Etiquette

Patient

- intake form filled out with information before session by you.  Not having this information completed before arrival does nothing for the practitioner understanding intention / expectation of current session.  Your expectation of quality from the practitioner is matched to your quality of taking care of yourself - which involves completing an intake form and showing up to your session you booked. 

- arrives to session on time.  15 minute windows are possible between patients.  Later than 15 minutes, the practitioner will disengage from session and cancel expected appointment as a no show due to not having enough time for optimal results. 

- no scheduling or session arrivals at peak heightened anxiety state.  If at 1-2% before breakdown, do not schedule a massage - schedule a talk therapist to mindfully downgrade your acute state of anxiety / manic mode.  Within this heightened state of malfunction - perception, self awareness, honest behaviour is skewed to possible full tilt - this is not the state to arrive to a session at this site.  If handling information offered of not proceeding for ethical reasoning or educational background, you do not fritz out to information offered by a healthcare practitioner looking out for your best interest and safest results.  If you can not handle honest feedback, schedule a talk or occupational therapist to downgrade your heightened state. 

- will not trauma dump stories of personal history during initial meet.  Do not expect to offer much information other than current state of your intentions and what body discomfort / restriction you are experiencing.  That is literally all the information the practitioner needs for relieving your intention.  The patient may experience releases on the table noted as emotional, verbal, visual - that is phenomenal and supported by the practitioner. 

- do not arrive to session with a partner that wants to talk for or over you if you can cognitively communicate and are doing so.  It is absolutely acceptable to have a partner discuss your current episode if you can not offer information or do not speak english.  The partner will be asked to stay quiet as a witness of the patient's session if the patient is able to communicate with the practitioner.  This space is independent to empower, validate and mindfully hear the patient that is expected on the table.

- schedule your own appointments.  Do not let someone else tell / pressure you to see a specific practitioner of any field.  If you are not able to approach any licenses for intentional help then ask for guidance from others or reach out to practitioners you want to work with for further information.  Do not expect the same results as someone else as you are your own body / mind and the fast acting relief may not be the same for you in your current state.  It is not a competition as to how much you can release in one session but this site can confirm fast acting results in one session of primary intention through a hybrid of knowledge and contact skills.  If referral based, ask for other opinions then what was offered if the guidance does not resonate with you in your current state.  Ask your chosen practitioner for referrals for better results with your intention.

- pregnant bodies as patients is specifically for the pregnant body and not the baby.  This space does not engage with baby inside of the pregnant body outside of making sure baby is safe during session.  90+% of pregnant bodies will proceed with session when explained that all bodies are treated the same and this is not an expected pregnancy massage site.  The knowledge / contact is the same for pregnant bodies as it is for all other bodies as we all have a central nervous system - no pregnancy pillow offered but a three fold table will maintain comfort for pregnancy.  Baby (babies) communicates on their own inside of you during contact and is supported to do so by the practitioner.

- do not arrive to session sick or with others in your house sick.  You are not the only patient of the day and mindfully recognizing others, expecting the same energy towards your session, is to not spread germs / viruses to others being touched or hindering your chosen practitioner.

- do not book day of with an acute event that has just happened to you.  The practitioner is working with other bodies and not reading your intake form day of to prepare for what the patient may be going through.  Do not enter the space and ask if the practitioner has read your intake form you created today.  The schedule opens up slowly as to what type of patients are on the day plan to achieve optimal results for all bodies that enter the space and to not have patients schedule out long term.

- do not enter the treatment room and immediately remove your clothing as this has been the expectation for you at other sites.  The practitioner will be having a conversation with you before any table time and most likely you will not need to remove your clothes unless you truly want to.  Wear comfortable clothes to session.

- offer information to the practitioner of what is being said about the practitioner in the industry.  There have been some interesting inquiries / expectations from patients to understand what they have heard from others.  If you are interested in talking about the practitioner in any format - please feel free to relay the information off the practitioner being discussed and offer roots of where you heard the phone tag of information.  This website is curated by the practitioner with quotes from patients - its as farm to table as possible in the healthcare industry.