Healing Arts
1601 Barclay Street V6G 1H9 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Acupuncture & Qi Your body has a subtle layer or web of energy called Qi. Qi is the life force. When your Qi circulation is balanced you are in a state of optimum health and vitality.... The quality of your Qi and its circulation are directly responsible for the condition of your skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, blood vessels, organs and sense organs and your overall wellbeing. When your Qi is out of balance, your body sends out distress signals in the form of unhealthy symptoms. If you can imagine Qi this web of energy looking like a complex array of electrical circuits, you can begin to grasp the basic concepts of energy meridians and energy circulation. Meridians are channels that circulate Qi and blood. Meridians create a unified whole that allows different systems of the body to communicate and work together. Every organ has its own meridian and each meridian connects the interior of the body with the exterior. Your longest meridian (the Bladder Channel) travels from the inside of your eye, along the back of your body, until it terminates at your smallest toe. Acupuncture treatments rebalance Qi that has become stagnant, deficient, or excessive. Acupuncture points provide access to Qi along your meridians enabling practitioners to re-establish optimum health and well being.

Chinese Herbal Medicine / Custom Diets Custom diets designed to specifically treat your body’s healing needs. Eating the correct foods for your body can totally transform conditions of ill health and provide you with the nourishment needed to be full of vitality. Often simple changes in diet will resolve long-term symptoms and health challenges.... Chinese herbal medicine will heal your body in the same manner as food does. Herbs are left in their whole form, like whole foods they are digested and their properties are distributed through the body as nourishment. Chinese herbs are mixed together in combinations called formulas. Many of these formulas have been used for hundreds of years. When herbs are mixed together to create a formula the combination of herbs synergizes them into a common purpose, meeting your healing needs. The aim of the formula is to correct the imbalances that are causing symptoms to occur. If medicine is prescribed only to treat symptoms without addressing their cause, it is likely that the condition will become worse, even if temporary relief of symptoms is experienced. Custom-made formulas enable us to treat complicated diseases addressing both symptoms and their causes simultaneously.

Yoga for wrecks! Everyone is welcome! This class is ideal for anyone who wants a gentle approach to healing and promoting lasting good health. You don’t have to be a wreck to enjoy this class! This is a fun, easy approach to yoga that is suitable for any body.... How to take care of your joints. They are the spaces in your body that facilitate movement. The nature and location of meridians. They are the lines of energy that connect all of your body’s moving parts. To recognize your physical habit patterns. Over time, good patterns support you and unhealthy patterns break your body down. You can learn to change these. How to breath deeply, enhance relaxation and improve your mobility and strength. Classes: Where: West End Community Centre, 870 Denman Street When: Thursday and Saturday mornings, 10-11:15 am Cost: 13$ drop-in To register: contact the West End Community Centre By phone: 604-257-8333 Online: http://vancouver.ca/westendrec Where: Arbutus Club, 2001 Nanton Ave (must be a member) Friday 9-10:15 am Tuesday 6:45-8:00 pm (yoga for men)