May is Bring a Friend (or your Mom) Month
Treat that parental figure in your life to some well-deserved self-care! Bring a friend to along to your appointment and EACH session is only $15!
April is Pay it Forward Month
This April, add a $2 donation on top of our $20-50 acupuncture fees & be entered in a draw for awesome H&H prizes. All proceeds go to funding Supportive Recovery Wellness programs at the PHS Douglas St, including Community Acupuncture!
Urban Plant Walk
Thu March 28 4:30-6:00pm + Thu April 18 4:30-6:00pm Heart & Hands Health Collective, 851 Cormorant Street, Victoria, BC Sliding Scale $5-$20 Facilitated by Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, Medical Herbalist. Take a walk around our local neighbourhood to learn about common local plants. Learn about how to use weeds and urban plants as herbal medicines and nutritious foods!
Healing Salve Workshop
Sunday March 31, 4:30-6:30pm Heart & Hands Health Collective, 851 Cormorant Street, Victoria BC Sliding Scale $20-$45 Facilitated by Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, Medical Herbalist. In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to make a healing herbal salve. Take home your own healing salve that can be applied to cuts, scrapes, bruises, burns and other skin irritations.
March is SPRING CLEAN Acupuncture Seat Sales!
Shake off your winter woolies with a generous dose of acu-naps! Acupuncture Seat Sales punchcards are available for the month of March! Your ticket to stress management, immune boosting and so much more with these convenient & affordable treatment packages: 3 sessions for $55 | 6 sessions for $105
SUNDAY Mar. 17th: Intro to Chinese Medicine Diet Therapy
Sunday March 17th, Coffee is hot and bitter in nature, while green tea is cold and bitter in nature. A workshop facilitated by Christina Chan, R.Ac., learn about the inherent nature of the food you eat and how to eat for your unique constitution.
SUNDAY Feb. 24, Take Home TCM: Neck & Shoulder Acupressure
Sunday Feb. 17th, Pain in the neck? Weight of the world on your shoulders? Are you a teeth grinder? Learn this simple sequence of acupressure points with a partner and let your tension melt away. Facilitated by Veronica Palmer-Jones, R.Ac.
February is Bring a Friend Month :)
What better way to spend Valentine's Day than acu-napping with your favorite person? Bring a friend to along to your appointment and EACH session is only $15!
6 ways to improve your digestion without spending more money!
By Susan Shields, R.Ac. and Veronica Palmer-Jones, R.Ac, your friendly neighbourhood community acupuncturists One of the most common things that we treat at Heart & Hands is digestion. Irregular…
SUNDAY Jan. 20, Take Home TCM: Moxa 101
Sunday Jan. 20th, learn the basics of the traditional technique of moxabustion in this simple workshop facilitated by Susan Shields, R.Ac. Moxabustion is especially ideal in climates such as ours on Vancouver Island, which is generally characterized as windy, cold and damp for most of the year. It can help warm up and dry out our bodies.