your sock-covered feet sink into a bed of pink Himalayan rock salt (it releases the same mood-balancing negative ions you take in on a trip to Bermuda). A more intense but equally lunch-break-friendly option is the coffinlike salt chamber, which can involve clothing removal but takes just 20 minutes.
Best Salt Treatment
From the 2015 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine