Momma Moon Massage and Doula Services

02/23/2026

This digital Caricature was done by Lautice Taylor not AI. It cost me $30 and I am proud to use it. I didn't destroy someone's drinking water for an AI trend that disappeared as quickly as it started.

Please small businesses STOP using AI to "save" money. Pay the local artist. Sure AI isn't going to be giving massages any time soon, but AI is killing my clients businesses and making it so they can't patronize mine. It's all connected. And yes I'm talking about Generative AI, I know there are good applications of AI (research, summarizing complex medical records, assisting disabled Folx, etc.).

Also, I didn't have to give Generative AI permission to use my name, my information and my likeness (think about this for those of you putting your children's faces into AI) however the company that owns the AI chooses. Feels like selling your souls.

02/09/2026

It's happening! I'm introducing Intimate Touch for Couples! Have you ever wanted to learn how to give your person a halfway decent relaxing massage? Have you ever wanted to learn how to connect and build intimacy with your person? Intimate Touch isn't about Schmex, it's about connection, vulnerability and often physical touch, but not THAT physical touch. This 6 week course will have you learning how to connect with your person, while also helping them destress, relax and let go of the tension around them. This 6 week course can lead to better communication, increased physical touch and yes better Schmex.

We START with an introduction class called "Lotions and Potions". In Lotions and Potions we will go over the bare minimum basics for at home massage as well as the layout of the 6 week course.

Lotions and Potions is 3/2/2026 5:30-7:30pm, location given upon registration.

Lotions and Potions is normally $45/person, $60/couple (throuples, dyads, polycules welcome, inquire for pricing) .

The 6 week class Connected Partner Massage, the Living Room Series is $270/person (if paid upfront), or $50/person/week. Couple pricing: $360/couple (throuples, dyad, cules, inquire for pricing) paid up front or $80/couple/week.

During your 6 week series you will have access to a private group with additional information and where you can ask questions in between classes.

Tutoring sessions 1:1 or couples are available for 30/60/90 minutes at a reduced rate.

Set up your own private lessons (2-6 people) in your space.

Give the Valentine's Day Gift that will bring you closer and that continues giving.

01/30/2026

Strawberry Matcha from .coffeehouse

$0 contributed to credit card processing (I paid cash)
$0 contributed to the national economy

$7 and change (plus a $4 cash tip) to support a locally owned small business that builds and supports community.

Perhaps the AuDHD but tell me not to do something, and then give logically false arguments for the why, and I'm going to do what supports the CONCEPT you claim to be pushing, while helping my locally owned struggling establishments.

January is a HARD month in small business economics, and demanding that they center an AFFLUENT WHITE WOMAN model of PERFORMATIVE ACTIVISM isn't doing what you think it is.

No shade to those businesses who closed because they CAN, and PAID their employees for the day because they think that's the right thing to do

No shade to those remaining open because they cannot fiscally afford to close for a FRIDAY at the end of January (because if they close their doors permanently and become unhoused they can't fight fascism) whether they are donating proceeds (again this is privilege) or are not.

Pay close attention to their ACTIONS not their words for the remainder of the Trump Administration.

A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY IS THE KEY TO BRINGING DOWN FASCISM, NOT PRIVILEGED DIVISION.

01/30/2026

Today January 31, 2026 I stand with those impacted by ICE.

I DO NOT STAND WITH THE AFFLUENT PRIMARILY WHITE WOMEN (of which I appear to be one) who are centering themselves in this moment.

Today IS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR ME, because business as usual for more than 20 years has been fighting.

A Small Business Shut Down, even Nationwide does not impact the NATIONAL ECONOMY, The Powers the Be, The Trump Administration or ICE.

It does impact local community economics.

For example, I have 3 clients today. 2 of them are service trades (and both very much need today's service). Yes I could bump them to tomorrow, but that does nothing toward this "Actions" vaguely stated goals. My 3 client is a Trans client and my work is part of their self care while living in a world with a President that actively wants them dead. They are deeply upset by the genocide in Palestine and by our Neighbors being kidnapped and murdered by ICE. They were active in the BLM protests and active in the current protests. The Trump Administration will not receive a penny from this service. The credit card companies will not receive a penny from this service.

Me closing my doors would be nothing more than a PERFORMATIVE Gesture, and if you've been here a while you already know I don't do performance.

I stand with the Small Businesses who are remaining open because closing for one sudden day (with nothing in place to support them and/or their employees COULD in fact be the END of their businesses and they can't fight fascism if they are fighting to survive).

I stand with those small businesses who are AFFLUENT enough to close their doors, PAY their employees IF AND ONLY IF they continue to show up.

Locally Owned Small Businesses contribute 70% of the money that passes through their hands directly to the local economy. That leaves 30% for the credit card processing companies, big suppliers, and the National Economy. That 30% collectively is not enough (even NATIONWIDE) to impact BIG MONEY OR BIG POWER. IT is enough to destroy local communities and local movements. That is the reason that locally owned small businesses have ALWAYS been not only exempt, but the SOLUTION to boycotts.

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01/28/2026

No, I will not be participating in any local "blackout" or "protest" to show my solidarity with Minnesota. These White Woman Performances have to stop.

Shutting down small businesses, taking a paid day off from work, gathering for a couple of beers is NOT ACTION.

You want an action item? Go like and follow non-white activists and send them some money for the education they are giving you.

Check out and SHOP those small businesses Friday and EVERYDAY.

Boycott Amazon, Target, and other Trump and ICE supporting corporations for THE REST OF 2026! (Obviously, we exempt the poor, the disabled from this, but if we're honest it's the absence of the affluent performative white woman dollar that's really gonna hurt those corporations).

Blue bracelets, pink puxxy hats, a day off from work, anything and everything except actual support. If you aren't risking your employment, your income, your voice or your freedom it's performative.

If these words bother you, then feel free to not support my small business.

01/22/2026

I closed out 2025 with 20 days of heavy bleeding. I was fortunate that I had already scheduled to be closed for much of those 20 days. I got 16 days to recover and I am once again bleeding. THIS IS NOT NORMAL PERIMENOPAUSE. There are zero indicators that my estrogen has dropped. I had 1 hot flash that may not have been a hot flash. I was warm and sweaty and suddenly anxious (something that CAN happen with Histamine overload from MCAS).

Other than greater irregularity in my cycles, I have no symptoms of perimenopause. Additionally, my "Perimenopause" coincidentally began immediately following a rather terrible LEEP procedure that nearly required a blood transfusion because DESPITE the cauterization of the procedure itself I was bleeding quite heavily. I have significant scarring from the LEEP which interfered with my ability to get an IUD post LEEP.

The significance of scarring has been mentioned anytime there is a need for a speculum. After my LEEP my already heavy bleeding became heavier. I was Dx'd with adenomyosis and sent for a D&C to remove my excess uterine lining. It was sent for pathology and Eve was fine. No fibroids or polyps were present at the time of the D&C. One month later I was back where I began.

All of this indicates estrogen dominance, the OPPOSITE of Perimenopause and yet every complaint, every visit is met with maybe it's Perimenopause and let's put you on birth control. I don't react well to hormonal birth control (hence my copper IUD) which is COMMON in estrogen dominance.

I was so cold, shaky and tired yesterday I had to call off work (I don't have PTO), and I can already tell you at 7 am I can't work today. Not only am I tired and Shakey, I don't know if I'll get an hour, four hour or 20 minutes before an overnight pad is saturated to the point of bleeding through and soaking my pants and running down my legs.

For some of you this sounds graphic and horrific, for others it's the story you too have lived.

I'm not seeking sympathy or suggestions, I'm raising awareness of what it looks like to be a second class citizen in the medical world because I am past my child bearing years and therefore of no use to society.

01/16/2026

Well my ADHD brain got me today. I had a client scheduled for 10 am (earlier than I normally do) and at 10:10 I decided to double-check my messages. Last week that client asked to move her appointment to 1pm instead. That meant rescheduling a trade (that's the downside of service trades you might be rescheduled, just as I expect you to reschedule me if a non-trade client needs).

We're all human. We get sick. We have appointments of our own that we often have no control over.

That's why I don't charge a missed appointment, late cancelation or no show fee. That's MY privilege. Yes, sometimes it makes for a tight budget that month, but I've always made it work.

This is NOT a condemnation of OTHERS (because some people need those fees to survive).

If I feel like my time and talents are being taken for granted I simply release the client.

FYI I happily pay those fees when I need to, because I value those service providers and understand that they likely need those fees to thrive.

01/02/2026

The best laid plans of mice and women often go awry. It was my intention to use my 2 weeks of close time to accomplish at least the above to do list (along with writing my 3 new classes and doing website, social media updates, etc.).
Unfortunately for me I started bleeding on 12/14 and didn't stop bleeding until yesterday. While some of you think this is TMI AFAB health simply isn't studied or talked about and we need to. A 20 day bleed would disrupt anyone's life (losing blood faster than our bodies can replace it, not to mention the iron deficiency). I have normally heavy and irregular cycles. This cycle was absolutely the worst I have ever experienced. Bleeding through overnight pads in less than an hour for 10 of those days. The others were my normal bleeding level of bleeding through overnight pads in 2-3 hours. What made the situation worse was the excessive and large clots. I normally have lots of large clots (quarter to half dollar sized) but this felt scarily too much even for me.
I was initially dismissed as part of "Perimenopause". This isn't Perimenopause at all. I have 0 Perimenopause symptoms and without hormone testing to confirm I am estrogen deficient, it isn't Perimenopause. IT IS ADENOMYOSIS. It HAS ALWAYS BEEN ADENOMYOSIS.

I was seen New Year's Eve Day for internal and external ultrasounds confirming my Adenomyosis is getting worse. Which also directly discounts my being in Perimenopause. Adenomyosis is Estrogen driven and progesterone sensitive. Did the Drs tell me this? No medical research papers out of the United Kingdom are where all of my education and information have come from.

I will be having a hysterectomy in 2026, which is the only actual solution for adenomyosis. That means I will be shutting down for 12 weeks at some point. I plan to be fully transparent here and keep everyone updated.

All of this to say I didn't have the physical energy to get to anything on my to do list. But I will be working on it in 2026.

January books are open. Please text (585)441-0945 to schedule an appointment. You can DM but it takes a little longer.

Happy New Year and I wish everyone the 2026 they are hoping for.

01/01/2026

01/01/2026

Welcome 2026!

I had previously announced a price increase, my second career price increase and my first price increase since before the pandemic.

Then a local therapist posted in a group for local body workers that we HAD to all collectively raise our prices in 2026.

Here's the thing, yes, my cost of living has increased. Yes, I could use more money. BUT (and it's a big but), massage therapy is ALREADY super expensive. In Rochester, NY massage therapy ranges from $50-$300/hour. Even at its lowest, minimum wage is $16.50 an hour (as of today). The average professional makes $25-40/hour. This means one hour of massage is multiple hours of other people's labor wage. Are there plenty of Folx who make $50-$300/hr that can and do afford massage? Absolutely.

The other part of the equation is I keep my business costs low. I'm going to be super transparent in 2026.

I have an in home office. I pay roughly the SAME in residential rent as I was paying pre-pandemic. I was renting a 3 bedroom apartment that was most of a house. Then I moved (after a few short stops in between) into a 2000sq foot one bedroom deluxe apartment for roughly that same rent. My moves to Atkinson and Rosedale had my rent "costs" decreasing slightly, but only because I was paying half the rent with another person. I am back to living alone. This is the smallest apartment I've ever owned. So price per square foot, yes, I am paying way more than I paid in 2019.

Practically, however, I am paying roughly the SAME. Yes, my utilities have increased and that's beyond my control. Yes my commercial, residential and auto insurance have increased. Yes, my food costs have increased.

I don't currently have retirement savings (and I'm 48), but I also Ethically refuse to participate in the stock market which is the root of workers oppression.

I CAN, booking 10-12 appointments per week survive with a little bit left over for fun. And honestly, that's all I want in life. I'll figure the rest out as we go.

One of the ways that I will be increasing my income without increasing my rates is the addition of lay person classes in 2026.

Stay tuned for updated pricing, packages and class information.

12/22/2025

I was honored to participate in Celebrating 50th Birthday on Saturday, followed by Solstice and Yule baking/celebration with and I'm almost ready for Christmas with and August West Marino, but this is what my home looks like, and it's a good thing I have two weeks off ...

Happy Holidays!

12/20/2025

Thank you. Thank you to all of my clients, my friends, my family members and my fellow small business owners. I just closed 10 years of practice as a Licensed Massage Therapist (11 years total). I would be nowhere without all of you!