Heart & Hands

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Bee Green Magazine Interview: Meet Heart & Hands Health Collective

A lovely little excerpt from Bee Green’s Danielle Hobbs & Jennifer Davies interview with Christina Chan, R.Ac. A feeling of warmth and comfort enveloped me as I walked into Heart and Hands Health Collective to meet Christina Chan, owner of the business whose core model is community acupuncture.  Jennifer, my colleague, asked Christina if they…

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Heart & Hands, meet Dark Lab Studios…

Heart & Hands is tickled pink to be forever immortalized in comic book form courtesy of Trevor Burnett of Dark Lab Studios. We hope to host a little soiree in the new year to commemorate the mounting of the original artwork that was unveiled at our recent Dec. 15th Silent Auction FUNdraiser. And there are…

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Heart & Hands is not for sale, you cannot buy things that are priceless

Those who have been in my company know that I *should* really be catching up on sleep, but I shot out of bed this morning, compelled to get these thoughts and feelings out of my head and into writing. In the past few months I have experienced the sobering and spirit-crushing reality of what is…

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Wing Chun: Insights from a Community Acupuncturist

“What’s Wing Chun? Oh, you mean its a type of Kung Fu? Oh really? I thought acupuncturists were all mellow and Zen and stuff. So you mean you don’t do yoga?” As a community acupuncturist, my work is intentional, carefully calculated, supportive and oh so vewy, vewy quiet. I spend my week using my inside…

Chaos, controlled.

Chaos, controlled.

A large open space filled with bodies seemingly levitating off the ground. Its warm, almost a little humid and the light is soothingly dim. A low grade humming permeates through the room, flecked with mysterious, yet comforting music lulls people to sleep. Everyone’s movements are purposeful, gently entering and leaving the room abiding by unsaid…

My list of 3 things I love about Heart & Hands Community Acupuncture, by Dawn Marie Smith

In the raw and utterly spontaneously authentic. The longest and loveliest love letter our little poke factory has received to date! We love our work and we’re tickled pink that our clients love it just as much. Peace to you Dawn (our favorite princess & the pea). ~Christina Chan, R.Ac. Here it is, fuelled on…

Chinese Medicine wisdom and post-partum recovery

At Heart & Hands, we love our acu-mommas! Nothing more exciting than supporting the process of childbirth and in the last few weeks, it has been baby season! Lots of labour inductions! And, I’ve finally gotten into the habit of reminding our lovely mommas to check-in with us after the birth, just to know that…