Today we’d like to introduce you to Jenny Simpkins.
Hi Jenny, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Massage therapy wasn’t a choice for me at first — it was survival. In 2009, fresh out of a divorce, I moved from Southern California to Utah as a single mom. I was working as a CNA at our local hospital, and when there wasn’t enough work to make ends meet, I enrolled in massage school to pick up extra income.
Survival turned into passion. I watched what massage did for my own patients, took a leap of faith, and started my own practice — keeping my hospital job for the insurance while I built my business renting rooms here and there. Somewhere along the way I met my husband. Then came the next leap: quitting the hospital to pour everything into helping people in pain.
Then 2020 hit, and I thought my business would die. Instead, it flourished. Another leap and a small business loan later, Body Revive became a 2,500-square-foot brick and mortar with three massage therapists, two estheticians, and front desk staff — offering skincare, red light therapy, and our Fire & Ice cold plunge and steam sauna experience.
Earlier this year, my sister-in-law passed away unexpectedly. She was young, with a whole lifetime ahead of her. For years she’d struggled through mainstream healthcare — bounced between appointments without real answers, never feeling heard, never getting the support she needed. Losing her made me ask a hard question: why am I trying to serve everybody when I know exactly who needs us most — women just like her? I completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program and niched down. We’re now investing in education for true lymphatic care, manual and movement science, and deep tissue work that creates release without damaging tissue — building a supportive space for women navigating perimenopause, dysautonomia, and the seasons where your own body feels like it’s turned on you. We may not have every answer, but we have a space where women feel safe, feel heard, and never walk the journey alone.
And here’s something I believe: we’ve mislabeled self-care. It isn’t facials, nails, or dinners out. Self-care is having the energy to brush your teeth. Taking a bath. Getting the dishes done and being present with your family. When your body is turning on you — when it takes every ounce of willpower to do things that used to come easy — that kind of self-care can feel impossible. That’s where we come in: supported, nurtured care, where the guesswork is taken out and all you have to do is show up.
Body Revive is aiming to become the number one recommended space in Southern Utah for healing and supported care. Every leap of faith so far has said we’re on the right track
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Smooth? Not even close. Running a business is hard on its own — and when you’re growing, adding employees, and serving your community, it can look easy and fun from the outside. It isn’t.
There’s a scene in Ted Lasso I relate to deeply. Keeley, suddenly running her own company, has every minute of her day scheduled and spoken for — so she schedules herself an hour to cry. When another character walks in unannounced and finds her mid-tears, Keeley tells her she’s just going to have to deal with it, because this is the hour she set aside to let her frustrations out — and she’s not giving it up.
That scene hit me hard, because I’ve lived it so many times. When my sister-in-law died earlier this year, I still had a business to run. I still had employees to take care of. I still had to come in and run payroll. As the business owner, I don’t get funeral leave — the questions still need answers, the phone still rings, and all of it lands on me. The world did not stop because I was grieving, and I know I’m not special in that. That’s just the reality of running and growing a small business: the world doesn’t stop for you, so sometimes you have to schedule the moment to fall apart, and then get back up.
But here’s the thing — even when it gets that hard, I am so deeply passionate about what I do, my mission, and what I’m building, that this is still my happy place. Both things are true. That’s business ownership
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
Body Revive is a 2,500-square-foot wellness space in Southern Utah offering therapeutic massage, skincare and esthetics, red light therapy, and our Fire & Ice experience — cold plunge and steam sauna. But what we really offer is something I call supported care.
We specialize in clinically-informed bodywork: manual and movement science, and deep tissue work that achieves release without damaging tissue or causing more pain. And we’re actively growing into our next level of care — we currently have one therapist offering lymphatic massage, and we’re investing in advanced education to build true lymphatic care into a core specialty across our team. We’re also proud to serve those who’ve served — we work with veterans through the VA Community Care Network and with clients recovering from auto accidents through their insurance, because we believe therapeutic massage belongs in real healthcare, not just spa menus.
What sets us apart is who we’re building this for. Our heart is with women navigating the seasons no one prepares you for — perimenopause, dysautonomia, the years when your own body stops making sense. Mainstream healthcare often leaves these women bounced between appointments without answers, feeling dismissed and unheard. We can’t solve every problem, but we’ve built the space where they’re safe, they’re heard, and they never walk it alone.
What am I most proud of? My team. Every therapist and esthetician here leads with skill and heart — we invest continually in advanced education because our clients deserve providers who never stop learning.
If you’ve been told “everything looks normal” but you don’t feel normal — if you’re in pain, exhausted, or just need a place where someone actually listens — that’s exactly who Body Revive exists for. Come as you are. We’ll take it from there.
What was your favorite childhood memory?
I have so many, but the ones I treasure most are with my grandmother. For whatever reason, as a little girl I was obsessed with digging through her purse to hunt for brand-new shiny pennies — and I filled an entire piggy bank with the ones I pulled out of it. Since she passed away, whenever I find change somewhere unexpected, it’s always a brand-new shiny penny. I like to think that’s her, still letting me dig through her purse.
Pricing:
- Specialty Massage -$108-$177
- Swedish massage – $50 – $149
- Facials – $50-$150
- Memberships – $88 to $259
- Fire and Ice – $35
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.bodyreviveut.com
- Instagram: bodyreviveut
- Facebook: bodyreviveut
- LinkedIn: Jenny Simpkins
- Yelp: Body Revive
