wellbeing centre

Work on the YMCA Well Being Centre was started in September 2007 after a successful BIG Lottery funding application through West Midlands Regional Assembly and the Living Well in the West Midlands project.

All the services have been delivered in partnership with Sandwell Primary Care Trust and a number of other organisations. This exciting project has brought a range of superb new initiatives to the heart of Sandwell:

Aromatherapy: Proven relaxation and de-stressing benefits will be delivered at highly affordable prices - if the price has always been a barrier before, it needn't be now!

Indian Head Massage: Indian Head Massage originated from India some years ago. The therapy works wonders within their culture and has been proven to reduce stress and ailments. It can help relieve stress, headaches, depression and insomnia to name just a few.

Mindfulness: is a natural awareness that we all have, which we can develop more deeply and helpfully in our daily lives, enabling us to live life more fully. We become more in touch with what is going on in our mind, body and environment, including subtle details of changing experience inside and around us.

Light Box Therapy: This effective therapy, which is specifically for people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). If the winter brings you down, 20 minutes of reading/having your breakfast in front of one of our 6 lightboxes (in 3 different locations in Sandwell) will help combat the blues.

Reflexology: Reflexology has been used around the world for many centuries. It is a holistic therapy which is used for rebalancing the whole body and reducing toxins, stress and ailments and also to restore the body’s natural energy flow. The feet are thought to be mirrors of the body’s organs, systems and glands. The whole body is mapped onto area of the feet called reflex points. Extensive research over the years has proven this theory to be correct.

For more information about these services, please call Reception on 0121 524 1950