I love light. I can’t get enough of it, especially at home. Some lights are not meant to light up a room or an entire corner: they are fashioned to glow and focus your energy on a spot, infusing that specific place with more prominence and power. Imagine your glowing light emitted a mild wave of negative ions that helped to clear your air and…and much more! I am thrilled today to talk about Himalayan salt lamps and introduce the gorgeously curated design shopping space Dot & Bo who is giving one of you this awesome lamp!!!
Himalayan salt- the pink crystals mined in hunks- is a key component of this fascinating lamp. On a basic feng shui level, it adds nature and earth to a space, along with glowing fire. On a more radiant level, it may help detoxify your environment.
While I have not run scientific tests myself (!) nor does the manufacturer make any claims, I find it fascinating what the Mercola site has to say about Himalayan salt lamps:
From a more scientific standpoint, three natural action principles are at work with crystal salt lamps:
1. Ionization — The emission of ions is primarily caused by the alternating actions of the heated salt’s ability to first attract and absorb water, and then evaporate it. The salt goes into a solution as it mixes with the water molecules. Sodium, as positively charged ions, and chloride, as negatively charged ions, become neutral and are released into your environment — which helps reduce pollutants such as allergens and irritants from your air.
2. Electromagnetic oscillation — Every form of life on the planet depends on the electromagnetic field of vibration (known as the Schumann resonance frequency). Due to electronics and industrialization, your body receives artificial electromagnetic wavelengths with many diverse frequency values.
Because of the neutral atomic structure of crystal salt, a heated salt lamp helps you harmonize and balance these artificial frequencies, and neutralize “electro-smog”.
3. Transparent-crystalline structure developing the light waves — It’s well known that you need the light waves of the rainbow spectrum (300-700 nanometers) for your health and preservation of your body. Your cells are supplied by light with new energy in the form of electromagnetic wavelengths.
The wavelengths of salt crystal colors fall within the upper nanometer zone (600-700 nanometers) — producing positive and soothing effects.
Pretty cool right? I love them in bedrooms, offices, libraries…but they work just about anywhere safe to plug them in (though I would not try a nursery without doctor approval!). Even if none of the science holds water, I still love them and feel their elemental impact greatly. Having sat in many a Himalayan pink salt sauna, I will say that I am a believer in the vibe-changing nature of these salt stones, no matter the reason!
Dot and Bo is the second exciting part of today’s lamp discussion, because they are giving away one of you very lucky (I am jealous!) readers your own Himalayan salt lamp! Founded in January 2013 and based in the design district of San Francisco, Dot & Bo is an online design shop that sells undiscovered products from around the world with a hint of Asia. They are taking world-made home goods away from the traditional and creating a formidable and influential design category. And I am very impressed!
Check out Dot & Bo HERE & you will get lost in a land of addictive home design! But… before you go…drop a note below to be entered to win their stellar lamp! xoxo Dana
very beautiful and such a cool concept for a lamp. would love to win one!
I would love to win the salt lamp! So cool!
Teri
I love himalayan crystal salt lamps! I especially enjoy them in rooms dominated by electronics…really helps to balance the energy.
Hi Dana! How to win this lamp? I will try my luck before buying one. : )
you are now entered Liz!
I’d love to win that for my massage room!
This looks amazing!! It would truly add light (literally and figuratively) to my home and life.
Arwa! Dot & Bo selected you as the winner! Congrats!!! Please email me a dana@fengshuidana.com !!! xoxo Dana
Wow, I’ve never heard of salt lamps. Very interesting concept, especially the part about the salt reducing pollutants. I think this would create an amazing atmosphere in my bedroom!
Loving the orange! What a great piece to place on my desk at work – help to keep me focused, energized and creative. Cheers!
The lamp sounds like it would help with my severe allergies! On the other hand, my room has so many dark colors. I would love to brighten my life and my room with it!!
Love the lamp AND your website, which has a really beautiful vibe to it.
thank you soooo much!!! xoxo
Love these lamps, would love to win it!!
I would love this salt lamp. It’s beautiful! Dot & Bo have some fun products. I look forward to looking around their website more. Thanks for offering this giveaway!
Never heard of this before, would like to win one and try it out!
What a calming glow. I would love to win this light!
Awesome blog & really good information, thanks for that! Please consider me in the drawing, thank you!
thank you!!!
Enjoyed your blog on salt lamps! Very informative!
How do I enter?
you just did! xoxo
I had a feng shui master come to my home once and she rocked my world. I would love to get one of these lamps…totally fits the look of my apartment, too!
Whoa, cool 😮
Definitely would love to win this!
So lovely and beneficial too – love it!!
This is really awesome. We give the horses Himalayan salt blocks to eat when they are feeling mineral deprived, and they actually tend to like them better than processed mineral blocks. The salt combined with the warmth reminds me of the beach and I bet it smells really unique too. Do want!!
How incredible! I wonder if I should give to my dogs in the summer!? xoxo
thanks for this lovely bit of awesome! you’re blog inspires me so much! i’m almost in college, and i’m taking everything I’ve learned from you with me 😉
The work you share on your blog gives people practical and creative advice, making the seemingly esoteric accessible. That’s something I can definitely say HOWLYA! to 😉
Rachel, you are such a light! xoxo
Love this lamp. Such a warm, soft, golden glow.
Hi gorgeous Dana! Thanks for this great giveaway and above all for your blog, al your videos and your amazing energy. You are inspiring me so much, waouh!
Lots lots of love & gratitude.
Cloé
thank YOU! xoxoxo
Love this! I would be so excited to win one.
Love it, looks so peaceful
I have been looking for the right salt lamp since I moved away from my home state of Hawaii. At home the air is so positively charged and full of sea salt, I felt I didn’t need one. But here in Portland…that’s another story! 🙂
This is pretty intensive!!! Love the informative blog;) Thankx Dana
Would love one of these!
my daughter and i love the salt room at Aria in Vegas. i just finished turning an empty bedroom into a workout space. would love to add this. if it is as good as it looks i’ll want to get some for my crossfit trainer. love your site
thank you so much!
Such an amazing lamp! I think i read all your website during the last few weeks and i m definitely addict at your way of seeing feng shui. I just move to a new place and i have so much fun adding more feng shui in my house and in my life. Many thanks Dana!
i’m so glad you are having fun!!! thank you so much Josee!!
I am fascinated with salt lamps and love your info! Thank you!
I really love your site, Dana!!! I think this lamp would help me as I suffer from horrible year-round allergies…..
thank you wendy!!! & i hope your allergies arent that bad right now!!! xxxooo
That’s on my wishlist! Would love to own it! thanks for the chance!
They are very beautiful! I would love to win one! 🙂
I’ve always wanted a salt lamp!
I would love to win a salt lamp. Never heard of it before but it sounds awesome!
This would make a wonderful and beautiful addition to my apartment. It is so beautiful!! I would love to win this.
would love to give this a try !
I love these lamps and the energy they provide! Would love to win one.
I would love to win a salt lamp. I could really use some feng shui in my home and a salt lamp would do it for me.
This lamp is stunningly beautiful!I already have the most perfect spot for it in my house and heart!
I really would love to win this lamp.
Oooohhhh! I would love to win this; I could so use an aura boost. Not only is the Himalayan Salt Lamp energizing, I absolutely love the color!!! Thanks for the giveaway!
many thanks to Dot & Bo! I’m so glad you dig it! 😉
Please enter me! I would love to have one!
Thank you
Cindy
Love the lamp!!! Glowing!!!
My husband William and shiba inu Mei Mei both have allergies and hubby also asthma. This would be extraordinary to try.
Of course, no health claims made, but I do love these:)
Hi Dana, great info about the lamp. I too love anything that lights up. Lighting can change the whole ambience of a room. It is so cool, I would love to win one! Thanks.
These look wonderful and I would love one for myself! Thanks for the site, Dana. I massively enjoy it!
oh awesome Josh, thank you!!!
I’ve been wanting a salt lamp for so long! It would be so cool to feel those effects. I love that there is a website like Dot & Bo discovering these amazing products for us!
Love this design, it’s more sculpted than most salt lamps I’ve seen. Would love up have this for my studio!
Oh I’ve wanted one of these forever!
I have been looking at salt lamps for a while now. It would be awesome to wine one!!
This Himalayan Salt Lamp is just the best possible addition to my home! Hoping to win one.
I want one of these so bad!
I would love to win a Himalayan Salt Lamp. I have always been drawn to them without knowing anything about it, and now I know why. Dot&Bo seems like an amazing place to shop online for interesting products as well. Thank-you!
It’s fascinating that these lamps and crystals give off negative ions. Now I won’t have to go all the way to the ocean it.
What a great opportunity! I fully believe in the healing powers of salt lamps, and would love to win one!! Thank you so much for spreading the word!
I would love to have one of those. It brings me joy just looking at it.
I bought one of these for my mom and the kids won’t stop trying to lick it.
I am so in love with these pink-orange glowing lovely things! Just touching things made from this salt makes me feel grounded and warm!
Love it! So interesting that negative ions can be positive
Beautiful lamp, keeping my fingers crossed!
I love this! So relaxing and pretty.
I have this on my decorating wish list!
I love this lamp. Thank you for the chance to win!
Love your philosophy, so practical and down to earth. I think the same way on a lot of the Feng Shui ideas you write about. Would LOVE one of these lamps for its detox properties, that and its perfect warm glow!
Would love to win this awesome light. I am so interested in things like this.
Love this lamp! Very paceful… 🙂
I want to ionize my life with this beautiful lamp! Keep up the great work gorgeous
Dana! As a reminder to all, it is UN International Day of Happiness!! 🙂
This lamp would be perfect for adding a relaxing element to the living room. My apartment is in the basement and can get very gloomy.
I don’t know how I would get it, but maybe I could have it sent to a friend if I were so lucky as to win. If not, well, I’m here showing support as always. 🙂
just me,
Justin
The Poet Dreamer….
xoxoxox
I would LOVE to win one of these…I have seen them…and I need all the positive vibes in my life – recovery, PTSD – healing…I can get!
How do I go about entering?
You just did! Dot & Bo is picking the winner in a bit!
I want it! 🙂
I would sooooooo love to review this!!! I had no idea that these salt lamps reduce allergens and irritants in the air.. that is a big prob for me as a sinus sufferer… What a blessing this would be to get to review it!
Cathy B*****y pbprojecthope atyahoodotcom
That’s a coincidence! I was just reading about salt therapy earlier today. It sounds really interesting 🙂
OMG!! Thank you!! I am sooo excited- hopefully this will bring all sorts of good energy and focus my way!!
Thank you for an outstanding blog!!