Christina & Veronica at Motherfest 2018!
Christina & Veronica are at here at Mothering Touch for a 4th year giving magical pokes to magical folks at MotherFest 2018!
Author: Christina Chan, R.Ac.
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Community Acupuncture is…
Community Acupuncture is SO MUCH MORE than affordable acupuncture: It is an innovative return to a traditional form of healthcare, provided in honour of its humble, barefoot roots It strives to be a safe space, welcoming earthlings of all shapes, sizes, genders & life experiences It is a business model that is built first &…
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Community Acupuncture 101: A Guide for aspiring students & practitioners
This article was originally published in the TCMABC Summer 2013 Currents Newsletter, which is no longer in circulation. Information-filled, this is a wonderful and brief introduction to our bread and butter, Community Acupuncture, which can be many things, but primarily a practice and business model, but also a vehicle for positive social change by providing…
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Community Acupuncture, deconstructed.
At Heart & Hands, we’re pretty passionate about supporting the Community Acupuncture movement as it is an authentic and sustainable way to support our community as well as ourselves. This is article will hopefully deconstruct the finer details of why and how this practice model works and why we think it is the future of…
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Socializing to create social change
Saturdays for me are always a monumentally looooong day. Beginning at work Saturday mornings 9-1pm followed by a marathon of errands to finish up the week so the clinic (and myself) are ready to rumble for Monday. Saturday March 10 was a particularly special day, for two wonderful reasons: #1. We broke a record by…
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Life vs. Responsibility
I spent my formative years, all through my teens into my early 20s sickly swollen and heavily medicated to suppress the raging systemic lupus I struggled with since the age of 13. Instead of experiencing those rights of passage that most youth partook – drinking, drugs, partying late, dating, travelling. Looking back, I put on…
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Knowing one’s abilities: capabilities and limitations
We have been working hard, pouring time, energy and $$ into this new clinic space now. I can see the finish line in the distance. But this week being the week I had chosen to reopen, the space just wasn’t where it should be and I was losing sleep over how unfinished the clinic would…
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Those live together, heal together
I still remember my first experience sitting in a group room watching individuals in recovery having tiny acupuncture needles gently placed in their ears. After, they spent 45 minutes quietly and peacefully seated with their fellow peers. I recall how beautiful and profound this was, for just this moment, these individuals were free of pain….
