About

Healing Harmony: TCM Massage & Beauty is a Calgary business founded by Iris Qu, specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices, including TCM massage, acupuncture, acupressure, and beauty treatments. Iris is a registered acupuncture doctor and massage therapist, renowned for her holistic approach that emphasizes wellness, harmony, and the mind-body connection.

In her TCM massage practice, Iris promotes good circulation, which is essential for enhancing QI and overall energy flow. Her TCM massage technique uniquely blends Western massage skills with TCM knowledge, activating meridian and acupressure points to foster balance and healing in both the mind and body. Iris believes that to effectively treat the body, one must also address the mind, creating a harmonious state of being.

Iris’s goal is to elevate the body’s energy levels, ensuring optimal well-being. Through her expertise in acupuncture and TCM, she employs a variety of techniques to alleviate pain, address chronic conditions, and promote emotional and mental wellness. Her treatments aim to induce calmness, create a sense of lightness, release energy blockages, and combat insomnia, stress, anxiety and depression, ultimately integrating body and mind healing for comprehensive harmony.

In addition to her therapeutic services, Iris offers TCM beauty treatments, which provide a natural alternative to cosmetic procedures. These treatments incorporate acupuncture, acupressure, myofascial cupping, and essential oils, all designed to enhance beauty from within.

Iris is deeply committed to her clients’ overall health and well-being, passionately guiding them toward achieving harmony between body and mind through her dedicated practice.

BIOGRAPHY

Iris Qu, the founder of Healing Harmony: TCM massage & beauty, is originally from Souhou, China, where she initially forged her career as an IT engineer and educator. In 2004, she relocated to Calgary, Alberta, where she dedicated 18 years of her life as a healthcare aide, providing compassionate support to the elderly and those in need within their homes.

Iris’s deep-rooted passion for caring for others led her to explore the profound benefits of traditional Chinese medicine, a practice with over a thousand years of history. Recognizing its potential to complement Western medicine, particularly in cases where conventional treatments fell short, she was inspired to pursue further education in this field.

She graduated from the CITCM Acupuncture & Massage Therapy Training in Calgary,AB earning her credentials as a registered massage therapist in 2020 and as a registered acupuncture doctor in 2022. Since then, Iris has been committed to her practice, focusing on alleviating pain and enhancing the quality of life for her clients. Her mission is to foster harmony and wellness in both body and mind through her therapeutic work.

Residing in Calgary, AB, with her husband, Iris finds joy in helping her clients achieve their health goals. Her spirituality plays a significant role in her life; she has been a dedicated practitioner of Buddhist Chi Gong for 30 years and frequently visits the Buddhist temple. In her leisure time, Iris enjoys immersing herself in nature and exploring new destinations, further enriching her holistic approach to well-being.