JHA Update May 2020

Hello, JHA clients and friends!

I hope this message finds you well. You have all been in my thoughts and I miss you so much! SO MUCH.

There is a lot of talk right now about reopening "non-essential" industries, phases and precautions and risk levels, and I thought I would post a quick update to let you know what is in my mind and heart at this moment.

My practice, the thing that brings such amazing people around and makes my worklife so rich, is on indefinite hold. It's been more than 9 weeks now since I've given a massage, and 7 since I quit the hospital. I love JHA, and I love you guys, and I have absolutely no intention of jeopardizing either in a rush to reopen. I am not conservative in almost any context of the word (haha) but I am feeling quite cautious about restarting my practice. I know it's a terrible time to go without physical proximity and touch. I know it's a terrible time to go without the relaxation and healing that massage therapy can bring. But my highest priority in these times is keeping well and keeping you well, keeping safe and keeping you safe. Juniper Healing Arts will remain closed until I feel that the risk of COVID-19 infection is low enough to be worth assuming, or that together we can reduce it enough to make a difference. 

It is not yet clear under what reopening phase massage therapy businesses fall. Some are speculating Phase Two, which would put us two weeks out from today, if Phase One goes well enough. That feels much too soon to me, but I will drop a line in a couple weeks to share how things are evolving. If I were to guess, I would say my practice will remain on hold for a few months more, at least. I will need more information and more of a curve history to make a solid decision. Protecting your health is a sacred responsibility, and I will always do my best to meet it.

It is my dearest wish for the threat of this virus to be over, for it to be completely safe for us to enjoy each other's company and work closely together once again. That will be a long time coming, I'm afraid, and it is likely I will open with modifications before the threat is entirely past. But I'm taking it day by day, using my instinct and intuition as always to inform my practice and guide my work. I send you every wish for health and peace and positive-world-rebuilding until we talk again...