Natural Health and Wellness with Solay Wellness www.natural-salt-lamps.com

9 Super Foods that Boost Oral Health ...

2012-04-17T17:42:00.002-07:00

The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry has released the findings of an important study on the most oral health

The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry warns that several studies in the past have proved that the foods that dental patients consume do have a great impact on their oral health.

If patients know what foods to consume most, they will have a proper dental health, while if they continue eating all the wrong and unhealthy foods, their dental health will keep on deteriorating.

Here are some of the most important foods that help keeping both gums and teeth healthy:

(Himalayan Salt is Recommended, along with Xylitol, an ingredient in our Solay smile toothpowders! )

Reiki Sharing time

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Healing Reiki Share at Solay the 2nd Wednesday of the month

from 7-8:15pm

Future dates

May 9

June 13

July 11

at Solay Wellness Inc, Skokie

Call: 847-676-5571

This is a free event where we share Reiki with each other in a

safe and peaceful environment. Feel free to bring a friend. Namaste.

Call Jill with any questions 773-251-5527 or email yogajill@sbcglobal.net

Love and Light, Jill

Here is a brief description of the flow of our time together

I was envisioning, beginning sitting in a circle with the invocation and a centering meditation and sending Reiki and light to each other holding hands. then we can work on each other for abt 15-20min, on tables and chairs. then we will all join again in a circle to send Reiki to the world peace grids, which is a sacred time set aside where many Reiki masters and practitioners are also sending Reiki, prayers and blessings. for world peace. this is from 7:30-7:45.

then for the remainder of the time we can go back with our partners and switch you was giving and receiving. Finally closing, abt 8:05 with another circle and a closing and clearing meditation.

Diane Ponder Art Reception at Solay Wellness

2012-04-02T11:20:00.001-07:00

Catalytic Transformations

Networks Create Connections

Location:

Solay Wellness

4819 Main St, Skokie

847-676-5571

www.natural-salt-lamps.com

DATE:

Friday, April 13, 2012 5pm-9pm.

Sponsors and Collaborators

Mimi's Organic Exchange http://mimisorganicexchange.com/

The Convergence Project, Inc http://www.theconvergenceprojectinc.com/

Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery http://wildblossomwines.com/

BOT Bakery http://www.gfreev.com/

Senteamental Moods https://www.senteamentalmoods.com/

Nessalla http://nessalla.com/

Two Mothers Foods http://twomothersfoods.com/

Musicians

Cello by Sylvie

DJ Limbs http://djlimbs.com/

Diane Ponder, a contributor to Mimi's Organic Exchange and Board Member of The Convergence Project Inc., holds an opening for her paintings at Solay Wellness, an eco-friendly and fair trade Himalayan salt purveyor.

The event will be Friday, April 13, 2012 5pm-9pm. Refreshments, music and events in the Salt Room are included.

Salt products and a variety of wellness products will be for sale, demonstrated in their shop and workshops conducted in their salt room, a healing space.

This is specially fitting since some of the paintings will include Himalayan salts. They are known for their healthful properties.

Diane's paints are non toxic and the linen and stretchers are sustainable and recyclable. The paintings also are energy filled and layered to allow for a meditative state.

Diane Ponder, curator of Mimi's Organic Exchange and an artist in her own right, is going to be featured at Hyde Park Art Center in the fall.

Large scale pieces as large as 8 feet by 3, they are consciously created with renewable, low voc and long lived materials that can be reused.

She has curated several shows on environmental themes since 1999, most recently at the Ravenswood Art Walk during and as a part of Chicago Artists' Month.

Her work has been displayed nationally and internationally, in museums and private collections.

A Dilemma

2012-01-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

A Dilemma

By Solay Wellness guest writer Marsha Colliins

A friend of mine just gave me a hug. She was hurting and I could tell she needed a comforting embrace. However, now I can’t get the smell of her perfume out of my nose. In order to rid myself of this unwanted scent I’ll probably have to throw my clothes in the wash, take a shower, and wash my hair –all things I hadn’t planned on doing this morning.

This has happened to me before…a casual hug bestowed by a well-meaning acquaintance has left me smelling like a rose garden on steroids. It’s annoying. If I wanted to smell like that I would have sprayed myself with perfume. Now, as a result of a quick embrace, I have the choice of tolerating the unwelcome fragrance for the next several hours or inconveniencing myself with an unplanned shower.

I’ll admit that perfume is nowhere near as offensive as cigarette smoke. But while I merely find these aromas unpleasant and irritating, there are significant numbers of people who suffer debilitating reactions after exposure to perfume, cologne, after-shave, etc. Second-hand smoke has received wide-spread attention as being harmful. Should I make the effort to create awareness among fragrance-wearers or just turn the other cheek—or in this case, the other nostril?

I know perfume wearers mean no offense. For most of them, applying a scent is as much of their daily routine as brushing their teeth or combing their hair. Still, this leaves me with a dilemma… Do I withhold an embrace from someone in need? Wait until a better time and explain my lack of appreciation for Chanel Number 5? Or just put up with it as one of life’s many minor irritations and hug away?

What do you think? Share your comments and post on facebook your thoughts!

www.facebook.com/Solaywellness

A beautiful way to help the Planet and Your Health

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NEW-So Balanced, our repackaged line of beauty essentials promotes vibrant well being and glowing skin from head to toe. Each product is perfectly balanced to universally benefit all skin types, and unites the power of our pure 84 Mineral Himalayan Crystal Salt with nutrient-rich botanicals, hydrating moisturizers and pristine Calcium Bentonite Clay.

SO pamper yourself with our nourishing moisturizers and luxurious whipped body butter. Clarify and rejuvenate with our gentle cleansers and Exfoliates, Detox Face Mask and invigorating Himalayan Crystal Salt Body Scrub. Refresh with our tonic toners and renew with our Aromatherapy Body Sprays.

Inside each SO Balanced package you'll find the formulas you've grown to love, handcrafted in small batches from the finest Fair Trade and organic ingredients. Only our packaging has changed. Our commitment to you, product quality and the environment remains the same, unwavering in our continual quest to provide the most holistic and superior product.

SO Balanced (formally known as 84 minerals and all Solay Wellness Personal Care Products) are also designated as a “Champion” in the Environmental Working Group’s Compact for Safe Cosmetics (www.ewg.org/skindeep/company/Solay_Wellness.)

The perfect balance of nature and nurture… SO it is.

On your body today, in your water tomorrow!

A beautiful way to save the planet!

Pure, organic ingredients help us look and feel our best. Find out how they also protect our precious natural resources

Our skin is our largest organ. It maintains body temperature, regulates our fluid balance and more. SO Balanced pure minerals and natural ingredients absorb into your skin to nourish from within. But equally important, they help protect our environment:

• Our organic ingredients are wild harvested, mined or grown sustainably, using methods that leave richer soil for the next generation.

• Persistent chemicals (like parabens and petroleum compounds) wash “down the drain” and ultimately end up polluting our water. Pure minerals and organic botanicals leave not toxins behind.

• Our manufacturing supports Fair Trade and family artisans, particularly women artisans. Healthier communities also help create a healthier planet for us all.

• We are always seeking ways to reduce our carbon footprint, preserve our ecosystem and help it remain SO Balanced.

Beauty to die for: chemical culprits in skincare products

Hundreds of chemicals are allowed in personal care products. Some products claiming to be “natural” are anything but. Are you buying “green”…or “greenwashed?” Here are some ways to tell…

At Solay we use only food-quality ingredients to handcraft all natural and organic personal care formulas we ourselves use every day.

This distinguishes us in a world where more and more manufacturers are jumping on the “green” bandwagon.

It’s important to know the difference. One survey by the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health estimates that women can absorb up to 2 kilograms of chemicals per year through personal care and cosmetics products.

Here are a few common toxins that may appear in “natural” products:

Sodium Laurel Sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), sodium dodecyl, sodium laureth sulfate (SLFS): a common foaming agent in commercial shampoos, it’s an endocrine disruptor linked to serious eye problems, especially in children.

Benzene/Benzoic Acid/Benzyl Benzoate is considered a carcinogen, an endocrine disruptor, and is suspected to cause birth defects

Methyl, Propyl, Butyl and Ethyl Paraben. Parabens are used to inhibit bacterial growth but are linked to breast cancer, allergic reactions and skin rashes.

For simply pure and natural skin care visit us today, click here

5 Reasons to Give Wheatgrass a Try

2012-01-07T20:57:00.000-08:00

5 Reasons to Give Wheatgrass a Try

By Solay Wellness Guest Writer Daniela Baker

Does the thought of drinking grass make you cringe? Well, it’s not something most of us do often!

However, drinking a little plant known as wheatgrass is becoming popular because of its nutritional power and possible health benefits. Keep reading to find out the 5 reasons to give wheatgrass a try.

1. Wheatgrass contains healthy nutrients.

According to Brent A. Bauer, M.D., an internist at the Mayo Clinic, wheatgrass provides “a concentrated amount of nutrients, including iron, calcium, magnesium, amino acids, chlorophyll, and vitamins A, C and E.”

Of course, drinking wheatgrass shouldn’t be substitute for a “healthy diet that includes plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables,” says Dr. Bauer. However, wheatgrass can be an excellent addition to a great diet.

2. Wheatgrass may promote a healthy digestive system.

Wheatgrass is often used as an herbal treatment for digestive problems ranging from mild to severe.

In 2002, a small study on patients with ulcerative colitis, a chronic condition that causes inflammation of the large intestine, showed that wheatgrass seemed to keep their symptoms under control.

All patients who took part in the study kept getting normal medical care, but half were given 3 ounces of wheatgrass juice per day, while half were given a fake drink instead. Most of the patients who drank the wheatgrass juice daily for a month had less diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and pain than the group who were given the placebo.

While this is the only double-blind study that tested wheatgrass for this type of condition, it does give reason to think that wheatgrass might be good for digestive health.

3. According to wheatgrass fans, it can promote healthy blood flow.

Sometimes called "the green blood,” wheatgrass is often promoted as a supplement that can help conditions like anemia. While not enough studies are out there to be sure about this, wheatgrass has been shown to help with thalassaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome in a few small studies.

Thalassaemia is a genetic condition that causes the body to make abnormal red blood cells. Similarly, patients with myelodysplastic syndrome cannot make blood the way a healthy person’s body does.

People with thalassaemia and transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndrome need blood transfusions throughout their lives, often each month. They also need drugs to stop their iron levels from becoming too high.

However, when these patients drank wheatgrass as part of the studies they took part in, they could go longer periods in between transfusions. The wheatgrass also seemed to help remove extra iron from the blood of these patients.

In another small study, patients with breast cancer who drank wheatgrass juice every day didn’t need as many medications to build their blood and bone marrow up during chemotherapy.

Again, while these are just a few studies, they give reason to hope that wheatgrass can help with these and similar problems.

4. Wheatgrass is safe for most people to drink or swallow in capsule form.

“Wheatgrass is generally considered safe,” says Dr. Bauer.

However, he adds that it “is usually grown in soil or water and consumed raw, which means it could be contaminated with bacteria or mold.” This is part of the reason wheatgrass may, according to Dr. Bauer, “cause nausea, headaches, hives or swelling of your throat.”

He advises pregnant or breastfeeding women to avoid using wheatgrass products. He also suggests that anyone with a grass or wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, or celiac disease talk to a doctor before trying it.

Dr. Chris Reynolds of the company Wheatgrass Pty., which sells health products made from wheatgrass, says wheatgrass is safe, but nausea or diarrhea can come from drinking too much, so users should stick to the dosage on the product they are using.

5. Wheatgrass is cheap and easy to find.

Like most herbal treatments, wheatgrass is cheap and easy to get.

At VitaminShoppe.com, for example, you can get a dozen 11.8 fluid ounce bottles of a wheatgrass and aloe drink for $20. You can also get 120 capsules of wheatgrass for just under $11, although most scientific studies seem to have used wheatgrass in "juiced" form instead.

That’s a lot for just one little plant! So, if you’ve been persuaded by these 5 reasons to give wheatgrass a try, go ahead and buy some online or from your local health food store. It’s certainly an original way to get your nutrients for the day.

Bottoms up!

Daniela Baker is a social media advocate at CreditDonkey, where she helps families compare family credit card rewards. As a mother of two, she's passionate about eco-living and natural health.

Solay Wellness Now Offers Services

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2012 Services available:

Herbal and Sound Therapy $35 - 20 minute session

While enjoying the relaxation in the 84 Mineral Saltery’s salt room and reclining on the whole body salt bed, your hands and feet will be encased in warm herbs and salt.

Biofeedback Therapy $45 - 30 minute session

Analyze your wellness using Energetic Modalities, such as Resonant Frequency, Square and Sine Wave Therapy, Spectrum Voice Analyze, Sound Healing Principles and more. This Biofeedback Therapy provides information regarding imbalances and utilizes the Energetic Modalities to restores balance, all while you enjoy the relaxation of the 84 Mineral Saltery’s salt room and the use of the Detoxing Foot Bed.

Audio/Visual Meditation $15 - 15 minutes session

This power Audio Visual Therapy helps to relax, meditate and positively impact your brain all as you sit in one of 84 Mineral Saltery’s salt chairs and rest your feet in a Detoxing Foot Beds.

Foot Massage and Sound Therapy $45 - 30 minute session

While relaxing on 84 Mineral Saltery’s whole body bed you can be pampered and escape life’s business with a 30 minute foot massage.

For additional luxury, add the Herbal Therapy for hands to the Foot Massage $10

Contact Dana for times and appointments at 847-769-7392

Change in season: Why salt doesn’t deserve its bad rap

2011-12-17T21:35:00.000-08:00

by Kristin Wartman

For something that's so often mixed with anti-caking agents, salt takes a lot of lumps in the American imagination. Like fat, people tend to think of it as an unnecessary additive -- something to be avoided by seeking out processed foods that are "free" of it. But also like fat, salt is an essential component of the human diet -- one that has been transformed into unhealthy forms by the food industry.

Historically, though, salt was prized. Its reputation can be found in phrases like, "Worth one's salt," meaning, "Worth one's pay," since people were often paid in salt and the word itself is derived from the Latin salarium, or salary.

Those days are long over. Doctors and dietitians, along with the USDA dietary guidelines, recommend eating a diet low in sodium to prevent high blood pressure, risk of cardiovascular disease, and stroke; and doctors have been putting their patients on low-salt diets since the 1970s. But a new study, published in the May 4 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that low-salt diets actually increase the risk of death from heart attack and stroke -- and in fact don't prevent high blood pressure.

The study's findings inspired much criticism and controversy -- as research that challenges conventional dietary wisdom often does. When The New York Times briefly reported on it, even the title conveyed the controversy: "Low-Sat Diet Ineffective, Study Finds. Disagreement Abounds." The Times reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "felt so strongly that the study was flawed that they criticized it in an interview, something they normally do not do." According to the Times, Peter Briss, a medical director at the Centers, said that the study was small, that its subjects were young, and that they had few cardiovascular events -- making it hard to draw conclusions.

But most of all, Briss and others criticized the study because it challenges dietary dogma on sodium intake. These experts claim that a body of evidence establishes sodium consumption as a serious driver of cardiovascular disease. But if you take a careful look at the evidence, you'll see that the case against sodium crumbles under the weight of its contradictions. Gary Taubes wrote about the controversy on the benefits of salt reduction more than 10 years ago in a piece for Science called "The (Political) Science of Salt." He portrayed a clash between the desire for immediate and simple answers and the requirements of good science. "This is the conflict that fuels many of today's public health controversies," Taubes asserted.

The JAMA study published early this month is not the first to find that a low-salt diet may be detrimental. In 2006, data from the NHANES II study showed that death from heart disease and all causes rose with lower salt consumption. Published in the American Journal of Medicine, the report found:

Lower sodium has been associated with stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, that, in turn, has been associated with adverse [cardiovascular disease] and mortality outcomes. Sodium restriction may also influence insulin resistance.

The insulin resistance association is compelling since so many Americans are exhibiting signs of insulin resistance, the precursor to diabetes. Michael Alderman, a blood-pressure researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and editor of the American Journal of Hypertension, said in an email, "The problem with reducing sodium enough to change blood pressure [is that it] has other effects -- including increasing insulin resistance, increasing sympathetic nerve activity, and activating the renin-angiotensin system and increasing aldosterone secretion. All bad things for the cardiovascular system."

There are those who will argue that any study claiming that sodium is not as harmful as previously believed are connected to the salt lobby, but this is untrue. The most recent JAMA study has no such connection and many real-food advocates, myself included, believe that salt is an essential part of a healthy diet. Alderman was once an unpaid consultant for the Salt Institute but no longer is, according to the Times article.

There is also a strange psychological component to this debate as is often seen in the nutrition world: When a message has been hammered in and repeated millions of times over the course of decades, whether or not that message is actually true becomes irrelevant -- and the people invested in presenting that message, whether for monetary gain or not, are especially resistant to any evidence that might be contrary. When asked about this phenomenon and the standard recommendations on salt, Alderman said, "They are based upon the hope that the blood pressure effect of lowering sodium would translate into a benefit in health. Opposition to these findings -- which only adds to a substantial body of similar information -- is that these folks have long held the faith that lowering sodium was a good idea. They have opposed randomized trials with the bogus argument that a randomized controlled trial would be too tough and expensive. Not so. They choose faith over science, but it's not a theological issue."

Witness the low-fat campaign that has raged on for decades despite research that now shows the low-fat campaign was actually based on little scientific evidence. When it comes to the fat debate, the crucial issue is determining which fats are healthy and which fats are not: Real, whole-food sources of fats, like butter and eggs, are healthy while industrially produced sources of fats, like partially hydrogenated oils or trans-fats, are not. Real fats and industrial fats cannot be lumped into the same category, and when they are, as is often the case in scientific research, the results are muddled. This was the case with studies on coconut oil, which used partially hydrogenated versions to determine that coconut oil was unhealthy, tarnishing it with a reputation as one of the worst fats. Meanwhile, recent research using unprocessed coconut oil shows that it is actually a healthy fat with a host of health benefits.

As for salt, the same logic can be applied. There are no studies based on a diet that draws its sodium from unrefined salt and from foods containing naturally occurring salt (like zucchini, celery, seaweed, oysters, shrimp, beets, spinach, fish, olives, eggs, red meat, and garbanzo beans). Clearer answers would surely emerge with a study like this.

The differences between refined and unrefined salt are significant. (Make sure you use unrefined sea salt, as other sea salts can be just as processed as ordinary table salt.) Unrefined sea salt contains about 82 percent sodium chloride and the rest is comprised of essential minerals including magnesium and calcium; and trace elements, like iodine, potassium, and selenium. Not coincidentally, they help with maintaining fluid balance and replenishing electrolytes.

Refined, processed salt is actually an industrial leftover, according to Nina Planck's book Real Food. Planck describes how the chemical industry removes the valuable trace elements found in salt and heats it 1,200 degrees F. What's left is 100 percent sodium chloride, plus industrial additives including aluminum, anticaking agents, and dextrose, which stains the salt purple. To gain its pure-white sheen, the salt is then bleached. Thus refined salt is hardly a whole food; and consuming a jolt of sodium chloride upsets fluid balance and dehydrates cells, to say nothing of the harm the various additives and bleach residues may cause.

But what's fascinating about this most recent study is that even in monitoring those on a largely industrial foods diet, consuming what's considered high levels of salt, the results indicate that even this is better than a low-sodium diet.

Why might this be? Sodium is one of the two major electrolytes our bodies need to function properly, and like any other element, nutrient, vitamin, or mineral we put into our bodies, it does not exist or function in isolation. Sodium is important for maintaining blood volume, it works in concert with potassium, which is needed for vasodilatation or constriction, and it also interacts with calcium, which is needed for vascular smooth muscle tone. Sodium exists in all of the fluids in our body and is essential to water balance regulation, nerve stimulation, and proper function of the adrenal glands. It is also crucial to maintaining mental acuity -- sodium is required to activate glial cells in the brain -- these cells make up 90 percent of the brain and are what makes us think faster and make connections. This is part of the reason sodium deficiency (sunstroke, heat exhaustion) leads to confusion and lethargy as the human brain is extremely sensitive to changing sodium levels in the body.

Like fat, salt was prized by traditional cultures. Those groups that were landlocked often burned sodium-rich marsh grasses and added the ash to their foods to acquire healthy amounts of salt and they traded with peoples living near the ocean for fish and salt. The tendency of scientific studies to isolate parts of our foods and determine whether or not they are good or bad obfuscates a clear picture of the larger processes involved in eating and metabolizing in the human body. It also complicates something that shouldn't be complicated: eating real, whole foods as they exist in nature. Isolating and demonizing certain aspects of real, whole foods -- like fat and salt -- only confuses the public.

Kristin Wartman is a food writer living in Brooklyn. She is a Certified Nutrition Educator and holds a Master's degree in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. She focuses on the intersections of food, health, politics, and culture. You can read more of her writing at kristinwartman.wordpress.com and follow her on Twitter.

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2011-11-11T13:25:00.001-08:00

La Bella Figura’s Holiday Eco Beauty Lounge Debuts at the Chicago French Market

Chicago’s First Ever Pop-Up Organic and Natural Beauty Market

Chicago, IL – On Saturday, December 3, 2011, La Bella Figura, a Chicago-based eco-luxury skincare company, will present the Holiday Eco Beauty Lounge, the first ever organic and natural beauty market dedicated to showcasing hard-to-find natural and organic beauty products that are made in the Midwest.

The pop-up market will feature an exciting array of eco-friendly products from luxury face oils and serums to hand-crafted vegan soaps and organic spa salts to nontoxic baby products. With growing concern over the use of chemicals and toxins in consumer products, the Holiday Eco Beauty Lounge will present in one location a carefully chosen collection of brands that are committed to using natural ingredients and green business practices.

The market will include brands such as La Bella Figura ,CALM skincare, Solay Wellness, Brittanie’s Thyme, Bee All Natural, Luminaire Body Care Co, Mirror Lake Organics, May Box Botanicals, Kishr, and The Rootsy Vegan. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample and purchase a variety of products from local companies:

· Taste delicious vitamin and antioxidant-rich juices and teas provided by The Rootsy Vegan and Kishr tea

· Experience spa treatments and non-toxic mini manicures

· Enter for a chance to win a spa basket filled with products from participating vendors

· Learn why making the switch to natural products is beneficial for your body and the planet

· Discover green gift options that are perfect for those on your holiday list

“ It is not only important to be conscious of natural and organic beauty, but it is also important to be mindful of the local companies working hard to make great products every day,” said Victoria Fantauzzi, co-founder of La Bella Figura. “The Chicago French Market is the perfect venue for our first Holiday Eco Beauty Lounge because of the unique vendors that make shopping at the French Market a one-of-a-kind experience. There is something for everyone and then some!”

Details

When: December 3, 2011

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Chicago French Market, 131 Clinton St., Chicago

Cost: Free

Solay Wellness Award Winning Daily Detox Face Mask

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Solay Wellness has won an award for Shecky's Beauty At Its Best Awards: Best Mask!

http://www.natural-salt-lamps.com/face-scrubs-clay-masks.html

2011-10-31T14:30:00.000-07:00

Healing Energy

From The Salt of the Earth

Peggy Malecki

Photos: Marina Samovsky www.Marinaphoto.com

In a gentle voice, yet one filled with confidence and a compassionate intensity, Isabella Samovsky talks about her company, Solay Wellness. “At first, people don’t understand that salt is much more than a product. Once you use healthy salt, it becomes an experience and a lifestyle. It has a foundation and a backing in detox and cleansing.” To this end, Samovsky recently opened Solay’s salt room, a therapeutic environment she created as a place for guests to relax and absorb the healing ions of the salt crystals.

Located on Main Street, in Skokie, Solay Wellness is a growing retail, Internet and global wholesale company that specializes in natural, organic Himalayan salt-based products. Solay also holds yoga and meditation classes, as well as raw food and healthy living workshops.

“I didn’t set out to work with salt,” Samovsky recalls. “I was working in the healthy lifestyle world of hemp and organic products, when I was introduced to salt lamps by a woman whose family imported them from Mexico. She showed me a flyer with a picture of these glowing rocks and they caught my attention. I was not yet aware of their health benefits, but it was a very beautiful attraction for me.” Samovsky ordered several lamps, began meditating with them and realized she had found something very special that she wanted to share.

Born in Uzbekistan, Samovsky and her family moved to the Chicago area in 1979. As a teen, she was not focused on health or nutrition, but came to a personal awakening to the possibilities of a healthier lifestyle when she learned about the array of natural products that could be made with hemp.

While in college, she dabbled in her own businesses, selling organic hemp-based products imported from Romania, and starting an eco-business directory. She closed both businesses because she felt the timing was not right to support a sustainable business. When introduced to salt lamps, she was working for a South Side company that made organic and hemp yoga mats. Immediately, Samovsky’s entrepreneurial spirit was again ignited. Using a little savings, she ordered more lamps and sold them to friends and family, as well as wholesale and on the Internet. From that small beginning, she created Solay Wellness, which still offers salt lamps, as well as about 125 other salt-based and organic wellness products.

“I’d had two previous tries at a business that didn’t work out,” she says. “But my intention was that I wanted my own business. The resonation with this salt was so strong for me that it allowed Solay to happen.” As Samovsky began researching what she calls “amazing salt,” she learned of its healing properties and historical uses. “Himalayan salt is 250 million years old,” she explains. “When you add it to water, it releases ancient light to aid our bodies.”

In 2004, Samovsky formally opened her company, naming it Solay, which means “fluid light energy” and “sun.” She carried lamps, salt crystals and a small line of products made from salt. Soon, she says, customers began to tell her about health and beauty products they were making with her salt. “I realized there was a market for carefully made products,” she says. “It was part of my own evolution of discovering what personal health products I really needed. I would build my own wish list, and then somehow–almost magically–someone would come to me and tell me they were making the natural health item I needed and using my salts in the product. It was very synchronistic.”

Samovsky built a network of crafters that is still growing, working with them in an intuitive process to design new salt-based products. Today, her family of independent craftspeople come from the Chicago area and throughout the U.S. to create unique products that incorporate the healing properties of salt. Some of the items include lamps and candle holders; cleaning, skin, hair care, bath and oral care products; therapeutic items; cooking salts; and gourmet seasonings.

In addition, she works with family-owned businesses in other countries (such as Greece and Chile) to source fairly made gourmet products. “All of my crafters have a passion and joy in making their products,” she says. “These people are all very energetically tuned; everyone is working on this really interesting vibration that gets incorporated into their work. That’s what makes these products so amazing.” Other offerings include handcrafted Chilean cooking vessels, teas, hemp items and dog-care products.

Samovsky describes her purpose. “Everything we create has a really strong intention and is based on the needs of people,” she says. “We have no marketing hype. Our intention is to create the best possible products that work on all levels. We want to be a really great, reliable and trustworthy company.

“This business is a reflection of my own soul expressing itself,” Samovsky adds. “My personal journey has taken me seven years to really understand at a deeper level. As I discover new products, energy workers, principles of healing and spiritual discoveries, I want to share them with our customer family and the community though information, classes, workshops and products. Solay is my way of sharing my journey with everyone who meets us or comes in contact with us.”

Solay Wellness is located at 4819 W. Main St, in Skokie. For more information, workshop schedules or to learn about carrying Solay products at your location, call 847-676-5571 or visit SolayWellness.com. See ad on our homepage.

Our Network of Holistic Practitioners

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We would like to thank all of the local practitioners that came to our first Wellness Wednesday and Solay Wellness Grand Re-Opening Event. Please, if you don't see your name and information and you attended the event let us know and we will add you right away. If you would like to be a part of our network of local practitioners, email us at info@natural-salt-lamps.com

Qi Veev

www.qiveev.com

773 340 3039

Malcolm Newsomemn@qiveev.com

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Wellness & Regeneration from ANY Condition, Illness or Dis-ease. Free 12 minute – no obligation phone consultation to discuss the possibilities of renewing thyself with Walt as your guide. 773-709-5401

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847 512 7187

patricia@luminessencecraniosacraltherapy.com

http://www.luminessencecraniosacraltherapy.com/

Theresa Winters, RMT

Author of The Little Book of Positive Actions that can move your life in big ways,Holistic Health Care Practitioner

www.balancingdimensions.com

847 372 8683

Fran Horvath

847 530 4433

fran@greenoutcleanout.com

greenoutcleanout.com

Green Cleaning, organizing, discarding, moving and selling of property in a sustainable, responsible and ethical manner.

Antalee Wellness Center and Spa

847 486 1130

www.antalee.com

Paula Silver

Independent Beauty Consultant and Alphay

847 966 1711

Psilver1@marykay.com

www.marykay.com/psilver1

Lynn Bednar

Walsh Natural Health

Products and Knowledge

www.walshnatural.com

847 864 1600

Jean Macdonald

413 222 7250

www.asphay.com

4132227250

jeanconnects@gmail.com

Sharon M Weinstein MS, RN, CRNI, FACW, FAAN

Sharonw@corelimited.com

847 274 2946

Corelimited .com and Alphay

Ihfglobal.com

Individual and Corporate Solutions for health wellness environment and safety

Bonny Rhoads

Acupuncture Access
(847) 312-1797

acuaccess@gmail.com

915 Elmwood, Evanston

Pairlee Dulin

Marketing specialist

773-251-8462

yourreconnect@gmail.com

Gina Morri
Graphic Designer

224-436-3592

ginasunfish@earthlink.net

Andrea Bentley

andrea.a.bentley@gmail.com

Dana Grosse

Body Balancing, Elemental Finger Architecture, Solay Wellness Crafter, Deodorant and Body Powders, Bath and Foot Soaks

info@natural-salt-lamps.com

847-676-5571

David Gordon

Kangen Water

david.gordon777@yahoo.com

Leslie Suzanne Lewis – Gourmet Garden

Conscious Cuisine – Gourmet Catering

847-254-4762

Gourmet1096@aol.com

www.gourmetgardencatering.com

Lake Forest

Raw chef – Nirel

Makes Raw granola, raw chocolates, raw cooking classes. A Solay Wellness Crafter.

www.unforgetablechocolates.com

Maggie Wilkins – One-heart

www.maggiewilkins.com

Higher learning and development

Evanston

Dr. Inna Meerson - Licensed Psychologist

773 255 4935

Inna.meerson@hotmail.com

JoAnn Concialdi - Dancing Spirit Healing

Reiki Master

Bach Flower Practitioner

312 286 7875

joann@dancingspirithealing.com

www.dancingspirithealing.com

Phillip Racette (Reiki Phil)

Phil.Ledlighttherapy@gmail.com

Natalie Denise – Reflexology

312-725-FEET (3338)

Natalie@nataliedenise.com

www.nataliedenise.com

Dr. Jim Lopez -

The Wellness Source, Family Chiropractic and Core Therapy Center

224-567-8580

Jlopez@thewellness-source.com

www.thewellness-source.com
1245 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Suite 202, Glenview

The Rootsy Vegan – Vegan Caterers

Gabrielle Walker-Aguilar – Owner and Chef

Aurora – Marketing Manager

773-860-7611

Gabi@therootsyvegan.com

www.therootsyvegan.com

Kirti (AryaBhavan)

2508 W. Devon, Chicago

773-274-5800

AryaBhavan@aol.com

www.AryaBhavan.com

Renee Barasch– Nutritional Health Solutions

Digestive Health Specialist/detox footbath

847-207-2034

nhsolutions@sbcglobal.net

1779 Green Bay Road, Highland Park

Cathy Pisano

847-372-8683

Cathy.pisano@gmail.com

Libertyville

Judy Noe

Via Lumenata Inc.

Boifeedback Analysis & Therapy

Detects & Relieves Physical Stress

judynoe@sbcglobal.net

847 494 7054

Renee Barasch– Nutritional Health Solutions

Digestive Health Specialist/detox footbath

847-207-2034

nhsolutions@sbcglobal.net

1779 Green Bay Road, Highland Park

Solay Salt Chlorinators frequently asked questions. A great alternative to soaking in a sea of chemicals...

2011-10-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

In one of the videos, it says that, once the chlorinator is in the water, it
will cycle every half hour... did I understand that right? So is it
automatic or I would need to start it every now and then, if so, at what frequency.

Answer: With your size and usage patterns noted below – you would most likely set it to Power Level 3 or 4. Once the power level is set then it is all automatic and turns on and off by itself based on the set power level. At initial set up, you will need to test strip ever day or so to see if the initial power level setting is maintaining residual based on your specific usage patterns. If not then adjust to a new power level. At initial set up you may need to manually add some sanitizer to give the product a chance to catch up from a Zero residual.

After testing with the strips, how do I know what to do between adding more
salt or increasing the level of the chlorinator?

Answer: At initial set up, once the salt is at the appropriate level indicated by the units “salt level indicator lights” then you will not need to add salt until your next water change of it the Salt Level Indicator Lights tell you to do so.

If we do not use the spa for a while what is the procedure ?

Answer: If on a long trip and you turn spa temperature down to save energy, our product automatically compensates for the temperature drop and produces less chlorine. You may even want to adjust down the power level setting by 1 or 2 levels.

How long can I expect this product to last, (ex. my spa is approximately a 250 gal spa, we use it all year long, most of the time we are using it 2 to 4 times a week)

Answer: We no longer have the Life Span Indicator built into our product as it was not adding value to the end users and overcomplicating product usage. However based on your size and usage patterns you should be able to get 2 to 3 years of life.

I am thinking of buying a chlorinator because I have really sensitive skin, I not sure if it's an allergy, but basically, laundry detergent, spa, any contact with chemicals with my skin, will cause an irritation or rash... That's why I'm looking into a salt chlorinator.

Answer: Sensitive skin customers seek out salt water systems for both pools and spas specifically because of the irritation that traditional sanitizing chemicals cause. There is a strong relationship between spa manufacturers and traditional sanitizing chemical companies. You will find an incredible difference in the level of irritation with a salt water system versus traditional chemicals.

So in the package that you sell, there is a "phosphate remover", how often does that have to be put in the spa, are the quantities of phosphate negligible, and are there accumulation of the remover after awhile ?

Answer: We do not include the phosphate remover anymore in the packages since our units do not get effected by phosphates, but Phosphates are not a good thing regardless of the sanitation method used. Phosphates are introduced into water by your tap water, your well water, leaves, insects, laundry detergents on your bathing suites, etc. Phosphates promote the growth of bacteria in you pool or spa which places additional strain on a chlorinator or the need for more sanitizer if using traditional methods. You can purchase phosphate test kits to help in managing phosphates. I would recommend removing phosphates upon initial set up and test as necessary and remove as necessary until your next water change regardless of the spa sanitizing method that is chosen.

You’re talking about a sanitizer for the initial set-up, what substance are we talking about?

Answer: Basic spa shock that can be purchased at any pool or spa store. You can also use Bleach in you laundry room which is simply concentrated chlorine. A capful or 2 initially should do the trick to help our product start form zero – just use the test strips initially every other day or so to monitor residual maintenance.

After taking a spa, let's say 2 adults, for 20-30min, do we need to initiate a boost cycle, or it's all automatic?

Answer: Yes – Initiate the boost mode after each use. The simple procedure is in our owner’s manual. It is designed to replace traditional chemical shocking after each spa use.

I have a Maax spa, series 3600, I believe, no problem there?

Answer: I am not aware of any adverse affects that our system may bring to this particular spa brand or manufacturer. All spa’s, regardless of manufacturer, are made of the same material components. Please read your spa manufacturers owners manual to see if the use of a salt water sanitation system will void the warranty. I am certain that you will not find that language in the owner’s manual. However, it is typical to find language like “the use of unapproved chemicals” will void the warranty. But they will never clarify. However, they unknowingly advocate the use of salt when they recommend traditional bromine systems, liquid chlorine, etc. If you are nervous about warranty issues on your new spa, then I would recommend that you stick with the use of traditional chemicals.

I have a relatively new filter, but it's been used with my Lithium system, does a good clean-up with your product is good enough, or I should start with a new one?

Answer: Due to your skin sensitivity – I strongly recommend a fresh start, new filter, thorough cleaning of your spa, etc.

If you have any other relevant information or links, especially about sensitive skin, please let me know.

Answer: Just google something like “salt water systems and allergies” and a lot of information pops up. So far all of our customers with sensitive skin/allergies have had amazing success with our salt systems.

Living a New Earth-Eckart Tolle

2011-09-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

Living A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle Group

It is time to realize and accept that A New Earth is manifesting not tomorrow or a year from now, it is manifesting in this very moment. Every thought you think, every word you say has a powerful impact on the transformation of consciousness. The commitment in this group is to investigate, learn, and live in harmony with the balance of the ego/mind and the essence of who we are – our Authentic Self. Each class will focus on one of these specific areas so that we can practice within the group to live this learning it in our everyday life. When you live in the vibration of A New Earth you are living in peace, Joy, and prosperity.

First Wednesday of each month –

Next group: October 5th, join us!

@ 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.

These groups will be held at our new space:

Solay Wellness 4819 W. Main Street, Skokie IL 60077

Call to register: One Heart, Inc. 847-648-8955 or email with any questions:

teachings@one-heart.net

Cost: $20.00 per person

How Himalayan Salt from ancient pristine oceans can enhance our culinary experience and our well being

2011-09-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

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Himalayan salt continues to make headlines. Health practitioners and gourmands are raving about this 200 Million plus years old, pure crystal salt for good reason. Time and the earth’s pressure transform it into an energized crystalline form, much as coal becomes a diamond. This makes pure Himalayan salt more readily available to our cells, and more usable by our bodies than sea salt is. And Himalayan Salt Crystals are rich in minerals too, containing all 84 minerals present in the human body. Himalayan Crystal Salt is also considered by experts to be the purest and most pristine on earth, as it is harvested from ancient, unpolluted oceans in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.

Dr. Oz and other doctors agree: pure minerals and salt are essential for health. Salt often gets maligned in the media, but the truth is salt and minerals are essential for our bodies to function properly. Salt is the main component of the body's extra-cellular fluids, and helps carry nutrients into the cells. Sodium helps regulate other body functions, such as blood pressure, helping to keep our blood pressure normal. But quite simply, not all sources of sodium and salt are the same. Unlike typical chemically processed “table salt” that is nearly pure sodium chloride, pure, natural mineral salts contain a wide range of minerals and trace nutrients just as we were meant to naturally absorb them. More than 84 trace elements and minerals, including copper, magnesium, and calcium, have been identified within the translucent pink crystals.

A versatile salt for everyday use...

The delicious subtle flavor and a crunchy texture makes this a versatile salt for everyday use. It is also a great finishing salt with its beautiful naturally pink color that visually enhances food. The finely ground salt crystal makes it ideal for sauces like pesto where its dense texture helps grind the herbs into a very fine paste. The fine grind is ideal for sprinkling from shakers or pinching from salt cellars. The coarse grind works well in ceramic “salt mill” grinders allowing you to control the size of the grind. The salt crystal stones used with a stainless steel grater provide a unique finishing presentation, allowing you to grate the salt onto the food at the table. The stones can also be added to purified water to make SOLE(so-lay) solution which can be added to your foods in liquid form and can be taken internally for detoxification and re-mineralizing. Used by gourmet chefs, Himalayan salt tiles make unique presentation platters, plates and small cutting boards. These tiles can be heated in the oven up to 400 degrees for searing fish, thinly sliced meats, or eggs table side. They can also be refrigerated for serving Carpaccio, sashimi, fruits, vegetables, or deserts. They evenly cook food and impart a light salt seasoning adding depth of flavor.

Salt Shower Head Reviewed by Jill

2011-09-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

"Hello Isabella,

Thank you so much for the goji cherry truffles; they are wonderfully yummy, and deceitfully nutritious too. I will definitely be ordering them!

I really love my new Solay salt crystal ionic shower head. When you first see the little magnets and all the beads in the base of the wand, and then put the Himalayan salt rocks in the head of the wand, you think perhaps there is no room left for water to run through; that however is not the case. The Solay shower head provides an invigorating full flow of water that feels pure and refreshing. I really love finally having an option to not forgo being "solayed" when I am in a hurry or I don't feel like relaxing in a tub with Himalayan salt. It's at those very rushed times when I most need a refreshing salt rinse, too. The magnetic balls are a nice touch; we use magnets to condition our well water and they truly do change the structure.

Even on the days when weather or circumstances dictate that I take a couple of showers, I still save water by not running a tub because the ionic salt shower head has water-saving features. Also, when I use my salt crystal ionic shower head, I am able to get the wonderful benefits of Himalayan salt even when I wash my hair and face, which I can't do when I am in the tub.

I have read questions about whether salt baths or salt shower heads will dry your skin and I can unequivocally say no. I have been using Solay Wellness's Himalayan salt rocks nightly in a whirlpool bathtub (with or without the jets on) for four and a half years. I previously had a love affair with my Jergen's lotion that lasted decades, but now I have no need for it. My skin isn't dry, so I am not using moisturizer anywhere but my face. The 84 minerals in your salt really does enrich my skin. I have sensitive skin, and many a product has fallen by the wayside over the years for triggering sensitivities, but Himalayan salt will always be a part of my daily routine.

Gosh, Isabella, I was SO happy to have my salt pillows to heat/freeze and my tub for soaking when I tore my knee up last yr this time, and waited 3mo through a change of clinics for surgery . After my arthroscopic surgery, my salt soaks were so soothing; after a soak it was much easier to do all that therapy without pain pills. By now, except for feeling grateful, I rarely give my knee a second thought; the tiny scars are barely visible and I've used no scar products at all. Yaaaay. By now, I'm thinking I may get a "healed by solay"/or "powered by solay" tattoo! O.K.- maybe not.....I know tattoo inks are nasty, lol!

Well, congratulations for 7 successful years, and on your wonderful new store site. I am so happy for you and all the success of your endeavors! You do deserve continued success and I have no doubt you'll have LOTS! I love shopping at a fair trades socially responsible business that is so charitable, owned by a woman, and has such wonderful health-enhancing products.

Thanks for shipping my last order so fast; as usual everything arrived in perfect shape. Enjoy your Grand Opening; I'll send festive thoughts!

Peace Out (yes, I plan on bringing this saying back!)---"
Jill

The Importance of Movement by Daniela Sales

2011-09-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

How much did you move today? Did you get disconnected from the inspiration and motivation of including movement of your physical body in your daily life? Do not allow it to appear as a chore.
Go out and play!

Click here to read more from our Solay Guest Writer Daniela Sales

Local Event:s: Solay Wellness Grand Opening/Wellness Wednesday and more...

2011-08-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

September 21st... Join Us -

Celebrate our Grand Opening….Network with like minded people, and meet and experience Local Practitioners at Wellness Wednesday..

Click Here for More information

Living a New Earth - Eckhart Tolle Group has been re-scheduled for September 14th from 7:30-9pm at our new location.

Click Here for More Information

Himalayan salt shower head reviewed

2011-08-04T20:37:00.000-07:00

I am a person with a morning routine consisting of brushing my teeth, shower, comb my hair, get dressed and out the door to start my day. Except about a month ago, I purchased a Solay Ionic Himalayan Salt Shower Head. When I first took the shower head out of box, I was expecting a shower head like a something you get at the hardware store. Boy was I in for a surprise. The Himalayan Salt Shower Head was packaged well looked nothing like I had expected. I don’t know why I was expecting it to be made with sleek chrome finish, considering it was coming from Solay Wellness.

The Himalayan Salt Shower Head was trim, charming and transparent to eye. I could see the tiny pearl color ionizing ceramic balls inside the handle, and a place on top to put the Himalayan Salt Crystals in the head. The package included 2 pounds of Himalayan Salt with the purchase of the shower head. Thinking to myself, it looks interesting but how well is it going to work. I went to the local hardware to purchase a hose to connect to shower head and faucet. I recommend taking shower head with you to hardware so they don’t to sell you unnecessary products. I felt it was a simple process in switching out my old shower head and putting in the Himalayan Salt Shower Head and I am not a handyman by any means.

My next shower was an extremely amazing feeling. The flow of water was incredible strong; in fact it was better than my last shower head. There was an even flow of water cascading down my body. After rinsing off the soap with the Himalayan Salt Shower Head, I felt as if I had soaked in the tub with Himalayan Bath Salt. My skin felt really invigorated and smooth. I have noticed my skin has more of a visual healthy and silky appearance. Even with the heat in Chicago has been so hot this year my skin is looking awesome. I truly recommend buying a Himalayan Salt Shower Head best investment for saving money, water and the silkiness of your skin.

What I enjoy the most about the Himalayan Salt Shower Head is that it provides the benefits of a Himalayan Salt Bath without being pressed for time so you can enjoy the relaxation and skin care.

Find it here: http://www.natural-salt-lamps.com/shower-filters.html

Written by: Gina Thomison, a loyal Solay Customer

Do you have a review you would like to do? Please contact us, click here

David Sandoval-Anti Aging Seminar-Secrets to help you grow biologically younger

2011-07-21T23:53:00.000-07:00

Purium and The World Wise Group, LLC

World Renowned expert on whole food nutrition and disease prevention, Radio talk show host and author of the " Green Foods Bible" product formulator for more than 100 nutrition product companies & owner of Purium Health Foods is coming to chicago!

Four events will be hosted by various businesses including:

Aligned Modern Health
Date: July 28th, 2011
Time: 6.30 pm
Location: 3514 N Southport ave, Chicago, IL 60657
773-248-2544

Cousins Raw Food restaurant
Date: July 29th, 2011
Time: 6.30 pm
Location: 3038 W Irving Park, Chicago, IL
773-478-6868

Monkey Bar Gym
Date: July 30th, 2011
Time: 11 am
Location: 2255 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
312-488-1915

Balance Health & Wellness
Date: July 31st
Time: 1.30 & 3.30 Pm
Location: 1901 N Clybourn Suite 301, Chicago, IL
773-472-0560

Call The World Wise Group for more information or to host an event:
305-896-5612
email: miami@phporder.com

Tell them Solay sent you!

Celebrating our 7th year in business and our new expanded retail location and salt room to come!! SAVE 20% OFF storewide

2011-07-20T19:20:00.001-07:00

Skokie wellness spa and health and beauty products manufacturer Solay Wellness is celebrating its 7th anniversary with a new, larger location and expanded retail boutique and 20% off Storewide till August 15th, online or in store.

Solay Wellness’ new location offers healthy salt therapy including a salt room with healing salt bed, therapeutic foot baths and treatment demos, wellness, empowerment and lifestyle classes, a wide selection of Crystal Salt Lamps, salt inhalers and other therapeutic devices, and an expanded selection of their award-winning products.
Founder and Solay Wellness CEO Isabella Samovsky created the North Shore’s first salt therapy spa featuring mineral-rich Himalayan Crystal Salt in 2004. Wet and dry salt therapy, also known as speleo therapy or halo therapy, has been helping people soothe inflammation for centuries and is extremely popular in Eastern Europe.

Himalayan Crystal Salt is considered by many experts to be the purest and most mineral-rich on earth. Inspired by her own healing experience with salt therapy, in 2004 Isabella created her one-of-a-kind facility. In addition to the spa, Isabella created her own health and wellness product lines uniting the finest all-natural and organic ingredients with pure Himalayan Crystal Salt (www.natural-salt-lamps.com). Seven years later her award-winning products are now sought out by a loyal following of retail and wholesale customers worldwide. And that following continues to grow.

“My greatest reward is the community that is Solay Wellness; a diverse network of artisans, experts, crafters and practitioners that help our customers’ live better lives while helping to build a better world,” says Isabella. “Our unique “living products” are freshly handcrafted in small batches, energetically enhanced, vegan, natural and organic, fair trade and eco-friendly. Our manufacturing is sustainable from formulation to our recyclable and reusable packaging. And the products we carry from associate manufacturers including www.ecolution.com are chosen because they meet our standards for quality, service, and ecological and social conscience.”

Solay Wellness’ new location is 4819-21 W. Main Street, Skokie, IL.
For more information on their grand opening, classes or Solay Wellness products contact Isabella Samovsky at 847-676-5571 or email Isabella @natural-salt-lamps.com

Be a guest writer for Solay Wellness and get Solay Brand Products at wholesale prices....

2011-07-15T12:59:00.001-07:00

We are looking for guest writers for our blog. Anyone with a talent for writing and sharing about their wellness journey, passion for eco living, yoga, raw food or natural health can be an ongoing guest writer on our blog and get wholesale pricing on Solay Brand Products.

Please e-mail Sarah or Isabella at info@natural-salt-lamps.com for more information.

2011-06-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

Solay Shopping Spree Contest Winners

Thank you to everyone that participated in our Solay Wellness Contest, please look for our next contest by following us on Facebook or Twitter and following us on our blog.

$250 WINNER IS: ANGELA SEVIN
$100 WINNER IS: GINA THOMISON
$50 WINNER IS: HANNAH CORNELL

Your health questions answered by Walt Ingvoldstad

2011-06-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Hi, I have some questions and am not sure where to start. I'm 52 years young : ) and trying to get my health in check. I've always used natural products for cleaning, bathing etc..
I eat a good diet, I drink pure water, but, I continue to have health issues and really want to overcome these. I know some is stress because my mom passed away the week before mothers day, I think that is what brought everything on full blown.
I was wanting to try your salt tonics. Would someone benefit from using both? or is that too much? How do you know how much is enough without over doing the salt?
Also I was interested in the salt shower head, does the salt dry out your hair?
One of my issues is my hair and skin have become so dry. I have never had that problem, ever, until a month or so ago and then after my mom passed away, i think the stress, blew me straight into what i believe is menopause. I'm desperate to figure out something to do for my health, my skin my hair. I do use the Himalayan salt for my food. I read the other day you could take the salt a tsp. with water and drink like a Solay but I'm not sure of how much makes it healthy and how much is too much? Any help would be so appreciated..thank you : )
-Laurie

L: I'm 52 years young :) and trying to get my health in check. I've always used natural products for cleaning, bathing etc..

W: good

L: I eat a good diet

W: What is a good diet for you ?How much living food versus cooked food for instance?

L: I drink pure water, but, I continue to have health issues
and really want to overcome these. I know some is stress because my mom passed
away the week before mother’s day, I think that is what brought everything on
full blown.

W: Health issues may seem to come forth over night due to stress suppressing
the immune system so that the build up body toxicity which is poisoning the body terrain expresses itself as symptoms - you could be right on the edge of that happening and then BAM...Immune system can no longer stay on top of its house cleaning because stress suppresses our bodies ability to detox itself...this would happen sooner or later in most cases. The high stress from intense life issues such as the death of a love one, is an early triggering mechanism!

L: I was wanting to try your salt tonics. Would someone benefit from using
both? or is that too much? How do you know how much is enough without over
doing the salt?

W: I drink 1/2 gallon or more of Solay per Day at 2 teaspoons per 16 ounces...because it is at an ionic electrolyte level your body will eliminate what it does not require in the urine. It is much smaller and usable mineral particles than sea salt and much more usable at a cellular level. It gives your body an excellent foundational dose of 84 minerals which is the nutritional (nourishment) building blocks of our bodies. From my point of view you cannot over do the pink Himalayan Salt that you receive from Solay - it does not equate to sea salt for example which will dehydrate our bodies in the amount I drink - but the Pink salt does not dehydrate our bodies. Start with 16 to 32 ounces - salt water is the perfect dissolving solution and it will help your body to detox. It is not the complete answer but it is something I share with all my clients and students to build a healthy foundation.

L:Also I was interested in the salt shower head, does the salt dry out your
hair? One of my issues is my hair and skin has become so dry. I have never had
that problem, ever, until a month or so ago and then after my mom passed
away, I think the stress, blew me straight into what i believe is menopause.
I'm desperate to figure out something to do for my health, my skin my hair.
I do use the Himalayan salt for my food. I read the other day you could
take the salt a tsp. with water and drink like a solay but I’m not sure of
how much makes it healthy and how much is too much?

W: I could comment much here... skin functions as a backup kidney...if it is dry you might not be consuming enough water and you might also be low on Omega 3's. When you balance your body chemistry through cleansing and nutrition the skin and hair issues automatically resolve. My experience is that dermatology does not solve anything in the long term because they treat the skin - symptoms as though it is separate from the body - dermatology does not treat these causes - toxic body terrain, toxic and congested intestines, poor digestion and assimilation of nutrients, chronic dehydration from not drinking enough water etc.

Solay Wellness Contest Has Ended

2011-06-22T07:29:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much for participating in our contest to win a $250.00 Solay Wellness shopping spree! We will be announcing the winners soon on our blog, in our newsletter, facebook and twitter. Thank you for your support and good luck!