Salt Chalet in Scottsdale offers salt therapy for clients The Arizona Republic by Kasia Michalik - March 22, 2011 Two white rooms equipped with reclining chairs take up just a small portion of a homeopathic clinic in Scottsdale. But they are no ordinary rooms. Their walls are covered with eight to 10 layers of salt from the Dead Sea. The floors likewise are covered with salt, which looks like white sand. Those entering the rooms must remove their shoes and replace them with blue slippers. Once the doors close, a Halogenerator engages and begins distributing the tiny salt particles throughout the room as the surrounding colors are changed and soft music plays. The Salt Chalet, which opened in September 2010, operates Arizona's first therapeutic rooms using salt from the Dead Sea, which has higher concentrations of beneficial minerals than other sea salts. Proponents claim that inhaling the salt can provide relief from a host of respiratory ailments. "When the particles are dispersed into the air, people can feel them on their lips, nose and throat," said Pavel Gershkovich, spa director at Salt Chalet. "Once it gets in the lungs and sinuses, it kills bacteria and reduces inflammation in the lungs and sinuses." The Halogenerator creates an ideal aerosol microclimate, similar to natural salt caves, while the light therapy provides a calming environment, Gershkovich said. "Forty-five minutes and people feel energized and relaxed," Gershkovich said