New Location Update - Plus a Few Ramblings

If you don't know already, the office project is on the move!  And though I am absolutely thrilled about the upcoming move, I admit I have noticed an increase in silvery white hair (that tend to stand vertically until they are a few inches long).  Maybe it's part genetics and being in my 30's, but I have to wonder about the role of stress, and admit that I too am not immune to stress (even good stress!) even though I highly value and offer services promoting balance and self-care.  I find myself easily empathizing with my busy clients, who tend to be most of them these days!  Maybe the goal is not to have an easy life, but to find balance and ease within whatever life we are living, in our already very fast-paced culture.  The challenge is not easy.  All the more important to value this work, and create the perfect environment for it!

I sure do appreciate spending time doing massage when I let everything go and focus on YOU!  I also immensely appreciate the offers of massage from massage therapist friends so I can tune into myself when I am putting so much energy outward - this work is both great to give, and great to receive.

And now, the official update: everything is lining up for a planned March opening.  Between the lease, carpenter, electrician, plumber, designer, building maintenance manager, building permit, new business/merchant accounts, picking out materials and supplies, and finding ways to utilize offers of help for the project from friends, (plus so much more) it is all coming together beautifully.  So much to coordinate!  The plans are printed and all the construction should take place in February.

A few details.  The space is perfect, small enough to squeeze affordably into a storefront Main Street location, yet big enough to feel spacious for a massage practice.  Especially exciting is the new floor: cork.  Warm, soft, environmentally friendly.  One of the last steps, it may or may not make the March opening depending on the pace of the project (I'm working on being realistic and keeping the stress level low - at least working on it!), but it is one element I already adore.  Also a perk: the skylight in the treatment room - delightful, allowing plants to thrive, and with an option to shade entirely for dark quiet sessions.  A few wonderful artwork pieces are already lined up.  Paint, rugs, and furniture, lighting and fixtures are still undecided and I am already grateful to my designer Susie Hoffman (envidesign.com) for her current and future recommendations.

I'll keep you posted!