We have moved to 2612 Quadra St., just north of Kings Ave., on the ground floor of Blue Bird Cabs!
In recent months the only thing I have had any motivation to post about on my personal social media accounts is so-called Artificial Intelligence. That is, exclusively hollering about its negative attributes, celebrating its economic and political stumbles, and enumerating its many deleterious impacts on humans and the world around us. What is the main…
Happy Spring! Or to the long-suffering seasonal allergy-havers of ‘Victoria’: our condolences! In Chinese metaphysics the astrological start of the yearly calendar begins with Spring, which starts in early February every year according to the luni-solar calendar followed by practitioners of classical Chinese medicine. The shift in seasons described in the luni-solar calendar lines up…
In a change that has been a long time coming, I have finally completed the legal name change I have been preparing myself for since I started at Heart & Hands. So, hi! I’m Jade Kulhawy-Bartlett, R.Ac. No more bracketing my ‘preferred’ name, which is an outmoded style that often confused more than it clarified….
When learning how to comprehend the basic principles of Chinese medicine, students are taught that all of the philosophical ideas that underpin the ideas of yīn and yáng, and the ways they are interrelated, can be mapped on to the tàijí – or what in the west we might hear people casually refer to as the ‘yin-yang…
One of the things I try to reinforce for every new patient after their first cupping & gua sha session – and periodically bring up as time goes on and the seasons shift – is how to care for their bodies in the few days following a treatment. After care is one of the most…
With the profile of both cupping and gua sha being on the rise in media and medicine in recent years, many people are coming to Heart & Hands entirely new to experiencing these therapeutic modalities. It is both fun and rewarding to introduce people to these unique tools, and people often leave their first session…
Our skin is an unsung hero of the body! We know that it protects sensitive inner tissues and organs from the outside world, but in addition to its work as a physical barrier our skin is itself an organ of our immune system. Western medicine (WM) has more recently recognized what Chinese medicine (CM) has…
We are excited to add a new acupunk to our busy, bustling Community Acupuncture schedule. To ensure things run smoothly, we are launching a few weeks of “trial run” shifts for Jade to find her groove and work out the kinks, prior to transitioning into our regular $30-60 sliding scale sessions! From October 16th to…
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