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Health & Healing Services |
This guide to Torrance Memorial's Health & Healing Services describes therapeutic bodywork to both enhance the healing process and encourage a healthy lifestyle. Individuals who participate in these services enjoy the benefits of:
Decreased pain
Increased relaxation
Improved outlook on life
Improved coping skills
Stimulation of the self-healing process
Release of stress and tension
While individuals enjoy these benefits and more fully connect with their own inner resources for healing, coping, growing and taking charge of their own lives, these services are not a substitute for medical treatment.
Therapeutic Bodyworks
How to Schedule an Appointment
Call: 310-517-4701
Fees: ($45 to $75) 30 to 60 minute treatments
Where: 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance (located on the first floor of the West Tower)
Gift certificates available.
Massage
Beyond feeling good, therapeutic massage offers a range of benefits, including increased blood supply and nutrients to the muscles, removal of toxins and strengthening of the immune system. Massage types available include: Swedish, deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, shiatsu and pregnancy.
Reflexology
Reflexology offers gentle stimulation using thumb and finger techniques to activate nerve endings and reflex points in the ears, hands and feet. Reflexology sessions are deeply relaxing and help the body rejuvenate itself. Sessions are conducted with the client fully clothed.
Reiki
Reiki is an ancient system of balancing the energy fields of the body. A standard treatment includes the placing of hands on positions around the head, shoulders, stomach and feet. Sessions are conducted with the client fully clothed in a comfortable, relaxed position.
Acupressure
Acupressure is a healing art based on the principle that there are many energy pathways that feed life into the body. Acupressure and acupuncture employ the same philosophies, however, with acupressure only the gentle touch of the fingers is applied, no needles.
Harmonize Mind, Body & Spirit Classes
How to Register for a Class
For information about dates, times, locations, call 310-517-4701. Fees vary.
Aromatherapy for Daily Living
Discover how to use aromatherapy to restore mind and body for health and wellness. In this experiential presentation, you will learn which essential oils to use in the home and workplace for stress and relaxation.
Basic Meditation
Meditation is an ancient method of focusing the mind to cultivate awareness and achieve a higher state of consciousness. Those who participate in meditation have experienced lowered blood pressure and improved cardiovascular health.
Bones for Life
This series of classes uses gentle, safe and easy exercises to help prevent joint degeneration and is taught by a guild-certified Feldenkrais practitioner and registered physical therapist.
Flexible Body/Flexible Mind
Using the Feldenkrais Method, participants learn gentle movements which tap into the body-mind connection creating more flexibility of movement. Appropriate for all fitness levels, the class helps to facilitate freer, easier movement in a pleasurable way. This is a floor exercise class.
Guided Imagery
The mind communicates to the body through images. Participants will learn how to focus the mind on positive images to promote mental and physical health and to make desired lifestyle changes.
Qi Gong
Qi Gong is an ancient art and discipline that enhances the body's energy flow and improves general well being. This gentle practice is performed incorporating rhythmic breathing and has movements in standing, sitting and lying positions.
Reflexology
Reflexology particpants will learn gentle stimulation techniques of the feet and hands which help to refresh, renew, and most importantly relax the entire body. Classes combine lecture and hands-on experience.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan
T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a practice that inspires physical and mental well-being using slow, graceful movement.
Yoga Basics
Yoga seeks to balance the whole person and offers a remarkable range of health benefits including increased muscle tone and flexibility.
