So you know how you buy those Groupons and then never get around to using them? Oh…that’s just me then. Well I bought one for an online class to get recertified in CPR. Then I decided I didn’t care about saving lives, so totally forgot to use it. Groupon kindly reminded me of it the day after it expired but offered to allow me to put that $20 toward another offer. So naturally, I chose the next best thing to breathing life into a human…a visit to a salt cave for a little halotherapy.
Floatopia, a new float spa and salt cave in Dix Hills offered a 45 minute session for $17. (Cha-ching! I still have $3 sitting in my Groupon coffers!) I made sure to make an appointment for two days after I bought it. This expiration thing wasn’t gonna get me again!
I was the only one scheduled for the time slot so it was just me and three empty chairs in a darkened room surrounded by and carpeted in salt crystals. The owner explained to me that salt air is pumped in at a level that equates to spending 5 days at the beach and the inhaled salt helps kill bacteria, and break down mucous and pollutants lodged in the respiratory tract. I assumed that was a good thing. The session started with an audio introduction of what to expect and then became ambient sounds of thunder, waves and birds. I wasn’t sure I should spend 5 days at the beach during a thunderstorm, but since it was being condensed into 45 minutes, I went with it.
There’s also a lovely trickling fountain against one of the walls. That was pretty. Until I had to pee. Then it was excruciating. I used the facilities before going in, but apparently all the water I drank prior was kicking in and in the last 20 minutes I sat with my legs crossed doing a bit of a pee pee dance in my zero gravity chair.
It was an interesting experience, but I’m not certain I’d do it again. Maybe it’s one of those things where you need to go frequently in order to feel any of the myriad of health benefits they tout.
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Completed 7/12/18