Mold, Lyme & Co-infections, Autoimmune, MCAS, CIRS & chemically sensitive considerations…

Dear Client,

My name is Lauren & I’m the owner of Ritual Wellness in downtown Franklin. While Ritual is a relatively new business in Franklin, it’s by no means a new business for me. This is my third physical location and great care went into the environment at Ritual and I’d like to share with you a bit about the care that went into building our office with the chronically complex in mind.

First, I looked at the property when it was only a shell - no drywall & no floor. I walked the property on the dirt ground and saw with my own eyes that there was no mold in the building. Every wall that you see was put up by my contractors. As my business offers water therapies, I made careful considerations when deciding where to place equipment to prevent moisture accumulation. For this reason I put our cold plunge outside so that in the event there was ever a major accident or leak, no standing water would ever sit in any tank or vessel over night that could lead to catastrophe or damage of the physical environment. Each of our treatment rooms has an industrial dehumidifier that is run after each client even though we are diligent in cleaning up every splash of water that could ever happen - this dries out our pipes so that there’s less opportunity for mold or mildew to develop. I have successfully remediated another office of mine in California without chemical treatment after a roof leak - TRUE remediation that was successful and dealt with promptly so as to prevent further damage into other systems. I am familiar with ERMI testing, IEPs, and selecting construction crews willing to work with stringent remediation standards.

We require that ALL of our clients refrain from wearing fragrance to appointments. Failure to adhere to this and we turn people away. We understand how this can set back our chemically sensitive clients and we remind new clients of this over the phone should they fail to read our website and/or confirmation email. We are also happy to help you schedule first of the day appointments before anyone else has entered our space to help you feel safe in our environment.

We do not use harsh cleaning chemicals - our hospital grade herbicides & germicides are scentless. We only use scent free (“free & clear”) laundry detergent. We use vinegar, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide when cleaning our shower. We use UV lights to kill bacteria in our sauna. Our sauna is hypoallergenic basswood - not cedar. We do offer high end organic products in our shower and are happy to remove them the night before if you are sensitive to them even in bottles. We also do a special vinegar & baking soda treatment in the shower to truly neutralize the environment before use. The shower is dried completely after use and there is no mold growth of any kind.

We do not use scented candles or essential oils at Ritual. We have treatment rooms with windows - if you need this, please ask to be booked in a room with a window (as we have both). We offer propolis diffusers with organic Italian propolis by request (propolis helps to bind mold & mycotoxins and is generally scentless unless you were to stick your nose directly onto the diffuser, in which case you’d smell the faintest bees wax scent). While we have no mold issues, we know the risk of cross contamination from other clients, who all bring their own unique load of spores into our environment.

We are a SHOES FREE environment without exception. We require shoes to be removed when clients enter our doors (we require this of every handyman, contractor, Comcast worker, washer machine delivery person, etc.). We had one person complain about our shoe free rule and we refunded them immediately as we will not compromise this standard for anyone. We offer slippers or slides to anyone who wants them and they are washed after each use. We have been shoes free from the inception of this business as shoes track parasitic eggs into our environment and we know many of you are working dilligently to address this with your doctors.

We run air purifiers with UVs at all times. We maintain our HVAC without chemical treatment & we change our filters each month.

We want you to feel safe here. We want you to know we’re making the environment safe with you in mind even when you are not here (as we know scents of people & cleaning products linger). We do not want you to leave your visit feeling worse due to scents. We also want you to know that most environmentally scensitive/reactive people breathe a sigh of relief when they enter our doors and realize that they do, in fact, feel very safe in this environment.