During our 2025 financial review and 2026 budget planning, we've been considering the broader economic impact we have as a business. As an employee-owned cooperative, we are proud to put our money where our values are -- into our workers and into our community!
To balance our budget for 2026, we need to cut our expenses. The most impactful place we found to do this is on our credit card fees. For every credit card transaction we process, close to $5 (about 3%) goes to merchant services -- which, let's be honest, is not the most deserving recipient of our hard-earned dollars.
In order to cut this expense, we would need to stop accepting credit cards for payment. Unfortunately in a digital world, this isn't realistic. So, we're passing the fees onto you instead, but with a choice. We're increasing all* of our prices by $5 to offset these losses, and we're offering a $5 discount on all cash payments. If you plan ahead, so you're able to pay in cash, those $5 in fees stay in YOUR pocket. That's more money in our local community and less money into the pockets of the 1%. We hope you'll support us in this divestment and start using cash for more of your expenses here and all around town.
*Our longer services -- 75 minutes and more -- are increasing by $10. Half of this is for the reason explained above, and the other half will go about 47-53% towards therapist pay and to the business.
For a long time we have offered a discount on longer sessions. That is, in our pricing structure, every 15 minutes of time adds an additional $20 to the cost of the session; except for a $5 break between 60 and 75 minutes. We've made the decision to eliminate this discount for longer sessions. While the discounted rate was an incentive to you for booking longer sessions, it has meant a pay cut for us; which incentivizes us to book shorter sessions. By eliminating this discrepancy, we are paid equally for any length of session you book, which makes us happier therapists giving better bodywork, at any length of time :)
