New Delhi, May 24 -- After a week-long hospitalisation and heavy dosage of prescribed medication, Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Gayathri Thirugnanam was struggling with her post-covid recovery. All she was seeking was a non-invasive, natural therapy to clear and soothe her respiratory track and strengthen her frail lungs. That's when the 45-year-old first heard of halotherapy or salt room sessions being conducted at the HSR layout-based centre called Salt World. Little did she know something as humble as salt could come to her rescue. The sessions here promised non- invasive, alternative therapy for improving respiratory health.

Intrigued by this novel concept she began her research only to realise that all the procedure entailed was sitt...