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Healthy Living, LGBTQIA+, Massage

Happy Pride Month!

June is here! Summer is imminent, and Pride Month begins. 🏳️‍🌈

As assaults continue on the human rights of various marginalized communities, it is more than OK that we take some time to celebrate Pride. We can celebrate each other, and we need to remember history: how Pride month began, and what we have built over the past 50 years. Let us never forget Stonewall and what it cost those who came before us.

Since I’ve been alive, some great things have happened – from women being able open a credit card account without a man in 1974 to achieving marriage equality in 2015. That is huge progress in a relatively short amount of time. The assault once directed at gay and lesbian people has now been focused on the transgender community. We can continue to achieve progress as we have in the past, even though these feel like dark times.

How can you support the LGBTQ+ community? Support a queer-owned business! That includes Renu. Massage will benefit you and will give very needed support to a local small business that is both woman-owned and LGBT-owned. Times are extra challenging for small businesses, so supporting us in June and in general is huge.

Do you know what the flag represents? In 2018, Daniel Quasar reimagined the Pride flag by adding the colors of the transgender flag and also include other marginalized LGBTQ communities of color, community members lost to HIV/AIDS, and those currently living with AIDS.

The chevron pointing right indicates a need for forward movement and progress: may this remind us that progress is not a given; we must protect what we have fought for and continue to move in the direction of inclusion and equality, not taking for granted that these rights won’t be threatened.

Let’s all take some time to enjoy what has been achieved this Pride month. The news is daunting and depressing, so let’s celebrate our victories this month and energize ourselves for when more action is needed.  

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Body Treatments, Healthy Living, LGBTQIA+, Natural Remedies, Pain Relief

Enjoy Winter More with a Rainbow in Your Bath

Pretty soon the darkest day of the year will be behind us and winter will be here.

One great way to enjoy your self care is to indulge in a bath. With epsom salts and essential oils if you get chronic pain or tension in your muscles. Even better – get one of our Rainbow Bath Bombs with all that built in! You’ll get all the benefits of salts and oils, plus the fun of seeing a rainbow in your bath tub. It feels truly luxurious.

These fabulous bath bombs are on clearance just in time for winter, so get a couple at your next appointment – you will be glad you did!

Our assortment of locally made (right here in Madison) Rainbow Bath Bombs are absolutely beautiful! They will spin around and create a rainbow in your tub. There are unscented options and others with essential oils – a blend that is unique to the Renu product line.

Support TWO small businesses with your purchase: Renu and Witch Queen Workshop. And have a fantastic time in the tub! Baths are very helpful if you have chronically tight muscles – I take baths regularly with either these bath bombs or Epsom salts with essential oils as part of my pain management.

Pics and video on our website at the link above.

Happy Winter!

December 13, 2024/by Heidi
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LGBTQIA+

Happy Pride Month!

Did you know the Pride flag was redesigned in 2018? The original rainbow flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker in San Francisco. The Transgender Pride Flag was designed in 1999 by Monica Helms with white, pink, and light blue stripes. In 2018, Daniel Quasar reimagined the Pride flag by adding the colors of the transgender flag and also include other marginalized LGBTQ communities of color, community members lost to HIV/AIDS, and those currently living with AIDS. 

The chevron pointing right indicates a need for forward movement and progress; a needed reminder as we see several states enact legislation that endangers transgender minors and their families. May this remind us that progress is not a given; we must protect what we have fought for and continue to move in the direction of inclusion and equality, not taking for granted that these rights won’t be threatened. 

We need our LGBTQ members and allies, and we need to keep fighting, but there’s also times for celebration of how far we’ve come in this lifetime. Since I’ve been alive, some great things have happened: from women being able open a credit card account without a man in 1974 to achieving marriage equality in 2015. 

Let’s all take some time to enjoy what has been achieved! The news can be daunting and depressing these days, so let’s celebrate our victories this month and energize ourselves for when more action is needed.  

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Pride chocolates are back!

We’ve got the Pride Mini-Bars and the Raiinbow Caramels – pick some up next time you’re in.

May 31, 2022/by Heidi
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LGBTQIA+

Celebrate Pride with Chocolate

It’s almost June – Happy Pride Month!

Renu is thrilled to offer Pride Chocolates from Mayana in Wisconsin – another member of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Mayana commits 5% of all Pride Line sales during the months of June, July and August 2021 will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign. This family-owned business in rural Spooner, WI is proud to be an ally. 

They are DELICIOUS.

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Pride Bar: Featuring salted peanut caramel, peanut butter nougat, 66% dark chocolate and topped with rainbow sprinkles! This full size bar is big enough to share with ALL your friends and family. $8 each

Pride Bar Mini: Featuring salted peanut caramel, peanut butter nougat, 66% dark chocolate and topped with rainbow sprinkles! $4 each

 

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Pride caramels: Salted Caramel Hearts Hand Painted with Love. Six in a box each the color of the rainbow. $13 

 

 



Want to learn more about Pride Month? Here’s a good start. Happy Pride!

 

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May 27, 2021/by Heidi
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Healthy Living, LGBTQIA+, Massage

Love Is Love

Celebrate love all month long! 💞 💘 💝

You can spoil your loved one with a much-needed massage… Has anyone been feeling stressed this past year?!? 🙋🏻 Massage is the perfect gift!

You can add hot stones, aromatherapy, or both – for an amazing experience. They will love it. 

We offer online gift certificates as well as the more traditional, hand-written kind.
Prefer the latter? Contact us and we’ll make arrangements for you!

 

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Let’s focus on all that’s good right now – and also spoil each other!

February 1, 2021/by Heidi
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Healthy Living, LGBTQIA+, Massage

Are you tired of checking boxes that don’t fit? We got you.

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At Renu, we want to know your pronouns and your preferred name. We want you to feel nurtured and respected while we help you feel better physically. 

Life is a beautiful spectrum, and we are a safe space for everyone, regardless of where they may be on any given spectrum. 

We may not have our couples room available during the pandemic, but we can still be a place to celebrate any occasion, or even just the end of 2020!

Say “buh-bye” to 2020 by caring for yourself – get a massage today!

December 4, 2020/by Heidi
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Healthy Living, LGBTQIA+, Massage

Renu – Now at Greenway Station!

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2020 has been… tough to say the least.

But one great thing this year was our move to our own store front in Greenway Station. We are so thrilled!

We’ve got four private session rooms with a soothing decor and our very very own nongendered bathroom so no one needs to decide which box they fit in when given a binary choice; everyone can feel completely safe during all aspects of their visit with us – during their massage, before and after. We thrive on serving the queer community and being a safe space. 

Two therapists max will be working at the same time, so each session can be in a fresh, new room. See our Covid-19 protocols for all of our safety measures. We take this pandemic very seriously!

We can’t wait to work with you again!

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