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“Slow and Warm”: How to care for your body after Cupping & Gua sha, by Jaay (Jade) Kulhawy-Bartlett, R.Ac.
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“Slow and Warm”: How to care for your body after Cupping & Gua sha, by Jaay (Jade) Kulhawy-Bartlett, R.Ac.

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…

Harmonizing with the Fall season, by Jade (JO) Oswald, R.TCMP.

Harmonizing with the Fall season, by Jade (JO) Oswald, R.TCMP.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the season of Fall is associated with the Metal phase or “element”. The natural movement of the metal phase is of contraction or gathering of energy for storing. Think plants dying back to store its energy in their roots, trees dropping their leaves to prepare for dormancy, or bears gathering…

SEEKING: Donations for our Fundraising Prize Draw!

SEEKING: Donations for our Fundraising Prize Draw!

In celebration of Heart & Hands’ 14th and Green Muse Herbs’ 4th anniversaries, we are preparing to run a digital prize draw from November 1st -15th! We are aiming to collect a mindfully curated variety of local goods and services, not to mention our draw being just in time for the holiday shopping season!! If…

Final post-reno sneak peek: Fresh windows, fresh signage & a fresh start!

Final post-reno sneak peek: Fresh windows, fresh signage & a fresh start!

After weeks of delays from our landlord’s building insurance, new glass is up and Chris and Stu of Dobell Sign Co. have been back to repaint our signage. It finally feels like our space is complete and we can start getting back to work AND our clients won’t be as confused about where they are…

H&H acu-nappers receive discount for Green Muse Herbs Immune formulations!

H&H acu-nappers receive discount for Green Muse Herbs Immune formulations!

We wanted to encourage and entice more of our H&H clients to take advantage of all of the abundant herbal, educational and ceremonial offerings from Green Muse Herbs AND more importantly, it’s been a pretty respiratory virus riddled summer and many of you are heading into the fall season with thrashed immune systems :( This…

Bara Acu, Heart & Hands and Green Muse Herbs pop-up Sunday August 25th!
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Bara Acu, Heart & Hands and Green Muse Herbs pop-up Sunday August 25th!

Sunday August 25, 11:00am – 4:00pm2612 Quadra St. (North of Quadra & Kings) We had a BLAST during July’s pop-up, so we’re doing it again!! If you missed it last month, please do join us August 25th :) We’ll be sharing the Sunday again with Bara Hladik‘s monthly holistic massage pop-up! So if you’re new to both…

Somatic Sex Education 101 Waking Up The Hands: What Happens In a First Session?

Somatic Sex Education 101 Waking Up The Hands: What Happens In a First Session?

Some Somatic Sex Education (SSE) exercises may seem deceptively simple for how impactful they can be. There is a difference between knowing something in our mind versus learning something in our body. Many of us get a lot of practice enduring unpleasant sensations and turning our inner voices down. The world often does not have…