Heart & Hands Health Collective

09/04/2026

Jade will be helping to ring in the school year with her usual Monday 9:30am - 2:15pm hours on Sept 7th.

Tame your back-to-school stress and anxiety, end-of-summer aches and pains and not to mention SUPPORTING YOUR IMMUNITY!!!

This is also a reminder to BOOK AHEAD for your fall season care, September and October are wide open. November's schedule will be open
in a week's time.

See y'all in a chair this long weekend 😴😴😴

09/01/2026

And now we begin, Welcome Meghan Thom, Clinical Counsellor & Supporting Immunity with TCM! - https://mailchi.mp/d214f8250a23/hhnewsletter-sept2026

08/31/2026

Our session will include a basic introduction to the TCM theory of immunity as well as teaching 3 practical and accessible and traditional approaches (1) Moxibustion, (2) Gua sha and (3) Lifestyle/diet therapy for supporting and/or rebuilding immunity.

This is a basic introduction to the TCM theory of immunity as well as teaching 3 traditional, practical and accessible approaches.

08/27/2026

Founded in 2010, Heart & Hands Health Collective is a grassroots, WoC+queer operated and social justice-focused Community Acupuncture and Holistic Health clinic in Lekwungen Territories, or the Quadra Village neighbourhood in Victoria BC. We share our nest and mission with our sister business, .

We are committed to exploring approaches to keep our services affordable, accessible and inclusive to a segment of the community that may not have extended health benefits and/or those who are typically under-served by many holistic health services. We are working class practitioners building and sustaining a practice serving working class people.

We believe that Community Acupuncture is a tool for social change, a way to honor the ancestral roots of barefoot medicine, a cultural bridge between modern and traditional, a thriving example of mutual aid, community care and economic justice in action as well as an innovative approach that makes acupuncture accessible and inclusive for many.

“Creating a space in which patients find refuge requires relying on my heart and my hands rather than on my head. Treating many patients in a single large room helps reinforce that the space belongs to them as much as it belongs to me. This is the space that working class patients need in their relationship with acupuncturists.”

~Lisa Rohleder, L.Ac.

08/25/2026

Jade gifted us another beautiful zine when they came in today for an acu-nap 🫶

Our clients do the coolest things ✨️

If you haven't already, please check out their work 🫰

08/23/2026

That's a wrap!

Despite the variable weather day, 28 folks were poked and chatted with many more about the benefits and importance of an accessible, affordable and traditional health care model such as Community Acupuncture ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿

Andie of Andie had their first opportunity to connect with the community outside of the clinic space ✌️

Sending a huge thanks to all the Q***r and Trans Farmers' Market 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ organizers and volunteers for making year 3 happen ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

08/22/2026

Andie getting ear acupuncture for the first time 👂👂

NADA is a 5 point protocol for addictions, stress, trauma and so so much more ✨️

NADA ear acupuncture is an adjunct therapy which is clinically effective, cost-efficient, drug-free and compatible cross-culturally. It has been incorporated within a variety of models and settings including behavioral health, addictions or disaster relief settings or any location where a group of people can gather together such as Q***r and Trans Farmers' Market 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈

If you're in need of some nervous system care, we're in Banfield Park until 6pm today ✌️

08/22/2026

Christina, Jade & Andie of Andie are at the Q***r and Trans Farmers' Market 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ serving up NADA ear acupuncture & skin/hand/foot care consults + coupons 🫶

Come over to Vic West and say hi!

We're here until 6pm 🫰

08/20/2026

Your friendly neighbourhood Community Acupunk, Christina & Andie, of Q***r Keratin would like to remind you that we will be at the Q***r and Trans Farmers' Market 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ this Saturday Aug 22 from 11am - 6pm!

Our tiny acupunking team of Jade & Christina will be serving up drop-in ear acupuncture sessions upon donation as well as providing information and resources about what Heart & Hands offers.

Andie will be providing waxing, hand & foot care consultations and coupons for their lovely services!

**Again, reminding you all that Heart & Hands will be closed this Saturday, so please head over to Banfield Park to check out everything the Farmers' Market has to offer!**

08/17/2026

A place that isn’t at home nor is it at work, but another place. Some place in between that is also regularly frequented, where some folks will work, while some folks will hang out in leisure. A fixed location that is neither of the aforementioned places.

A place that isn’t at home nor is it at work, but another place. Some place in between that is also regularly frequented, where some folks will work, while some folks will hang out in leisure.