Heart & Hands Health Collective

Our focus is providing compassionate and accessible services to our community. Our mission is to transform community health into community wealth. Acupuncture treatments offered in a supportive group setting at sliding scale rates. Community acupuncture is affordable and accessible health care.

https://www.heartandhandscommunity.ca/

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Guest Post: Herbs to hold close during the fall seasonal transition
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 27, 2023

We will be periodically posting Western Herbal Medicine material on the H&H blog courtesy of our good friends at Green…

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$25 Cash Happy Hour is BACK on Thursdays!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 25, 2023

With the cost of living rising and that we have a few quieter times in our Community Acupuncture schedule, we…

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I can safely say my mental health during this time would have been much different without these appointments and the support of the staff
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 24, 2023

I started acupuncture when I was in 1st and 2nd year nursing school and I was how do we say…

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November – January: Supporting our Victoria-area Farmers, 2nd Edition!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 23, 2023

This promotion was a popular success when we ran it for the first time over the 2022-2023 season, so let’s…

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A year’s worth of acupuncture needles
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 18, 2023

Ever wonder what a year’s worth of needles looks like at a bustling, high volume Community practice like H&H? And…

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I am grateful for this community and now believe in the power of acupuncture and TCM.
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 16, 2023

I came to Heart & Hands earlier this year after I suddenly lost hearing in my left ear due to…

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Thank you, Heart & Hands, for all the ways you have held me in your hearts and hands
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 14, 2023

When I walked into my first acupuncture at Heart & Hands on June 3, 2021, I had no idea how…

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Soup season is upon us: the TCM energetics of why!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 12, 2023

Sweater weather is upon us, so this is also your PSA to GET ON THE SOUP TRAIN… to get you…

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Masking is harm reduction
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 11, 2023

It acknowledges that the pandemic is not the thing of the past. It is a simple act that can be…

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I so deeply appreciate the Heart & Hands Health Collective, and the gifts it has given me over the last 11 years
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 5, 2023

Heart & Hands Health Collective has been a true blessing since I started working with the clinic in 2012. I…

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Happy 13th, Heart & Hands
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective October 5, 2023

“The ways we can make new, what was previously lost and I think that becomes one of the central questions…

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RECAP: Community Acupuncture fundraiser in support of Community Food Support Victoria!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 28, 2023

A HUGE thanks to all the acu-nappers who joined our napping party Sept 7, 14, 21 and 28! Esp with…

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Closure Saturday Sept 30th for the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 23, 2023

Book your October acu-naps! The H&H team will taking the day to reflect upon the ongoing colonization of the unceded…

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Lower Cost Trial Run Community Acupuncture with Jaay (Jade) Kulhawy-Bartlett, R.Ac.!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 21, 2023

We are excited to add a new acupunk to our busy, bustling Community Acupuncture schedule. To ensure things run smoothly,…

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Supporting Immunity using Traditional Chinese Medicine: Workshop at Victoria Anarchist Book Fair
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 19, 2023

Getcher MOXA ON and other such excellent immunity boosting strategies!! Learn some basics for supporting and building immunity based on…

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H&H turns 13: enter our Humans of Heart & Hands Drive!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 15, 2023

We love community. And we love stories. Humans of Heart & Hands is a collection of practitioner, volunteer & client…

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Unmasking Jade
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 15, 2023

My name is Jaay (Jade) Kulhawy-Bartlett (she/her) I am a 14th generation settler to the lands of this continent, at…

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Poached pears for moistening the Lungs & Large Intestine!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective September 5, 2023

In TCM, the Lungs are a “tender organ”, kinda like Goldilocks ;) They prefer moderate conditions that are not too…

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H&H Acupunks Fall Season Tips
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective August 28, 2023

As much as we’d like to ignore it, summer has gradually been winding down with shorter days, chillier evenings and…

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Community Acupuncture fundraiser in support of Community Food Support Victoria!
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective August 20, 2023

We’ve decided to kick off the school year by support another important organization in Lekwungen Territories! With ever-increasing socio-economic inequality…

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A little about Jade
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective August 14, 2023

Jade (she/her) is a white, trans woman settler who came to holistic medicine after 7 years of work in activist…

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On Capitalism
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective August 12, 2023

Community Acupuncture ain’t sexy, at times, it is honest, thankless and NECESSARY hard work. And I cannot deny, some weeks…

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DIY Electrolyte Drinks, courtesy of Sarah Strohan, R.TCMP.
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective August 12, 2023

With the weather getting very HOT this week it is important in addition to drinking enough fluids to also replenish…

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There is no other space I feel safer or more supported to get poked, accept surrender, and feel release.
ByHeart & Hands Health Collective July 28, 2023

My love for H&H began in November 2020 — a time when my body was wracked with anxiety and change….

Read More There is no other space I feel safer or more supported to get poked, accept surrender, and feel release.