Birthe Kaarsholm

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Breema Center staff
Breema Clinic practitioner
Certified Breema Practitioner
Certified Self-Breema Instructor
Certified Breema Instructor

El Sobrante, CA 94803
United States

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Birthe Kaarsholm RSMT, CMT is a staff instructor at the Breema Center in Oakland, California where she has taught and practiced Breema since year 2000. She is a Registered Somatic movement therapist and a certified Body-Mind Centering® practitioner and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst®. With a life-long interest in working with the body, including physical theater, Body-Mind Centering and movement therapy, Breema’s approach to seeing the body as a vehicle to raise our level of consciousness has become her main focus. Birthe organizes and instructs Breema workshops and intensives in the US and Europe.

Blogs by Birthe Kaarsholm

When Your Hand Touches, You Are Being Touched ~ September 1, 2020

Where Is Home ~ March 27, 2020

  1. Connecting to Life - Bodywork, Exercises and Principles for Daily Life

    Hummingbird Valley

    1690 Glen Canyon Road
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060
    United States

  2. Breema Intensive in Bühl, Germany 2026

    Seminarhaus Waldmatt in Bühl

    Obere Windeck Str. 20
    77815 Bühl
    Germany

  3. Europäisches Intensivseminar in Graz 2026

    Studio Herzfeld

    Körösistraße 9
    8010 Graz
    Austria

  4. Be in Charge of This Moment

    Hummingbird Valley

    1690 Glen Canyon Road
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060
    United States

  5. Breema Workshop in Graz, Austria

    Shoonya Yoga Graz

    Sparbersbachgasse 40
    8010 Graz
    Austria

  6. Breema Workshop in Stockholm, Sweden

    Yogamottagningen

    Armfeltsgatan 23
    11534 Stockholm
    Sweden

  7. Breema for Presence in Movement and Touch

    Green Yogi

    2807 Telegraph Avenue
    Berkeley, CA 94705
    United States

  8. Breema – The Art of Being Present

    Waldviertel, Untere Bründlmühle 54

    3522 Großreinprechts
    Austria

  9. In the Present, Everything Supports You - International Breema Week 2026

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  10. Breema Workshop in Nussdorf am Inn, Germany

    KHÔRA-Loft

    Untersulzberg 97
    83131 Nussdorf am Inn
    Germany

  11. Breema Open Evening

    The Breema Clinic

    6201 Florio Street
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  12. In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  13. In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  14. In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  15. Touching the Essence in This Moment - Discovering Our True Nature through the Nine Principles of Harmony

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  16. Being with the Body, We Are Supported - The Practical Wisdom of Breema for Uncertain Times

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  17. Being with the Body, We Are Supported - The Practical Wisdom of Breema for Uncertain Times

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  18. True nature is supporting you, always and everywhere

    KooWo

    Rabnitzweg 18
    8063 Purgstall/Eggersdorf
    Austria

  19. Breema Workshop in Stockholm, Sweden

    Yogamottagningen

    Armfeltsgatan 23
    11534 Stockholm
    Sweden

  20. Breema Workshop in Hamburg

    Physiopraxis Odensass

    Beim Schlump 84
    20144 Hamburg
    Germany

  21. Birthe Kaarsholm

    El Sobrante, CA 94803
    United States

    Upcoming events

    Holiday event at the Breema Clinic
    Wed 3 December 2025 5:30pm–8:00pm
    PST

    Breema Open Evening

    You Are Invited
    Instructors: Denise Berezonsky, Angela Porter, Alexis Mulhauser, Birthe Kaarsholm and Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Clinic

    6201 Florio Street
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person
    Alexandra Johnson doing Breema bodywork at Hummingbird Valley in Santa Cruz, CA
    Sat 6 December 2025 10:00am–1:00pm
    PST

    Connecting to Life - Bodywork, Exercises and Principles for Daily Life

    Instructors: Jon Schreiber and Birthe Kaarsholm
    Hummingbird Valley

    1690 Glen Canyon Road
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060
    United States

    In-person
    Self-Breema
    Sat 13 December 2025 9:00am–9:45am
    PST

    Touching the Essence in This Moment - Discovering Our True Nature through the Nine Principles of Harmony

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm and Ann Hudson
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Practicing Self-Breema with friends on the lawn
    Tue 16 December 2025 9:00am–9:45am
    PST

    In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm and Susan Mankowski
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Breema Bodywork and Self-Breema
    Fri 19 December 2025 9:00am–10:30am
    PST

    Being with the Body, We Are Supported - The Practical Wisdom of Breema for Uncertain Times

    Instructors: Angela Porter and Birthe Kaarsholm
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person
    Practicing Self-Breema with friends on the lawn
    Tue 23 December 2025 9:00am–9:45am
    PST

    In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm and Alexis Mulhauser
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Breema Bodywork and Self-Breema
    Fri 26 December 2025 9:00am–10:30am
    PST

    Being with the Body, We Are Supported - The Practical Wisdom of Breema for Uncertain Times

    Instructors: Ariadne Thompson and Birthe Kaarsholm
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person
    Practicing Self-Breema with friends on the lawn
    Tue 30 December 2025 9:00am–9:45am
    PST

    In the Present, Everything Supports You - Introduction to the Nine Principles

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm and Alexis Mulhauser
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Practicing Self-Breema with friends on the lawn
    Tue 13 January 2026 9:00am–10:00am
    PST

    In the Present, Everything Supports You - International Breema Week 2026

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm, Susan Mankowski, Bernhard Kerbl and Nakhter Ahad
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Breema bodywork/ Self-Breema for East Bay workshops
    Sun 1 February 2026 1:00pm–4:00pm
    PST

    Breema for Presence in Movement and Touch

    Being, Right Now, Everywhere, Every Moment, Myself, Actually
    Instructors: Alexis Mulhauser and Birthe Kaarsholm
    Green Yogi

    2807 Telegraph Avenue
    Berkeley, CA 94705
    United States

    In-person

    Articles by Birthe Kaarsholm

    Mutual Support: Cultivating a Relationship With Others by Relating to Yourself

    Birthe Kaarsholm practicing Breema with a student
    By Birthe Kaarsholm
    Natural Awakenings Magazine — February 1, 2015
    Recently I took a few days off, and was looking forward to having some time to myself, and time for introspection to balance the outer demands of everyday life in the city. I was standing in the kitchen.
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