We have moved to 2612 Quadra St., just north of Kings Ave., on the ground floor of Blue Bird Cabs!
Here is a very old and inspiring Tibetan story (and one that couldn’t be more relevant for our busy, disconnected lives of the modern world): Long, long ago when the world was young and the tiger walked with the deer, there was a rich king who had four wives. The king loved his fourth wife…
I was recently reminded while receiving my own self-care of how our bodies are a vessel that holds our life experiences. It is a container for everything, large or small, of memories long forgotten and also memories held in the front of our minds. These memories percolate through our human fabric, into our sinews and…
Really absorbed in this authentic talk about the human condition, the perfect thing to stay inside and watch last Sunday Feb. 23 on a crappy, snowy afternoon. Dr. Gabor Maté gives us clues as to who we are when we are not addicted. Filmed January 9th, 2012 in Vancouver, B.C. as part of a launch…
Heart & Hands loves its acu-newbs and we love to ensure that everyone that takes a cruise in our recliner chairs walks out having had a fantastic experience and that their first try is in our community-style clinic setting. We all get poked together, we all nap together, we all feel better together :) Here…
At Heart & Hands, we are hardcore nap enthusiasts and any reason to encourage more napping, the better. Take for instance, this interesting article from Fast Company (click for full article): Studies of napping have shown improvement in cognitive function, creative thinking, and memory performance. Ready, set . . . snooze. How sleep affects us…
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the study of gynecology is a vast and detailed discipline help to shed light on the complex factors at play in female body. We pay a great deal of attention to every detail of the menstrual cycle from the age of menarche (1st period), to the length of the cycle,…
RMIT University academic Dr Zhen Zheng explains how acupuncture works.
This is a range of recommended treatment frequencies. The frequency of treatment is dependent on a variety of factors including health history, severity, season and/or climate, age as well as how your body responds to the first 1-3 sessions. The response to acupuncture varies greatly from individual to individual. Receiving acupuncture is a PROCESS that…
Shatavari’s blessing is not one of spiritual transcendence, or a blessing from high above, but a kind of embodiedness that brings us into the fat exuberance of being here; teaching us that heaven is neither below us or above us but found in the practical joys of everyday life; enjoying earths bounty in food and…
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