We have moved to 2612 Quadra St., just north of Kings Ave., on the ground floor of Blue Bird Cabs!
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…
The H&H team is wishing you a SAFE & HEALTHY holiday season. If it is within your means please support local organizations that provide services to our unhoused community such as Our Place Society and The Mustard Seed. We kick off the New Year with a 1/2 day on Tues Jan 2nd and will back…
We will be periodically posting Western Herbal Medicine material on the H&H blog courtesy of our good friends at Green Muse Herbs. It is intended to compliment and support our acupuncture & TCM content as well as in solidarity of supporting other like-minded, community-based small businesses. We look forward to sharing the plant knowledge, wisdom…
With the growing tidal wave of COVID infections combined with the usual seasonal illnesses, Jade and Christina are taking the VERY IMPORTANT opportunity to remind our community that if you’re not masking in crowded spaces both indoor and outdoor, that maybe you should consider starting again. Seasonal gatherings are on the horizon, there is the holiday shopping…
Heart & Hands would like to do our part in raising funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis taking place in Gaza, the West Bank and other regions of the illegally occupied Palestinian Territories. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was specifically selected as they provide relief efforts on the ground in numerous conflict zones globally,…
One of the key systems of how we operate our Community Acupuncture practice is the all important Invisible Receptionist (IR). Our IR has been through multiple versions of refinement over the past 13 years, we feel at this point, our system is pretty dialed, including being almost entirely paperless – it serves 3 important purposes:…
A heads up that our schedule will be a little limited from Saturday Nov 25 to Saturday Dec 2nd as Christina will be taking a well-deserved week off for her birthday PLUS Jade will be headed to Vancouver to take part in levels 1 & 2 of the Balance System Acupuncture curriculum with Dr. Sonia…
We will be periodically posting Western Herbal Medicine material on the H&H blog courtesy of our good friends at Green Muse Herbs. It is intended to compliment and support our acupuncture & TCM content as well as in solidarity of supporting other like-minded, community-based small businesses. We look forward to sharing the plant knowledge, wisdom…
I started acupuncture when I was in 1st and 2nd year nursing school and I was how do we say it? Stressed out to the max and on the verge of breaking. Someone mentioned acupuncture and Heart & Hands was an affordable place I could go while living off of student loans. The environment is…
This promotion was a popular success when we ran it for the first time over the 2022-2023 season, so let’s do this again! We are living in increasingly uncertain times between climate emergency, growing socio-economic inequality, supply chain issues and food insecurity. It is with this in mind that we wanted to thank our unsung…
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