FIRST CULTIVATED FROM A TREE IN 6000 B.C., OLIVE OIL IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INGREDIENTS IN COOKING. BUT IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED IT FOR SHINY HAIR, SUPPLE SKIN, SOFT LIPS OR ANY OTHER BEAUTY REGIMEN, YOU’RE IN FOR A TREAT.
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Located about an hour south of Santa Barbara in a key ocean side location, hundreds of acres of farms and wineries, invigorating sea breezes and temperate California temperatures, Ventura is a perfect location for a spa weekend... at Spa by Diane Loring, Inc. Read More...
SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. in 805 Living
We are excited to announce that SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. was featured in this month's issue of 805 Living magazine!
Our fearless leader Diane Loring was featured alongside some other incredibly inspiring women entrepreneurs.
SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. featured in 805 Living's Holiday Issue
We are excited to announce that SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. was featured in this month's issue of 805 Living magazine!
Our Surf and Spa packages with world champion surfer and author Mary Osborne were featured in the article.
Nurture your spirit. Reclaim your diva. Bond with your friends! Ventura offers a great getaway in a spectacular coastal setting. "This One's for the Girls" getaway package with SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. and the Marriott Ventura Beach.
Coastal Living - July/August 2008
"What's really breathing life back into these treasures, however, are the eateries and shops that draw weekenders. Many of the historic Victorians now house businesses, including the blissful SPA by Diane Loring. East Main Street buzzes with vintage clothing stores, cafes, and wine bars."
Discover Ventura County - 2008
"Located at the historic Victorian Love House, SPA by Diane Loring showcased local artists and infuses a warm communal vibe into its full salon and signature spa services. A spacious couples room is reserved for any two people "who like each other".
Pasadena Magazine - Ventura's Best Bets - October 2007
"When it comes to spas, Ventura offers an ecstasy of choice. One of the best, however, is SPA by Diane Loring, located in a great Victorian building called the Love House. Treatment prices here are more reasonable than what you'll pay in the L.A. area, and the walls here are hung with paintings and photographs by Ventura artists...the Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub is one of the SPA's signature treatments; this mind/body aromatherapy journey ends with glorious massage and hydration that revitalizes skin and senses...the same can be said about vistiting Ventura...a gem on the face of California."
805 Living - September 2007
"Looking for a No-Cal, No-Fat Chocolate Fix? The SPA by Diane Loring in downtown Ventura offers two decadent chocolate treatments. The sensual Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub uses chocolate scented oils and honeyed sugar to exfoliate, smooth, and hydrate your body. Think chocolate is fattening? On the contrary! Try the aromatic Chocolate Contour Body Wrap, which uses antioxidant-rich chocolate clay to tone and firm your skin. The spa is located in the historic Love House, a sprawling mansion built in 1903 by Ada McCoskey, the widow of prominent Ventura physician, J.H. Love. It's the perfect spa setting - and a treat in itself."
Live, Love, Travel - September 2007
Situated just off the main drag, on Figueroa Street, Spa by Diane Loring is located inside the historic �Love House,� a Victorian-styled masterpiece gracing the town since 1903. Like the building housing 71 Palm Restaurant, the Love House is now a California Historical Landmark.
The Spa offers numerous treatments including deliciously chocolate spa treatments in a divine setting. There is the Chocolate Mineral Buff ($75), which is an hour-long massage with the spa�s own chocolate aromatherapy oil, which is mixed with sea salts to exfoliate and hydrated the skin. The equally luscious Chocolate Contour Body Wrap ($75) begins with exfoliation. The body is then painted in Chocolate clay and wrapped in hot towels for fifteen minutes, then cleaned and then rubbed with hot chocolate oils for 35 minutes.
My visit included a one-hour deep tissue rub-down performed by Heather, one of the spa's most skilled massage and skin specialist's. The way she kneaded my sore muscles was a work of art. I felt like a slab of dough transformed into an rejuvenated pizza pie, with all the toppings. I felt so great after the massage that i wanted a glass of wine to go with the flow...
Yogi Times - July/August 2006
"Here you will find superb yoga classes in intimate, airy, sunlit rooms, a lengthy menu of massage and bodywork options and a full service hair salon...its also worth noting that the attentive and polite massage therapists at Loring's Love House live up to their establishments name. Their body work is deeply nurturing."
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Kay Harwell Fernandez, (Freelance Travel Writer), reviews Spa by Diane Loring's Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub and her 'Double Trouble' Cookies on Kay's new app, 'Chocoholic Traveler'. Read More & get the App! Visit Kay on Facebook
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Spa by Diane Loring, Inc. Resident Artist/Clinical Psychologist
Casa Pacifica to Receive Donation
Casa Pacifica Magical Vision Board Luncheon on VVB
Michael Powers, Ventura County Executive Officer, Makes First Purchase of Official Casa Pacifica Magical Vision Board
Art Show to Assist Casa Pacifica
Dr. Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia Interviewed on KEYT
Dr. Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia speaks about "Holiday Stress and How We Cope with It in This Insane Environment" with KEYT's Tracy Lehr.
Dr. Partridge de Garcia on KEYT!
Check out the video clip from her interview with Tracy Lehr
Psychologist to speak about dreams and mental health
September 15, 2010
by Alicia Doyle
Ventura County Star
Camarillo psychologist Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia will present a free talk on dreams and their correlation to mental health and brain stimulation on Sept. 30 in Ventura.
“Dreams are significant because they let you know something about yourself,” she said. “You are the creator of your dreams. So what are you trying to communicate to yourself?”
Presented by Spa by Diane Loring Inc. as part of an ongoing speaker series, the presentation will take place at the Pierpont Racquet Club.
Speaker to address stress and brain aging
March 31, 2010
by Alicia Doyle
Ventura County Star
Camarillo clinical psychologist Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia, using research that shows the brain can be improved and enhanced as we age, will present “Stress Related Aging of the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Memory Loss” on Thursday at the Pierpont Racquet Club in Ventura.
“In the last five to 10 years, the body and brain have become a popular topic,” said Partridge de Garcia, who specializes in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. “In 1996, there was a breakthrough in research showing that right up to the last moment before death we are creating brain cells, negating the belief for the last 30 years that each year as we age, our cells died, never to be re-created.”
Presented by Spa by Diane Loring Inc. as part of an ongoing speaker series, the free presentation is for people of all ages who want to learn how to maintain a healthy brain as well as how to recover brain cells that were lost because of poor nutrition and lack of exercise.
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SPA Misc. News
An Interview with Dr. Lendl,
WISE Sports Psychologist,
EMDR-PEP in the Sports Arena
Thanks to Dr. Lendl for her enormous contribution to WISE, Women Involved in Sports Evolution, since it's inception, 16 years ago! Read more of the story on Examiner website
Fundraising Luncheon Honoring Dr. Pedro E. Garcia was a Success!
The Camarillo resident and USC Professor was honored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the Tower Club in Oxnard. Read more of the story on KEYT website
"Congratulations Dr. Pedro E. Garcia, the beautiful mystery voice of spa answering machine, and Dr. Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia! You are both the hope and inspiration of what it means to be an American! Possibilities are endless!" ‐ Diane Loring
Author will discuss the effects of meditation walks
May 11, 2010
by Alicia Doyle
Ventura County Star
Working full time with a part-time job on the side, Sondra Briggs was searching for peace and serenity in her life when she discovered a simple walk along Port Hueneme Beach could meet her needs.
“Traditional sitting meditation wasn’t for me. It made me antsy,” recalled Briggs of Somis, who lived at Port Hueneme Beach for nearly two decades. “As I walked daily on the beach and allowed the natural beauty there to fill my senses, I found the peace I was looking for. Each day when I returned home, I wrote a few paragraphs in my journal. These entries became the basis for my book.”
Soon after writing “Port Hueneme Beach Walks, My Pathway to Peace,” published in 2008 by Neshama Press, Briggs was approached by friends and neighbors who wanted to come along.
“They asked me to lead them on my path to peace; they requested a schedule for the next walk, so I set a time, and people came,” said Briggs.
Post-traumatic stress not limited to vets
by Alicia Doyle
Ventura County Star
October 19, 2009
From the sexually abused to car crash survivors, those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder aren’t just veterans but anyone affected by something in their past that keeps them fearful in the present, according to Priscilla Partridge de Garcia of Camarillo, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating the anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event.
Loring spa leaves Love House
(VC Reporter Online 7/16/09)
After five years, Spa by Diane Loring Inc. will be closing the doors this week on its third and most recent location at the Historic Love House in downtown Ventura....
For Loring, the closing of the Love House location represents a conscious, vision-driven move rather than a loss. “As an entrepreneur, I had a vision of creating a headquarters, and doing some restructuring,” she said. “We did it, and that vision is done. This was and will be a positive experience.” The spa still lives at its two other locations, the Pierpont Racquet Club and the Pierpont Inn, where it has been thriving for the past 22 years.
Psychologist Known for Work in Community Returns (Ventura County Star)
She's back.
A true renaissance woman, Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia has excelled in so many areas it is hard to quantify.
A noted clinical psychologist, she also is an avocational artist, an author and a pioneer in the area of helping women in particular excel in their lives.
She has returned to Ventura County to assume the psychology practice she kept up for the past seven years commuting from Nashville, Tenn.
PhotoVentura comes to the Historic Love House Gallery (Ventura Star)
Gail Lansbury's "Lonely" is one of many photographs featured in the special exhibition at the Historic Love House Gallery at SPA by Diane Loring, Inc.
We were also very honored to have legendary actress Angela Lansbury (right) grace us with her presence during the welcoming reception in support of her sister-in-law along with Gail's husband Bruce (left).
Woman Not Alone After Divorce Author Says ( Ventura Star)
Divorce doesn't need to have such a negative stigma attached to it, said Diane Loring, owner of SPA by Diane Loring at the historic Love House in Ventura, host of Lehr's book signing Sunday.
"Leslie's book will undoubtedly open up the opportunity for positive discussion about life after divorce and the endless possibilities for success and happiness, whether a person remains single or goes on to get married again," said Loring, 56. View Full Article
Taekwondo News
Ventura’s Diane Loring won two gold medals at the USA Taekwondo Southern California State Championships at Pomona.
Diane Loring of Ventura wins gold, bronze at U.S. Open
Diane Loring Wins 2013 US Open Taekwondo Championship!!
Diane Loring, Wins Big at 2012 USA Taekwondo National Championship!
Diane Loring Wins Gold & Silver in State Championships
Diane Loring earns 2nd Black Belt!
Diane Loring, 2012 USA National Taekwondo Championship!! KEYT-
VC Star - 5.29.12
Ventura Breeze - 5.2.12
California State Taekwondo Championships, Diane Loring Brings Home Gold & Silver Medals
U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships, Diane Loring Brings Home Gold & Bronze Medals
2011 Pan Am Open International Taekwondo Champion
Ventura, CA (October 9, 2011), Diane Loring, Executive Director of WISE, Women Involved in Sports Evolution and Owner of Spa by Diane Loring, Inc., wins 3 Gold Medals and one Silver Medal at the 2011 Pan Am Open, International Taekwondo Championships, October 6 – 9, in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Diane Loring, wins Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in her age group at 2011 U.S. National Taekwondo Championships held in San Jose, CA June 27th-July 3rd.
As a bodyguard, Diane Loring of Ventura believes that using force should be the last resort. "The most powerful ability is being able to read a potentially volatile situation and incorporate every diplomatic means to diffuse and resolve it without employing any response or act of aggression," said Loring, 56.
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Nurture your spirit. Reclaim your diva. Bond with your friends! Ventura offers a great getaway in a spectacular coastal setting. "This One's for the Girls" getaway package with SPA by Diane Loring, Inc. and the Marriott Ventura Beach.
"What's really breathing life back into these treasures, however, are the eateries and shops that draw weekenders. Many of the historic Victorians now house businesses, including the blissful SPA by Diane Loring. East Main Street buzzes with vintage clothing stores, cafes, and wine bars."
"Located at the historic Victorian Love House, SPA by Diane Loring showcased local artists and infuses a warm communal vibe into its full salon and signature spa services. A spacious couples room is reserved for any two people "who like each other".
"When it comes to spas, Ventura offers an ecstasy of choice. One of the best, however, is SPA by Diane Loring, located in a great Victorian building called the Love House. Treatment prices here are more reasonable than what you'll pay in the L.A. area, and the walls here are hung with paintings and photographs by Ventura artists...the Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub is one of the SPA's signature treatments; this mind/body aromatherapy journey ends with glorious massage and hydration that revitalizes skin and senses...the same can be said about vistiting Ventura...a gem on the face of California."
"Looking for a No-Cal, No-Fat Chocolate Fix? The SPA by Diane Loring in downtown Ventura offers two decadent chocolate treatments. The sensual Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub uses chocolate scented oils and honeyed sugar to exfoliate, smooth, and hydrate your body. Think chocolate is fattening? On the contrary! Try the aromatic Chocolate Contour Body Wrap, which uses antioxidant-rich chocolate clay to tone and firm your skin. The spa is located in the historic Love House, a sprawling mansion built in 1903 by Ada McCoskey, the widow of prominent Ventura physician, J.H. Love. It's the perfect spa setting - and a treat in itself."
Situated just off the main drag, on Figueroa Street, Spa by Diane Loring is located inside the historic �Love House,� a Victorian-styled masterpiece gracing the town since 1903. Like the building housing 71 Palm Restaurant, the Love House is now a California Historical Landmark.
"Here you will find superb yoga classes in intimate, airy, sunlit rooms, a lengthy menu of massage and bodywork options and a full service hair salon...its also worth noting that the attentive and polite massage therapists at Loring's Love House live up to their establishments name. Their body work is deeply nurturing."
