Heart & Hands Health Collective
We are a Community Acupuncture & Holistic Health Collective in Lekwungen Territories (Quadra Village) sharing our nest with our sister business, Green Muse Herbs.
Heart & Hands Seeking Acupuncturist to offer Cupping (and possibly more…)
Heading into our 15th year of practice, Community Acupuncture has been our bread and butter, the engine driving our mission and principles at Heart & Hands. This practice model is a synthesis of all the elements that optimize the delivery of acupuncture to many, from our group treatment setting and sliding scale to our focus and dedication to Balance System Acupuncture and other distal style treatments that provide efficient and effective results.
We are primarily looking to fill vacant Cupping & Gua Sha shifts that compliment our Community Acupuncture services. This allows clients the option to book back-to-back Community Acupuncture sessions with Cupping. It is also a treatment alternative for clients who are needle-hesitant. Cupping & Gua Sha is already an established and highly sought after service, so this is a great opportunity to generate regular income.
Our intention is to find an individual who will integrate well into the Community Acupuncture practice at Heart & Hands.
With persistence and dedication, we have demonstrated that there is another, more innovative way to deliver traditional health care to our community. One that not only pays our bills, but also aligns with our politics and values. We invite inspired and motivated individuals who are looking for a long term “home” to join us.
Opportunities for Holistic Practitioners
Heart & Hands Health Collective, partnered with our sister business, Green Muse Herbs are looking for individuals who are social justice oriented, and interested in working with populations that may not have extended health benefits and/or those who are typically under-served by many holistic health services in Victoria.
Serving the community since 2010, Heart & Hands provides hundreds of streamlined acupuncture sessions each month, in a supportive group setting, all at an accessible sliding scale (currently $30-60/session). Community Acupuncture’s affordability, accessibility and inclusiveness makes it a profound tool for positive social change. Community Acupuncture reaches the segment of our community that is often priced-out of accessing higher-cost private practice acupuncture.
We look forward to co-creating a welcoming, inclusive, accessible and culturally grounded wellness hub in the heart of Quadra Village!
Pop-ups with Vic Lee Tattoos!
We are ecstatic to announce that Vic Lee Tattoos will be a welcome addition to the Heart & Hands team!
They will be bringing their joyful, silly and bright work to our Quadra Village space on a monthly basis!
They will be offering free consultations as well as a variety of flash and custom work all by sliding scale.
Their first pop-up date will be Saturday May 24th, 11am – 4pm. If you are interested in being adorned by Vic, click below to learn more and to schedule an appointment!
Heart & Hands, a Third Space and Community Acupuncture, a Third Culture
A place that isn’t at home nor is it at work, but another place. Some place in between that is also regularly frequented, where some folks will work, while some folks will hang out in leisure. A fixed location that is neither of the aforementioned places.
Based on this description, Heart & Hands / 2612 Quadra St is also a Third space and my practice of Community Acupuncture is also an expression of my Third culture. As Asian diaspora, 1st gen Hong Konger, Chinese-Canadian, I have an entirely different lived experience from my parents and my culture of origin. I’m neither fully Chinese, nor fully integrated or have been accepted by dominant, white Canadian culture, I am another secret, more complex 3rd thing. Through the process of navigating my ethnic-cultural identity, I have used Community Acupuncture as a bridge between my culture of origin, the culture of where I presently inhabit and a tangible means of sharing my Third culture with my surrounding community.