Episode 10:3 Leo Tonkin on Why Salt Rooms are Senior Living's Must-Have Wellness Amenity

The CEO of SALT Chamber and Founder of the Salt Therapy Association discusses respiratory wellness and why dry salt therapy is an ideal offering for older adults. Learn how senior living communities can convert and existing space into a solo, couples or multipurpose salt room.

About Leo

Leo M. Tonkin has been CEO of several companies over the past 30 years focused on strategic, organizational, and leadership development. A pioneer and visionary with a passion for respiratory health and wellness, Leo was the first to bring salt therapy to North America in 2012.

As CEO of SALT Chamber, which has completed over 1,300 worldwide projects, Leo has become a leading authority on the design, build, and installation of salt therapy rooms, concepts, and facilities as a new business and for day spas, med spas, wellness centers, health practitioners, senior living communities and rehabilitation facilities to add salt therapy to their existing services.

Leo is also the Founding Chairman of the Salt Therapy Association, a not-for-profit trade organization providing research, education, and innovation for the salt therapy industry. He has recently been named Initiative Chair for the new Respiratory Wellness Initiative from the Global Wellness Institute.

Leo is considered a thought leader and a futurist in organizational development and is a published author, a highly sought-after keynote speaker and lecturer, and has written more than 30 programs from executive excellence and team building to communication and breakthrough thinking.

As a recent cancer survivor, Leo passionate about the health benefits of salt therapy and the difference it can make in people’s lives.

Key Takeaways

• Dry salt therapy involves the inhalation of tiny sodium chloride particles produced by a halogenerator, which pulls out pathogens in the mucus.
• As we age, the respiratory system becomes more fragile and more susceptible to ailments like COPD, asthma, and allergies. Dry salt therapy acts as an anti-inflammatory, opens the airway passages, and increases oxygen intake.
• Multiple research studies validate the positive impact of dry salt therapy on lung functionality and lung volume recovery times, COPD, asthma, allergies, and bronchial issues.
• Senior living communities can easily convert an existing space into a solo or a couple's salt room or create a larger multi-purpose room with social activities like stretching or yoga.

To request information on converting your space into a salt room, visit saltchamberinc.com/seniorliving