Easing of Restrictions at TDR Academy February 2022
GOOD NEWS!! As restrictions have eased again, we are now almost back to normal!! We are still asking for masks to be worn in treatments and off the mats, but prior covid screening has been removed. We just ask that you reschedule if feeling in any way unwell or have any symptoms of any coughs/colds/flu/covid. We want to stay open to keep helping you and if we end up feeling unwell we have to close! Apart from that - we are back to using all equipment, props and space! Hope to see you soon!
Update Regarding Latest Release on
Government Restrictions (From 16 February 2022)
GOOD NEWS!!
We are making things even simpler now that more restrictions have been eased.
All of our services are fully operational and running smoothly, despite being quite busy!
So if we don’t respond straight away, please forgive me but I will reply as soon as I can!
What has changed since our last update:
We do not require the online screening questionnaire to be completed before attending anymore, however we are asking:
If you have any symptoms of anything, eg, covid, a cold, a cough or just feel unwell, that you contact us at the earliest time to reschedule your appointment (contact Tanya on 07879415711 by text.)
If you are unsure regarding recent close contact with someone with covid or if you are recovering from covid, you must be free from symptoms and we ask that you please take a lateral flow test the day before and on the morning before attending for your appointment/class. Both must be negative or we will ask that you reschedule your appointment. (This is normally a 2 week period minimum for most people from the start of symptoms).
Taking a lateral flow test the morning before your appointment/class is good practice for all concerned even if you are well.
We are still taking your temperature on arrival.
Masks must be worn if in close contact and in communal areas (or a visor if medically exempt),
Maintaining some social distancing is still preferred were possible,
Bring your own towels (3 large) for treatments as we are still endeavouring to reduce the risk of cross infection.
We are providing all equipment and props for use in appointments and classes. We are not quarantining items anymore or cleaning props but mats must still be cleaned after use. It is your choice to use any of our equipment and props or bring your own knowing our procedures.
The coat hangers and storage units in the hall are now being used for all shoes and belongings for those attending classes.
Tanya will be wearing PPE in the same stance and will continue to take all advised measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We are only offering some tactile coaching points in class to again reduce the risk of cross-infection.
Catching any bugs means total closure - so for you and Tanya, this is important to stay bug free inside TDR so we can remain open!
Our emails that are sent out to you when you book in or attend classes have the up-to-date information - so please read it to become familiar with what we are asking.
This is what it says:
** Current Covid Procedures - please read (updated 16/02/2022) **
The online Covid screening form is not required prior to attending anymore, however, we do ask that if you have any symptoms of anything, eg, covid, a cold, a cough or just feel unwell, that you contact us at the earliest time to reschedule your appointment (contact Tanya on 07879415711 by text.)
Due to the increasing likelihood of any bugs spreading, not just covid, as all covid rules are ended, your therapist will have to cancel all appointments/classes if they become unwell in any way, so we are trying to reduce this risk and inconvenience for all.
If you are unsure regarding recent close contact with someone with covid or if you are recovering from covid, you must be free from symptoms and we ask that you please take a lateral flow test the day before and on the morning before attending for your appointment/class. Both must be negative or we will ask that you reschedule your appointment. (This is normally a 2 week period minimum for most people from the start of symptoms).
Taking a lateral flow test the morning before your appointment/class is good practice for all concerned even if you are well.
We are still checking temperatures when you attend and a high temperature will result in cancellation of the appointment/class due to the nature of being in close contact, for everyones safety.
You will receive a text the day before your appointment - please respond advising your therapist if you are fully well to attend, and also advise on the morning before again if you are still well.
For classes every week, you will not receive this text - but the onus is on you to inform Tanya by text if anything changes.
If you need to bring anyone with you to the appointment, the procedures apply equally to them also regarding wearing masks, feeling well, no recent covid contact and with a negative lateral flow test.
What To Bring To Your Appointment/Class and Cancellation Policy Reminder
Please wear a mask and for treatments, bring 3 large towels (for warmth and to fully cover you).
If this is your FIRST appointment/class, please bring a pen as you will need to complete the standard health screening forms - please arrive 5-10 minutes early for your appointment, and bring reading glasses if required. This can be sent to you online by email prior if you prefer. Please contact Tanya to receive this.
If you have attended previously, please update us of any changes to your personal or health details.
Please arrive on time for your appointment/class. We are unable to extend your appointment time if you arrive late due to our appointments running consecutively. Your appointment will still be charged at the full rate.
Reservations can be cancelled online at least 24 hours in advance with no charge. If you do not show up for a reserved appointment, or provide less than 24 hours notice of cancellation, you will be charged the full cost of the appointment, unless there is enough time to fill the appointment.
Use of Equipment
We are now using all of our available equipment and props in appointments and classes and are not quarantining any items. Only the mats and other vinyl surfaces can be cleaned, the props can not. It is your choice if you wish to use our equipment in this respect, or you can bring your own mat and props as preferred.
For classes, please use the storage units and coat racks in the hall for your shoes and belongings, bringing only your valuables into the studio if preferred.
Possible Covid Symptoms Reminder - please do not attend if you have any of these.
Fever
Persistent dry cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Change (including loss) of taste and smell
Some sufferers have experienced others including:
Chest tightness
Muscle pain and fatigue
Sore throat
Congestion
Headache
Phlegm
I will keep you all posted with more updates as and when needed.
I have missed you all and can’t wait to see you all in person again when you are ready! The craic is mighty when back in studio!
Tanya x
PS - Oh and don't forget about all the FREE video content available on YOUTUBE, that I have created with you in mind - some movement and therapy advice to help when you need it.
The videos are accessible on the TDR Academy YouTube page - SUBSCRIBE to the channel (and select the notifications to be notified when I add any new videos) so you don’t miss any videos I post!
I would love the feedback if you could click LIKE for each video you watch, and leave a COMMENT.
Join my Private Facebook Group for all things the body ‘tips’ and lifestyle management.
You'll find updates and reminders on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn so you can keep in touch no matter which platform you like to use.
Time For Yourself This Christmas - Online Yin Yoga Workshop
Join us in this online world for our December Live and Online Yin Yoga class on Zoom in the lead up to Christmas - in the comfiness of your own home! Arrive at a place of relaxation and total chill out while you reduce the stress levels through the link with the physical body - to open the body allows you to open and soften the mind
You are more than welcome to join us in this online world for our December Live Yin Yoga class on Zoom in the lead up to Christmas - in the comfiness of your own home!
Join us for a beautifully relaxed and chilled out practice on a dark December evening on the lead up to a bright Christmas. Light your room with candles and Christmas decorations and maybe a beautiful tree and a crackling fire. Set up your Yin Yoga nest with cosy blankets and pillows in preparation for some beautiful openers for the body to leave you feeling relaxed and chilled - Yin style! Christmas jumpers, leggings and/or socks are a choice of course!
Make Time For Yourself This Christmas
Online Yin Yoga Evening
7 - 9pm Friday 17th December 2021
❤️This evening of Yin is an open level - catering for any level of ability/experience.
If you have any underlying injuries or medical concerns - contact Tanya on 07879415711 to clarify if safe for you to practice.
❤️ The poses will have gentle and stronger variations to enable you to be challenged on your own personal level.
My aim will be to bring you to a place of relaxation and total chill out.
❤️The intention is to help reduce the stress levels through the link with the physical body - to open the body allows you to open and soften the mind.
Interested?
❤️ Simply CLICK HERE to be taken to the Workshop sign up.
❤️ Investment - £14, or if you sign up before the end of Friday 10th December - £13 early bird discounted price.
✳️ If you have never booked with us before, you will need to set up an account with our booking software Mindbody when you follow the link through to book and pay.
☯️ You will receive an email from Tanya with the Zoom link and password by 6.30pm on the day of the workshop to provide you with the sign in details.
✳️ Make sure you have a device with the Zoom Cloud Meeting app downloaded to be able to see and hear each other.
☯️ Please be sure to be in the waiting room by 6.55pm at the latest as entry will not be permitted once we start at 7pm due to the disruption this would cause to those already resting in Savasana pose.
✳️ More than one person signed up for the workshop can be in your room when you link in, so don’t feel that everyone has to be in separate rooms for this - unless you really need to isolate further
☯️ If you have never attended TDR Academy before, Tanya will send you our health forms to complete and return by email prior to attendance with any of our sessions (a requirement for our professional practice).
✳️ You can also add yourself to our mailing list of all news about our classes online and other updates, by subscribing to the TDR Academy Newsletter. Use the sign up form at the bottom of any page of our website to be automatically added.
❤️ Please feel free to share this to your family and friends.
We all need some time out right now more than ever due to such uncertainty in the world around us.
Hope to see you then, if not before!
Namastay-relaxed-at-home ❤️
Tanya x
[Update] Easing of Restrictions at TDR Academy April 2021
GOOD NEWS!! We are opening the doors to more services again! Whoop whoop!!
The sessions that can begin again - IN CLINIC Treatments from 23rd April and IN STUDIO Personal Training from 30th April and Classes possibly from 24th May (attendance will be restricted still due to social distancing, but a rota will be devised for you to attend in person if you wish!).
Update Regarding Latest Release on
Government Restrictions (From April 2021)
GOOD NEWS!!
We are opening the doors to more services again! Whoop whoop!!
The sessions that can begin again - IN CLINIC Treatments and IN STUDIO Personal Training and Classes - are ALL subject to:
Completing the COVID questionnaire prior to entering the premises to screen you for suitability to attend,
Your temperature will be taken on entry,
Masks must be worn if in close contact (or a visor if medically exempt),
Social distancing must be maintained were possible,
Bring your own towels (3 large) for treatments and your own mat for exercise.
Tanya will be wearing PPE in the same stance and will continue to take all advised measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Massage and Pain/Injury Treatments - Close Contact Work
All hands on (close contact) services can resume from Friday 23rd April 2021.
I have been treating pain and injury only through lockdown but will be able to resume treating you with all forms of massage and relaxation sessions that I am trained in (Sports Massage, Swedish and Indian Head Massage, Aromatherapy and Reflexology).
1:1s Personal Training
All types of 1:1 training can begin again from Friday 30th April 2021 (Pilates Matwork, Pilates Reformer and other large equipment, Yoga, Stretching, Aerial Fitness, Body Conditioning).
To Book An Appointment
There is currently a waiting/cancellation list due to such high demand for appointments at present.
To book, please get in contact directly as the Mindbody online booking tool is not available at present.
Contact Tanya: text is my preference on 07879415711 or email info@tdracademy.co.uk.
Classes
The date is unconfirmed as yet for resuming indoor classes, but has been put forward as Monday 24th May.
Attendance will be under the same ‘subject to’ aspects highlighted at the start of this email.
If You currently are attending classes at TDR:
To help me organise a return to suit your preferences, I would appreciate if you could update me as to your preference for attendance at this time of resuming in studio classes.
Due to current social distancing restrictions - only 2 will be able to attend per class and I will organise a rota system for those wishing to attend in studio for any specified classes.
Please reply to Tanya by text (preferred) or email (2 responses if D is appealing!):
A) Remain online at home for now
B) Attend in studio - at the class day/time I am currently attending
C) Attend in studio - please specify if a different day and time is needed (otherwise you can attend online whenever suits)
and an extra choice:
D) If an outdoor venue, day and time suited - I would like to attend an outdoor group session. (I am debating this but getting a location to suit based on interested numbers and reliable weather may be tricky! So mainly research at present! Ideas welcome!)
Once I have collated all responses, I will further update you on the classes if you have specified for B or C attending in studio, although I will wait until confirmation of the opening date to ensure no confusion of when to start.
I will keep you all posted with more updates as and when needed.
I know personal contact is more limited with just the online facility - please feel free at any time to reach out to me by email or social media, etc, with any feedback, suggestions, questions or just for a general chat!
I miss you all and can’t wait to see you all in person again!
Let me know your reply asap to the classes attendance, and I will see you soon I hope on the mat, the couch or social media!
Tanya x
PS - Oh and don't forget about all the FREE video content available on YOUTUBE, that I have created with you in mind - some movement and therapy advice to help when you need it.
The videos are accessible on the TDR Academy YouTube page - SUBSCRIBE to the channel (and select the notifications to be notified when I add any new videos) so you don’t miss any videos I post!
I would love the feedback if you could click LIKE for each video you watch, and leave a COMMENT.
Join my Private Facebook Group for all things the body ‘tips’.
You'll find updates and reminders on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn so you can keep in touch no matter which platform you like to use.
How Are You Doing? Will A Yin Yoga Workshop Help You Out?
We’re not seeing each other anywhere near as much as we would all like, but it is great to connect with one another - either on our online Zoom classes, through our TDR Academy Tribe Facebook group, on our YouTube channel or on our other social media. We’re offering a Yin Yoga workshop on 5th February - come join me and Yinify our minds, bodies and energies! Let’s make our first Friday in February fabulous!
I get the impression from my social media feeds and chats with some of you at class and other friends and family that lockdown #3 is really getting people down. Yes, some of us are lucky enough to have time for those lockdown DIY and baking projects, skipping about in the woods and doing sunrise walks (!), but I know that is not the reality for many. Amongst my friends are people at both ends of the spectrum: out of work, alone at home and in need of company; or super busy with work and/or home schooling and not a minute to themselves to rest and recuperate, who definitely don't want a to-do list of great ideas or yet another reminder they haven't been to a yoga class, rather a way to remove things from the backlog!
What can I offer?
Not much perhaps but a friendly face and listening ear and hopefully some motivation to move to feel better :)
Going by a BBC article, less people are moving this lockdown, which ultimately will affect our mental health. In yoga, Sauca identifies how when we move, it affects how we feel - so move well and feel well. It might just be a little improvement if things are getting you down, but we have to start somewhere.
I know for me it is great to see so many of you on our online classes - to see your faces and have a wee chat. Not as much as we would all like, but it is great to connect with one another. If you aren't in the classes online, you're welcome to join me there and say hello to your class mates via Zoom at least.
Many of you though don't have time or access to the right tech, or the inclination to attend via Zoom. If you'd like some input, advice or just a chat, then do feel free to drop me an email. I'd be happy to hear from you! I have set up a Facebook group - TDR Academy of Movement & Therapy Tribe - for this purpose: to give you little ideas and thoughts to hopefully help you out in some way, but also as a platform to connect with others from the classes and those who have attended our wee space over the years. It is great to get chatting and have a bit of craic along the way!
As we don't have the personal connection often these days, I am sending you love and encouragement to keep on muddling through as the days are getting longer, Spring is on the way and the wheel will surely keep turning.
Remember I am here for appointments if you have any pain that is affecting your work and life or if you have had an injury - these are the only categories allowable at present. General massages can not be carried out at this time or any training sessions in person. You can book online via Mindbody or contact me directly on 07879 415711 or info@tdracademy.co.uk.
Are you interested in an evening of chilling?
Maybe with some gentle stretching or maybe you want to push it further? I have organised another Yin Yoga evening on Friday 5th February - so read on!
Yin Yoga Evening - for Fabulous February!
Yinify Your Mind, Body and Energy - Live & Online
7 - 9pm Friday 5th February 2020
Join us for a beautifully relaxed and chilled out practice of Yin Yoga to open up the body and stretch areas that need some deeper attention, whilst allowing your mind and body to delve into what lies beneath. To rebalance the body and free up physical or emotional energy in the body to leave you feeling you have taken a step forward on your journey of self care and mobility.
The Yin pose photo at the start portrays how a lot of us feel right now 😆, so let’s Yinify our minds, bodies and energies!
Let’s make our first Friday in February fabulous!!
This evening of Yin is an open level - catering for any level of ability/experience.
If you have any underlying injuries or medical concerns - contact Tanya on 07879415711 to clarify if it's safe for you to practice.
☺️ The poses will have gentle and stronger variations to enable you to be challenged on your own personal level.
The intention is to help reduce the stress levels through the link with the physical body - to open the body allows you to open and soften the mind. We all need this right now as January was long and lockdown is still with us.
❤️ Please feel free to share this to your family and friends.
We all need some time out right now more than ever due to such uncertainty in the world around us.
More than one person signed up for the workshop can be in your room when you link in, so don’t feel that everyone has to be in separate rooms for this - unless you really need to isolate further ☺️
✳️ Make sure you have a device with the Zoom Cloud Meeting app downloaded to be able to see and hear each other.
☯️ Please arrive in the waiting room by 6.55pm so we can start on time. Access won’t be permitted after 7pm as this will disrupt the session.
Investment - £13 if you sign up before the end of 10pm 31 January 2021 for the early bird discounted price, or £14 thereafter.
Interested?
If you have never booked with us before, you will need to set up an account with our booking software Mindbody when you follow the link through to book and pay.
☯️ You will receive an email from Tanya with the Zoom link and password by 6.30pm on the day of the workshop to provide you with the sign in details. Please be sure to be in the waiting room by 6.55pm at the latest as entry will not be permitted once we start at 7pm due to the disruption this would cause to those already resting in Savasana pose.
Have the Zoom Cloud Meetings app downloaded onto your device (tablet, laptop, desktop or phone) and create an account, if you have never used it before.
Timings:
I will be opening the Zoom meeting waiting room from 6.50pm, so please enter by 6.55pm.
Have your Yin nest set-up with all your props so you are ready to go (see below).
We will start at 7pm, so if you are unable to make it by 7pm, I am truly sorry, but I will be unable to invite you in as it will disrupt the session for everyone else.
Mat and Room Set-up:
Set up your mat, rug or carpet in a quiet space. Ensure whatever you use that it is thick enough and comfortable for resting in poses for long periods.
Make sure you can see the video from your space and hear me and that I will be able to see you on your mat also. (Wear clothing of a different colour to your mat and background if possible!)
I recommend dim lighting although with enough that I can still see you!
Ensure you will be warm enough as you will be sitting still for long periods.
Have extra pillows and/or cushions to hand, maybe about 4. Feel free to use bolsters if you have any also.
If you could have 2 heavy-ish blankets, they may be useful if you need extra weight on your legs unless you have any sandbags to use, or if you feel cold throughout.
If you do not have enough blankets - you could use a large bath towel which can also roll up into a sausage if needed.
If you have yoga bricks, 2 would be useful, or the bath towel will also work and a cushion/pillow.
Music:
You can play any music you like in the background, preferably something you can drift to with no words. Youtube has many to choose from - just be sure to pick something that is 2 hours long to avoid having to change.
I will have you all on muted in the workshop so you can play it at a volume that is low enough to hear but not too loud that it is overpowering on your senses (or my voice so you can hear what to do!).
I will be recording the workshop, so if you would like to download it you can then have it saved for use at another time. Please keep it for your eyes only however thank you.
New to TDR Academy Online Zoom Sessions?
If you have never attended TDR Academy before, Tanya will send you our health forms to complete and return by email prior to attendance with any of our sessions (a requirement for our professional practice).
You can also add yourself to our mailing list for news about our classes online and other updates, by subscribing to the TDR Academy Newsletter. Use the sign up form at the bottom of any page of our website to be automatically added.
We would love it if you could help us also, by either checking in on Facebook with us, leaving us a positive comment on our Facebook page or our Google Business page, and sharing a photo of your practice with us at #tdracademytribe on Instagram.
If you would like to be kept up-to-date with what we are bringing to you over the next period of time, then keep an eye out for more emails and especially on social media.
We will be posting by email, on our website blog and workshop pages, and to our social media pages:
predominantly on Facebook, and
Instagram @TDR Academy, #tdracademytribe #tdracademyofmovementandtherapy
Join my Facebook Group also - TDR Academy Tribe - I give daily tips and thoughts to inspire you to move more, move better and look after your body. After all, it's the only one you have, so give it the time and attention it deserves now!
Still not signed up yet to the Yin Yoga evening? Sign up here now!
A little more about Yin Yoga (if you don’t know anything about it):
The practice of Yin Yoga is to stress the tissues of the body that we don’t usually access in the more energetic Yang style Yoga practices, such as the connective tissues, ligaments, tendons and bones. It invites you to slow down, soften, relax and be mindful, to gain experience of the energetic body and to become acquainted with our thought patterns. Ultimately it is to enhance our self awareness, tune our insight and access our own inner wisdom. Yin is about the feeling and involves “unhurried postures unstained by striving” (Sarah Powers).
To practice Yin is to bring forth the values of softening, patience, kindness, compassion, acceptance, surrendering and non striving. It will help people to feel more in a world that is so disconnected. On a physical level, we access and affect connective tissues that we don’t access in our Yang practices. The focus is on function and feeling rather than on aesthetics, which result in a more positive outcome for students. The poses and stretch sensations can be quite impactful and energetic despite seeking stillness through the longer holds. The time out to meditate and spend time with yourself is invaluable in today’s busy world.
Hope to see you then, if not before!
Namastay-relaxed-at-home ❤️
Tanya x
[Update] Open for Business With Some Restrictions from 16th October 2020
Following the Government announcements for therapists to return to work from 6th July 2020, Tanya has been very busy carrying out the risk assessment, undertaking the return to work COVID-19 course and preparing the clinic for re-starting. This has involved updating all our online platforms, website, Mindbody and social media etc to reflect the changes in the COVID-19 policies for return to work, and to ensure we are keeping everyone as safe as possible.
Following the recent Government announcement, some new restrictions have been put in place regarding Covid-19 from 6pm on Friday 16th October for 4 weeks at present. We have been busy trying to implement and rejig to fit in as best we can whilst fully adhering to the restrictions put in place, to still keep supporting you through these difficult times.
The summary of the current changes and what’s available and not available:
❌ In light of the recent government's announcements, I will be unable to have classes indoors for 4 wks from 6pm fri 16th October 2020.
So the 2:1 private sessions alongside the online sessions will be stopped again frustratingly for potentially the next 4wks. We also have to stop close contact work, despite the stringent measures we were taking including cleaning regimes, ppe and screening.
🌈The good news in what we can offer🌈:
✅ Tanya can still see you in the clinic for a 1:1 session without close contact work - we can still go through assessment, self care strategies and rehab plan advice.
✅ Tanya can still see you in the studio for a 1:1 personal exercise training session, however, without any hands on corrections - so personal exercise planning and practice to include Pilates Matwork and Reformer and other large equipment, Yoga, and any body conditioning and 1:1 Aerial Fitness. These can be for any level of injury or fitness.
✅ All of our online classes are here to stay forever! So you will always have that option for training with us no matter what restrictions they place now. Hopefully in studio will be back soon.
✅ Our online consultations and 1:1s are also still available forever online so you can book that with Tanya privately currently. These can be for assessment, self care strategies and rehab plan advice.
I will be emailing all of our members to keep you up to date with the frustrating new closures and about what is available currently and about rebooking those sessions with close contact work, for those that had sessions booked in over the next coming months.
Coming to the Studio/Clinic:
We ask clients to wash/sanitise your hands before and after visiting the clinic.
Please complete the COVID-19 screening questionnaire the day prior to attending and on the morning before your session.
If you do feel unwell, we ask that you remain at home until feeling better.
If you display any of the COVID-19 symptoms, please do not visit our studio for at least 14 days.
Please wear a face covering when you enter the building and in the clinic.
We will take your temperature on entry and if 37.8°C or higher, we will be unable to allow you entry for your session as that is a sign of a fever and we will advise you to isolate at home and arrange for a test.
Please remember to bring your own water bottle and drink regularly, and bring your own tissues.
Please bring your own gloves if using the Pilates reformer (for 1:1s for exercise) and your own mat for floor based exercise.
Please do not be attend with another individual for your appointment as they will not be permitted to enter.
Be assured, Tanya and Jo will wear PPE as required under the guidelines and we are following all advised measures and more in some cases.
We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops in line with advice from the Government and relevant health authorities and issue updates at such times.
Together we can all maintain a responsible and cautious approach to limiting the spread of this virus and protecting the more vulnerable members of our society whilst keeping a positive attitude.
Wishing you safety and good health through this time. ☯️
Tanya x
TDR Academy's Treatments and 1:1s Available in Clinic
Following the Government announcements for therapists to return to work from 6th July 2020, Tanya has been very busy carrying out the risk assessment, undertaking the return to work COVID-19 course and preparing the clinic for re-starting. This has involved updating all our online platforms, website, Mindbody and social media etc to reflect the changes in the COVID-19 policies for return to work, and to ensure we are keeping everyone as safe as possible.
Following the Government announcements for therapists to return to work from 6th July 2020, Tanya has been very busy carrying out the risk assessment, undertaking the return to work COVID-19 course and preparing the clinic for re-starting. This has involved updating all our online platforms, website, Mindbody and social media etc to reflect the changes in the COVID-19 policies for return to work, and to ensure we are keeping everyone as safe as possible.
Appointments for these clinic sessions will now only be bookable through Tanya directly as initially those people that had to miss out on their booked session in March when everything was closed in lockdown, will be given priority to book in first. Tanya will also have to speak with you prior to booking to screen you for suitability of an in clinic appointment and will contact you the morning of the appointment to check that you are still able to attend based on your responses to a questionnaire re COVID-19.
At TDR Academy we are doing all we can to ensure your safety and our own. We will be applying all the safety precautions to ourselves that we are requesting you to apply to yourselves to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. When you book in, the email that will follow will outline everything that is applicable to attending the clinic for before, during and after your appointment.
When you get booked in, you can pre-purchase your booked session via the desktop version of Mindbody in the online store. This will reduce the contact points when you are in studio when payment is due. We prefer card payments via Mindbody, and if that isn’t possible a bank transfer could be made. Cash payment for the correct amount only will be accepted if card payment is not possible. An envelope will be provided for you to place the cash inside in this instance.
What we are doing:
On top of our normal clinic cleaning procedures, TDR Academy has introduced a number of additional hygiene measures to allow us to continue working within our community:
We have intensified our day-to-day cleaning.
We wipe banister rails, door handles, sanitising stations, light switches etc after each client leaves and before entry.
We now have paper towels and sterile hand wash - and our team are washing their hands more regularly.
We have introduced additional hand gel stations, which we ask students to use when they arrive and before they leave.
If our team have any symptoms, we will cancel any treatments or 1:1s as necessary.
We are taking everyone’s temperature when you attend. If you have an elevated temperature consistency with an illness or fever, we would unfortunately have to cancel your session, at no charge. We would suggest to follow the Government advice of self-isolating in this instance but monitor your symptoms and temperature daily and if persists to see or speak to your GP.
We will be wearing PPE in our sessions and these will be changed between every client.
We will maintain social distance for as long as possible and only treat areas deemed necessary in your session.
We are monitoring our procedures to see how we can improve on a daily basis.
We will email you with all the necessary details once your appointment is booked to ensure you are kept informed of our new practices.
Due to the new circumstances, I need you to complete a COVID-19 Pre Treatment record card to go alongside your record card that I have for you (existing clients) or need completed (new clients).
Please answer the questions the day before your appointment and text me that you have answered 'no' to each question, or if a 'yes' to any, I will need to speak to you the day before your appointment. If you feel that on the morning of your appointment that you may now answer 'yes' to any, please contact me to discuss suitability to attend. Further to this, I will ask you these questions again on entry to the clinic.
* First and foremost to check, for which I will send you a text the day before your appointment, is that you do not have any current symptoms of COVID-19 (see below) and that you have not knowingly been in contact with anyone that has COVID-19 or if you need to self-isolate. This also applies to the morning before your appointment. Please contact me as early as possible if you think you may be affected and need to self-isolate. There will be no charge for cancelling at this late stage as everyone’s safety if of the priority at present. I would ask for as much notice as possible however to ensure that the appointment could be taken by another client in need. Please note, if you are within any of the vulnerable person categories, you will not be able to receive an in person session without seeing your GP first for advice.
* If you have travelled home recently from a foreign country, please do not attend for a treatment until you have been home for 2 weeks to assess if you develop symptoms.
Coming to the Clinic:
We ask clients to wash your hands before and after visiting the clinic.
If you do feel unwell, we ask that you remain at home until feeling better.
If you display any of the COVID-19 symptoms, please do not visit our studio for at least 14 days.
Please wear a face covering when you enter the building and in the clinic.
Please remember to bring your own water bottle and drink regularly, and bring your own tissues.
Please bring your own gloves (for 1:1s for exercise) or your own towels (for a treatment - 2 large and 1 medium sized).
Please do not be attend with another individual for your appointment as they will not be permitted to enter.
Symptoms of COVID-19
The Most common symptoms which have been identified with the virus include:
Fever
Persistent dry cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Change (including loss) of taste and smell
Some sufferers have experienced others including:
Chest tightness
Muscle pain and fatigue
Sore throat
Congestion
Headache
Phlegm
Summary of Actions Needed:
Wash your hands before, during and after entry and do not touch your face
Wear PPE - face covering and if needed gloves
Catch It, Kill It, Bin It.
Maintain social distancing of 2m, or when necessary 1m+ when not required to be in close contact work with your therapist.
Stay at home if you have symptoms, are shielding, are or live with vulnerable people, have been in contact with someone that has COVID-19 or is self isolating, or if you have travelled abroad within the last 2 weeks.
We ask that all our clients and staff take the new health and safety very seriously, as one lapse could result in another spread of COVID-19, the ultimate disaster, which could in turn affect you, our staff, even close the whole clinic and as such have another lockdown on people’s lives, not to mention the possibility of much worse if it does affect your health.
We also ask for your patience at this time as we get used to the new working procedures - all above and beyond normal working practices!
We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops in line with advice from the Government and relevant health authorities and issue updates at such times.
Together we can all maintain a responsible and cautious approach to limiting the spread of this virus and protecting the more vulnerable members of our society whilst keeping a positive attitude.
Wishing you safety and good health through this time.
Tanya x