My goal is to make everyone feel safe and welcome, no matter their risk tolerance or situation. Here’s what we are doing in the massage studio right now.
Face Masks Required For All Clients
November 2021 - The massage studio is a health care facility, and face masks are required for all clients - vaccinated as well as unvaccinated. Pro Tip! You’ll likely be face down in a head rest for some amount of time. Please select a face mask with material that you can breathe through easily, with ample space for your nose and facial features.
It's Your Choice: Open or Closed?
Option 1: Open Windows and Outdoor Air
More Caution - Though the studio is indoors, it has multiple large openings to the outside, which you can choose to leave open during your session. Monitoring of the air by a CO2 meter confirms that leaving the door and windows open keeps the C02 levels about the same as outside air, even on windless days. If it’s a cold day, or you are concerned about noise, check out Option 2.
Option 2: Closed Windows and Air Filtration
Best For Cold Days - With the doors and windows closed, there's a network of air filters and outward blowing fans, that are capable of filtering the air in the space 12 times an hour. This is the same safety standard that new hospital construction must meet. The air filters are specifically selected to remove particles as small as viruses, as well as wildfire smoke.
What Hasn't Changed
I am fully vaccinated.
Touchless client access to things like soap, hand sanitizer, and paper towels
Time between clients. There’s 30 minutes between clients, during which the air in the massage studio is turned over about 3 times.
Surfaces. Based on research that says that surfaces are not a major way that covid spreads, I am fully disinfecting just once a day. Obviously, any items that may touch a client’s face, like the headrest or pillows, are fully covered by linens. Linens are washed in a commercial laundry, which are capable of reaching the high dryer temps needed for sanitization.
Thanks!
-Andrea