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UPDATE 6/7/2020: MOONTIDE STUDIO CLOSED - FUTURE PLANS ON HOLD

This is not the news you wanted to hear, nor is it the news I wanted to share. I am closing my studio. My massage practice, on hold since mid-March, will remain on hold for the time being.

As many of you know, Moontide has been a part-time endeavor since the beginning. The margin for surviving as a business is extremely narrow. I simply don't have the ability to maintain the studio space without generating income for months on end.

As sad as it makes me to relinquish my studio, I remind myself--and you--that Moontide Healing Arts, LLC continues to exist, and at some point will find or make a new home. We are all grappling with so much change in our daily lives, in our businesses, and in our relationships with family and friends. I am trying to think of this as a time to regroup, to reconsider my practice and my services, and to transform to meet the current situation.

Thank you for your understanding, and for your business.


UPDATE 4/26/2020: MOONTIDE WILL NOT RE-OPEN AT THIS TIME.

I love my practice, but me laying my (gloved) hands on you right now would not be a kindness to either of us. Massage by its nature is a high-contact activity. I will not endanger my clients or myself by inviting close contact, in an enclosed space, for periods of an hour or more.

Re-opening would require meeting stringent criteria for PPE, client pre-screening, and sanitation practices. This is far beyond normal clean, sanitary operations, as I would need to provide thermometers, gloves, gowns, masks, goggles, hand sanitizer, etc. My feeling is that even if I could provide all those things, and didn't mind the expense, I would be taking them out of the hands of essential medical personnel. The need for such protocols is in an indicator to me that massage should only be conducted for medically necessary reasons, in a clinical setting, for the time being.

I have so many friends, family and clients who are at high risk of serious complications or death if they contract this virus. The potential is for any of us to be an unwitting agent of transmission.

I applaud the decision on the part of many of our local businesses to continue operating on a restricted basis while protecting themselves, their employees, and our citizens. Please continue to patronize restaurants and small businesses who are offering take-out and delivery services. Maybe consider putting the money you would have spent on a massage into the hands of someone in our community who cannot work. So many of our friends and neighbors could really use our help to get through this.

I hope you all stay safe. Thank you for helping keep our community healthy.

--Jeri

NOTICE: EFFECTIVE MARCH 14, I AM TAKING A HIATUS FROM PROVIDING MASSAGE SERVICES. After much soul-searching, I have decided that your health, my health, and the health of our community, take precedence over my personal desire to sustain my massage practice. While Juneau has no identified cases of coronavirus at this time, I am joining the organizations and businesses who are taking proactive steps to keep our community healthy.

As many of you know, massage is my passion, but is not my primary employment. Other providers rely on their income from massage to support themselves and their families. If you feel that massage therapy is appropriate for your circumstances, please reach out to other local providers. At present, Myosotis Massage, the business sharing my office location, still plans to see clients, and can be reached by email at [email protected], or by phone at (907) 419-4654. If you need assistance finding a massage therapist, please contact me by phone or email, and I will do my best to help.

I urge you to consult the information provided by the CDC and the World Health Organization, and to take council with your medical providers, to take the steps appropriate to you at this time. Thoughtful, deliberate actions can make the difference between minor disruptions and a major public health crisis.

I will be posting updates periodically, here and on my Facebook page. It is my hope that life, and business, will return to normal in the near future. In the meanwhile, be well, be safe, and take excellent care of yourself and those around you.


In normal circumstances, Moontide Healing Arts provides massage and intuitive bodywork to support your healing journey. Services are by appointment. Prices include CBJ sales tax.

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