Heart & Hands Health Collective

12/06/2025

Vic is back for another monthly pop-up Saturday December 27th, 11:00am – 4:00pm!!

So if you're looking to adorn your body with something colourful, silly and joyful, look no further. Book yourself a session for either flash, custom work or just a consult to plan out the tattoo of your dreams!

Vic's upcoming pop-ups into the new year are:

Saturday January 31st, 11:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday February 28th, 11:00am – 4:00pm

To learn more about Vic's work or to schedule an appointment with them, visit our link in bio!

12/04/2025

If you're still looking for stocking stuffers, we have a handful of options to show off your H&H pride as well as ways to keep one's body toasty and vital this winter!

Show off your H&H pride with our fine selection of H&H goodies! We have the following items available for sale in our lobby! Also…If you have that person in your life that keeps complaining about…

12/02/2025

Use it or lose it...

As the year soon comes to a close, which also happens to be the darkest, most stressful and sickness-plagued time of year, what better time to remind everyone that there is a way to MANAGE the craziness of the season!

We are officially 4 WEEKS AWAY from the end of 2024 and this your opportunity to kill two birds with one stone! Use up your unused extended benefits and/or MSP supplementary benefits AND get the TLC you need to stay grounded and healthy heading into the holiday season!

Book ahead, so you receive the care you need and also a reminder that we are OPEN between Christmas and New Year's for all your acu-napping and Cupping+Gua Sha needs.

FYI, our January schedule also opens up in the next week, so invest in your future self by booking your New Year's sessions too!

See you at the office!

12/01/2025

Community Acupuncture holiday hours, Vic Lee December Pop-up, Green Muse Herbs holiday gift guide! - https://mailchi.mp/a8c5802bcbe5/hhnewsletter-dec2025

11/27/2025

Here are just a few of the MANY things we've tackled this busy, illness-filled November using Community Acupuncture!

If you are unfamiliar with the wonders of Community Acupuncture, in a nutshell, it is acupuncture treatments offered in a supportive group setting at $30-60 sliding scale rates. We provide treatments consisting of distal points (arms, legs, head, ears) while comfortably lying in zero gravity recliner chairs.

Acupuncture is a dose dependent therapy and that the benefits are achieved by frequency, and less so by individual doses. Therefore, the appropriate treatment plan is key in assisting the gradual process for resolving issues and promoting recovery. It becomes more accessible for clients to access as much treatment as often as they need.

Community acupuncture = affordable and accessible holistic health care.

11/24/2025

Hi, I’m Bre (she/they). I’m originally from Prince Edward County and Newcastle, Ontario, on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat and
Mississauga peoples. I came to acupuncture through my own lived experience with chronic illness, and it’s been a steady anchor for me ever since. It’s been a long-held dream to pay that care forward.

Hi, I’m Bre (she/they). I’m originally from Prince Edward County and Newcastle, Ontario, on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat and Mississauga peoples.

11/20/2025

If you have that person in your life that keeps complaining about their lower back, neck pain, insomnia, painful periods, headaches and/or just really needs support unwinding ’cause it’s so damn stressful right now…this is a simple way you can treat your loved ones to some well-deserved self-care.

We have denominations of $30, $60, $90 and $120 available, all redeemable for our Community Acupuncture and/or Cupping & Gua Sha services!

Give the gift of health of health & wellness for the holidays 🎁

11/17/2025

This is the perfect time to remind our large clientbase of the treasure trove of medicinal, culinary, ritual and educational products sister biz, Green Muse Herbs has intentionally curated for all your holiday gift needs!!

We’d also like to remind our clients. you will receive a 10% discount off products recommended by members of our H&H practitioner team ;)

This is the perfect time to remind our large clientbase of the treasure trove of medicinal, culinary, ritual and educational products sister biz, Green Muse Herbs has intentionally curated for all…

11/13/2025

https://www.heartandhandscommunity.ca/2025/10/gathering-warmth-a-foot-soak-for-the-kidney-channel-a-collaboration-between-bre-johnson-dip-of-acupuncture-green-muse-herbs/

In Chinese medicine, each season carries its own rhythm and medicine, gently guiding how we live and care for ourselves. While the Western calendar marks the beginning of winter at the solstice…

11/10/2025

Heading into December AND with Christina being away Nov 19 - Dec 5, our schedule is busier and ever!!

We'd like to remind everyone that JaneApp has a handy wait list function to help you make appointment requests. Our schedule is in constant flux due to busy schedules and being in the thick of cold/flu/COVID season, so openings are constantly becoming available!

First, select the type of treatment you wish to book.

If the time frame you are looking for is booked up, never fear...just click on the link on the BOTTOM LEFT of our booking page and add yourself on the waiting list.

⚠️ Most importantly, please remember to set the desired time frame you are available so you get the booking you require and not send our H&H acupunks on a wild goose chase because you didn't communicate your needs. ⚠️

⏰️ We are often solo during our shifts, so we are usually busy with clients and aren't always available to answer the phone or reply to emails. Using the wait list is more efficient and ensures your requested availability is readily available if a suitable time slot opens up. ⏰️

We probably sound like a broken record, but BOOKING AHEAD is the surest way to get the appointments you need, not to mention that advanced planning is a good step towards committing to a course of treatment!

Using the wait list helps us help you get the treatment you need.

Thank you in advance for using it!

11/06/2025

Use it or lose it...

As the year soon comes to a close, which also happens to be the darkest, most stressful and sickness-plagued time of year, what better time to remind everyone that Community Acupuncture as well as Cupping+Gua Sha are here to help you MANAGE the craziness of the season!

We are officially 8 WEEKS AWAY from the end of 2024 and this your opportunity to kill two birds with one stone! Use up your unused extended benefits and/or MSP supplementary benefits AND get the TLC you need to stay grounded and healthy heading into the holiday season!

And BTW, December's schedule is NOW OPEN and our holiday hours are already blocked out, so head over to our link in bio to book ahead...our schedule has been filling fast!

11/03/2025

It's that time of year again 🎉🎉🎉

One of the things Christina looks forward to each fall is the release of the new Hope in Shadows calendar and she happened to visiting the traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples to pick up the new 2026 calendars in-person at headquarters 👏👏👏

These new calendars will adorn the Heart & Hands lobby and clinic rooms in the new year as we've always done for the past decade 🫶

Every year in May, our Hope in Shadows calendar project engages up to 150 Downtown Eastside (DTES) community members in a photo contest. Participants are provided a theme, disposable camera and training on how to gather consent from photo subjects, and sent out into the streets for 5 days to take images of their lives. Returned cameras are developed, resulting in up to 2500 images for a jury of community members and staff to parse down to the Top 30.

Starting in October, the calendar is purchased by Megaphone vendors for $10 and sold on the street for $20, with vendors keeping the profits. Every year, dozens of vendors return to Megaphone during the calendar season to sell calendars to be able to afford holiday gifts for friends and family, or to increase their income.

Despite communities grappling with poverty and social marginalizion being subject to extensive scrutiny and reporting, the media rarely captures the complete story. Hope in Shadows showcases photography that counters prevailing narratives and captures the essence of marginalized communities with familiarity and affection. It allows participants to reclaim their image.

To get your own, visit www.megaphonemagazine.com