At Salt & Light, founder Rachel Crocker is passionate about the power of natural therapies to improve health and well-being. Rooted in faith and with a vision to bring life-enhancing, holistic healing to the community, Salt & Light offers cutting-edge treatments in a serene and rejuvenating environment for people of all ages to relax, heal, and thrive.
As a child, Crocker was plagued by persistent allergies and eventually found relief through salt therapy treatments. Years later, seeing that so many Dripping Springs neighbors suffered from “cedar fever” and other allergy-induced misery, Crocker knew she could help ease their discomfort.
Now, nestled in the heart of downtown Dripping Springs, Salt & Light offers salt therapy, red light therapy, and an infrared sauna that can potentially help with myriad conditions ranging from asthma, snoring, and anxiety to ear infections, joint pain, poor circulation, and more.
“In Dripping Springs, there are a lot of people who are open minded; they’re looking for alternatives and non-surgical avenues to heal and prevent ailments,” Crocker shares. “People here care about wellness, and this is a great option to add into their routine.”
SALT THERAPY
Salt therapy, or halotherapy, originated in the 1800s when some doctors recognized that salt miners seemed less likely than other patients to suffer from respiratory and skin ailments. They sent their patients to visit salt mines for healing; the mines even carved out separate areas for people to receive this original halotherapy.
These days, salt therapy is available by replicating the salt mine environment using a halogenerator, which grinds up dry, pure-grade sodium chloride into tiny particles that are dispersed into the air. Crocker explains that these micro-particles work “like a tiny toothbrush, going into your sinus cavities and lungs to clear everything out.”
Inhaling the anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory salt crystals opens the lungs and sinuses and breaks up and clears mucus, helping with symptoms of COPD, sinus infections, allergies, and more. The innovative treatment also expands the airways and can even improve athletic performance, muscle endurance, and recovery. It can also help relieve the pain and swelling of ear infections.
As you relax and breathe in the soothing, immune-boosting salt air, the salt particles also land on your skin, penetrating deeply to naturally enhance its protective and reparative properties. This salt therapy can help with a multitude of conditions such as dry skin, psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis.
RED LIGHT THERAPY
In the 1980s, NASA investigated the effects of light on plants in space and discovered that red light helped promote plant growth. Later, NASA’s research for astronauts, who could become injured or ill during long space missions, demonstrated that light therapy can naturally and safely treat a variety of skin and pain conditions.
Red light therapy works at the cellular level by boosting the cells’ energy, allowing them to do their work, such as growth and repair, more efficiently. Salt & Light’s red light therapy utilizes two wavelengths of bioactive red light—one that improves skin texture and tone and the other that penetrates deep into the tissues to help with wound healing, muscle recovery, nerve injury, and joint pain.
Red light therapy is best known for its rejuvenating effects that improve skin health and appearance—it boosts collagen for firmer, smoother skin and fewer wrinkles and improves acne, eczema, and psoriasis. The state-of-the-art light treatment also relieves chronic pain and even serves as a natural mood lifter, helping with anxiety and depression. Crocker herself discovered that red light therapy also offered tremendous post-partum benefits, alleviating pain and helping her heal. “I want to be able to bring that to other people because it helped me so much,” she shares.
INFRARED SAUNA & HALOSAUNA BOOTH
Using infrared panels rather than conventional heat, the infrared sauna at Salt & Light heats up the body before heating up the air, penetrating the skin more deeply than a traditional sauna. The invigorating, detoxifying sauna treatment helps relieve sore muscles and joint pain, improve circulation, clear and tighten skin, aid with weight loss, and promote better sleep.
The HaloSauna booth at Salt & Light allows clients to blend their peaceful sauna experience with salt therapy, red light therapy, or both. Combining these treatments in one session not only saves time but maximizes the effects of the individual treatments.
RELAXATION & RESTORATION
Salt & Light translates these scientifically backed, high-technology treatments into a serene, spa-like experience that allows you to relax and savor the process of healing and renewal. The quiet sanctuary provides a break from the demands of daily life and eases you into a balance of body, mind, and spirit.
As a busy mom and entrepreneur, Crocker understands the restorative properties of a few peaceful moments alone. “I really struggle with slowing down, and it’s bad for my body,” she says. “I felt like I was constantly stressed and anxious, but just by sitting in the salt room or sauna I start feeling better.”
THE SALT & THE LIGHT
The Bible beckons Christians to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16), challenging them to enhance the quality of life around them by preserving and illuminating goodness.
Crocker shares, “I just started thinking about what I’d like to bring to this community, and what could help people, and Salt & Light developed from that.” Guided by her faith and inspired by her own journey toward better health, she aims to serve, help, and heal others through transformative treatments, doing her part to bring salt and light to Dripping Springs.
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People here care about wellness, and this is a great option to add into their routine.