Guidelines for myself and my bodywork practice as someone who is chronically ill and has a network of disabled, chronically ill, and immunocompromised folks around me. I’m sharing them here to let you know what I mean when I identify my business as “COVID conscious”.

🌿 Putting my harm reduction routine to words takes practice
🌿 Developing a sense of my own risk levels takes practice
🌿 Picking up new harm reduction tools and adding them to my routine takes practice
🌿 Taking care of my friends and neighbors and loved ones using harm reduction protocol that aren’t the same as mine takes practice

We take care of us!

Personal
• masking indoors and in any outdoor crowded spaces with N95s
• discuss COVID precautions with friends before sharing air and rapid or PCR testing based on needs and accessibility
• nasal spray and mouthwash before and after larger events
• rapid and/or PCR testing if I’m feeling any symptoms that could be related to COVID
• vaccinations and boosters when available

Professional
• routine rapid testing every other week
• rapid testing before a session if requested by client
• masks required in the studio and in the home leading to the studio
• air purifiers in every room available to clients

Client
• disclosing when your last COVID test was taken and the result
• monitoring for any symptoms leading up to and day of massage session
• notifying me if you’re feeling any COVID symptoms or feeling sick
• showing up to your appointment masked or letting me know you’ll need to be provided with a mask prior to your arrival