Classes

Your Health Knowledge

We offer a number of different classes to help advance your health-related knowledge. Classes in general health education, childbirth, mind and body, health and wellness, life skills and much more are offered on a regular basis. Find the class that interests you below, click on class to read a full class description and to register.

CPR and Lifesaving Skills

Health Education Center
3105 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505. Get Directions

• BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Providers
• First Aid
• Heartsaver AED
• Infant and Child CPR
• Child Passenger Safety Class
• Pediatric Basic Life Support

Weight Loss

Classes are offered at Torrance Memorial Specialty Center

• Core4

Exercise and Movement

Torrance Memorial offers several ongoing Yoga, Tai Chi and other exercise and movement classes to keep a well-rounded fitness and wellness routine through out the South Bay.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505- West Tower. Get Directions

• B.E.S.T. Balance Checks - call to register 310-517-4711
• B.E.S.T.: Balance, Endurance and Strength Training - call to register 310-517-4711 (pre-test required)
• Fall Prevention and Balance Improvement
• Healthlinks Balance Checks - call to register 310-517-4711
• Power Balance
• Healthy Ever After for Kids

Center for Healthy Living (Malaga Cove)
2550 Via Tejon, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. Get Directions

• Chair Dancing
• Chair Yoga
• Dancing to the Oldies but Goodies
• Healthy Back: The Feldenkrais Method for Strengthening Your Back
• Healthy Brain: The Feldenkrais Method for Boosting Your Brain
• Intermediate Mat Pilates
• Muscle Strengthening | 4 Week Course
• Posture is Power | 4 Week Course
• Strengthening with Hand Weights
• Stretching for Better Balance | 4 Week Course
• T’ai Chi Ch'uan
• Unity 2-Day
• Unity 3-Day 8:15 am
• Unity 3-Day 9:15 am
• Yoga Basics
• Yoga Basics/Restorative Yoga

Health Education Center
3105 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505. Get Directions

• Chair Yoga to Improve Balance and Strengthen Bones
• Feldenkrais Chair Lessons
• Healthy Bones: The Feldenkrais Method for Improving Bones
• Inner Core Fitness
• Integrated Yoga
• Lymphatic Flow Chair Yoga
• Mat Pilates
• Postnatal Yoga
• Prenatal Yoga
• Sounder Sleep
• T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• Walking Qi Gong (Guo Lin Qi Gong)
• Yoga for Balance
• Yoga for Fibromyalgia
• Yoga for Osteoporosis | 4 Week Course
• Yoga for Wellness
• Somatic Yoga Therapy

Torrance Memorial Specialty Center
2841 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505. Get Directions

• Cardiac Rehab Fitness Program - Monthly and Quarterly
• Pulmonary Rehab Fitness Program - Monthly and Quarterly

Expectant and New Parents

Classes are offered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center campus

• Baby Steps (Maternity Tours)
• Breastfeeding Clinic
• Infant and Child CPR
• Infant Massage
• Newborn Baby Care
• Postnatal Yoga
• Prenatal Breastfeeding
• Prenatal Yoga |
• Prepared Childbirth
• Sounder Sleep

Health and Wellness

Classes are offered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center campus, in the Health Education Building

• Advance Health Care Directive
• Advanced Care Planning for Smarties
• Eat Clean & Green: Plant Base Living Group
• Gardening (held at Columbia Park or the Health Education Center)
• Medication 101
• Meditation Circle (see Support Groups)
• Smoking Cessation
• Questions for the Pharmacist

Preoperative (Pre-Op)

Classes are offered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center campus

Torrance Memorial offers preoperative educational classes for patients and their families to attend prior to having surgery.

• Hip and Knee
• Mastectomy/Breast Reconstruction

Senior Resources

Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505- West Tower. Get Directions

• AARP Driver Safety
• Advance Health Care Directive
• B.E.S.T. Balance Check - call to register 310-517-4711 (pre-test required)
• B.E.S.T.: Balance, Endurance and Strength Training - call to register 310-517-4711 (pre-test required)
• Fall Prevention and Balance Improvement
• HICAP
• Medicare Community Education
• Medicare Insurance Consultation (HICAP) - call to register 310-517-4711
• Medication 101
• Power Balance
• Questions for the Pharmacist
• Seniors, Don't Be Scammed
• Smoking Cessation

Center of Healthy Living (Malaga Cove)
2550 Via Tejon, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. Get Directions​

• Chair Dancing
• Chair Yoga
• Dancing to the Oldies but Goodies
• Healthy Back: The Feldenkrais Method for Strengthening Your Back
• Healthy Brain: The Feldenkrais Method for Boosting Your Brain
• Intermediate Mat Pilates
• Muscle Strengthening | 4 Week Course
• Posture is Power
• Somatic Yoga Therapy (MC)| Somatic Yoga Therapy 4 week
• Strengthening with Hand Weights
• Stretching for Better Balance | 4 Week Course
• T’ai Chi Ch'uan
• Unity 2-Day
• Unity Basics 3-Day
• Unity Advance 3-Day
• Yoga Basics
• Yoga Basics/Restorative Yoga

Health Education Center
3105 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505. Get Directions

• Caregiver Training Part I |Caregiver Training Part II TBA
• Caring for Someone with Dementia
• Chair Yoga to Improve Balance and Stregthen Bone
• Eat Clean & Green
• Feldenkrais Chair Lessons
• Healthy Bones: The Feldenkrais Method for Improving Bones
• Integrated Yoga
• Lymphatic Flow Chair Yoga
• Mat Pilates
• Sounder Sleep
• T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• Walking Qi Gong (Guo Lin Qi Gong)
• Yoga for Balance
• Yoga for Fibromyalgia
• Yoga for Osteoporosis | 4 Weeks Course
• Yoga for Wellness
• Yoga Therapy/Somatics

Torrance Adult School

• Chair Yoga
• Caregiver Training

Stress Management

Classes are offered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center campus, or in the Health Education Building

While elimination of stress is unrealistic, management of stress is an attainable and realistic goal that can be achieved by a number of strategies. Torrance Memorial Health and Healing Center offers stress management classes to reduce stress, decrease anxiety, restore energy, and improve concentration.

• A Taste of Meditation
• Emergency Energy Kit (EEK)
• Gardening
• Guided Imagery
• Healing Touch as Energetic First Aid
• How to B.E.A.T. Everyday Stress
• Reiki Circle
• Reiki Exchange
• Meditation Circle (see Support Groups)
• Smoking Cessation