Salt Lamps - A Relaxing Ambience in your Quiet Space

Natural Salt Lamps

February has brought harsh weather to much of the country. Here in Portland, it’s just chilly and damp, typical for this time of year. I keep my salt lamps on all day and they seem to improve the ambience in a number of ways. The warm glow and gentle light from the salt lamps and candle holders create a relaxing atmosphere at home and in the office. It has long been known that warm salt crystals create negative ions purifying the air near computers and televisions. Some office workers, particularly sensitive to florescent lighting and computer monitors report considerably less fatigue and headaches if the concentration of negative ions in the air is increased. How that works for salt lamps is not entirely understood.

Personally, I find them to be a lovely accent light in any case, and if they are beneficial to health, all the better.

Pyramid Salt Lamp

My favorite is the Pyramid Salt Lamp shown here but actually the Natural Salt Lamp shown above has been more popular with CQS customers. Also, the votive and tea light holders are a wonderful gift for yourself or a friend. I have three salt crystal tea light holders around the base of my Kwan Yin Standing on Lotus and the lighting is subtle and lovely.

Small Tea Light Holder

The salt from these lamps is removed from mines in the Himalayas although there are mines in Russia and central Europe where salt lamps originate also. A salt lamp is made from a chunk of mined salt that has been hollowed out to allow room for a light bulb or tiny candle. Some chunks are more refined to a particular shape such as the pyramid lamp. The light glows through the medium of the salt crystal, which can range in color from a salmon pink to a pale orange.

The best selling salt lamp on the website is the Fire Bowl that includes 10 salt crystal chunks each with a hollowed out space for the light, a 110V light string with 10 bulbs and a ceramic bowl.

Fire Bowl

What do you do to take care of yourself during this challenging winter? You are welcome be be a Guest Blogger and share your stories of how you create personal sanctuary. Email your story to nancy@creatingquietspaces.com.

Nancy Goodwin, Owner

Creating Quiet Spaces