Elaine Pendergrast

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

Oakland, CA 94618
United States

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Elaine started studying Breema in 1991, and soon became a Certified Practitioner and Instructor. On staff at the Breema Center, she teaches classes there regularly, and has presented Breema at many outreach events to new people at workshops, conferences, health fairs, retreat centers, and other venues around the country. She has also been a Practitioner at the Breema Clinic for many years and enjoys working with new and established clients.

Blogs by Elaine Pendergrast

Moving from Complication to Simplicity ~ October 15, 2018

  1. The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  2. The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  3. The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  4. The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  5. The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  6. Finding Your Center - Breema Workshop

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  7. Bringing Harmony to Life - Breema Bodywork

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  8. Bringing Harmony to Life - Breema Bodywork

    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

  9. Elaine Pendergrast

    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

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    The Art of Nonjudgmental Touch
    Tue 22 July 2025 7:00pm–8:30pm
    PDT

    Bringing Harmony to Life - Breema Bodywork

    Instructors: Birthe Kaarsholm and Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person
    Students practicing Self-Breema exercises together.
    Sun 3 August 2025 9:00am–10:00am
    PDT

    The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    Instructor: Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    The Art of Nonjudgmental Touch
    Tue 26 August 2025 7:00pm–8:30pm
    PDT

    Bringing Harmony to Life - Breema Bodywork

    Instructors: Elaine Pendergrast and Denise Berezonsky
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person
    Students practicing Self-Breema exercises together.
    Sun 7 September 2025 9:00am–10:00am
    PDT

    The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    Instructor: Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Students practicing Self-Breema exercises together.
    Sun 5 October 2025 9:00am–10:00am
    PDT

    The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    Instructor: Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Students practicing Self-Breema exercises together.
    Sun 2 November 2025 9:00am–10:00am
    PST

    The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    Instructor: Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    Students practicing Self-Breema exercises together.
    Sun 30 November 2025 9:00am–10:00am
    PST

    The Heart Opens in the Moment - How the Nine Principles of Harmony Help Friendships Flourish

    Instructor: Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    Online
    The Art of Nonjudgmental Touch
    Sat 13 December 2025 9:30am–5:00pm
    PST

    Finding Your Center - Breema Workshop

    Instructors: Alexandra Johnson, MD, Laura Rawson, Denise Berezonsky and Elaine Pendergrast
    The Breema Center

    6076 Claremont Ave.
    Oakland, CA 94618
    United States

    In-person

    Articles by Elaine Pendergrast

    3 MTS Explain how Breema Supports Their Practice

    Breema Bodywork
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    Massage Magazine — September 25, 2023

    3 MTS EXPLAIN HOW BREEMA SUPPORTS THEIR PRACTICE

    September 25, 2023
    Elaine Pendergrast

    Breema is a holistic system consisting of Breema bodywork, Self-Breema movements, and the Nine Principles of Harmony. All three aspects are a support for being present both in bodywork practice and in daily life.

    For this article, the author interviewed three active licensed massage professionals, who are also long-time Breema practitioners and instructors. All three said Breema is foundational to enhancing their self-care and client care, and finding long-term fulfillment as massage therapists.

    ...
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    Bringing Harmony Into Daily Life

    Students practicing Self-Breema in a class
    By Luna Lacey and Elaine Pendergrast
    Natural Awakenings Boston — September 1, 2018
    Breema is the art of being present. As a practice that nurtures the wholeness of the individual, Breema has the profound effect of supporting students to experience their body, mind and feelings working...
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    Breema: Presence and Harmony

    Arlie Mischeaux gives a Breema bodywork session
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    Wholistic Heartbeat, March 2017 — March 17, 2017
    I recently did a Breema bodywork session at an open house event. The person I worked with had no idea what to expect, but was enthusiastically invited by a good friend who had received...
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    Take Time to Nurture and Renew Yourself

    Laura Rawson giving Breema bodywork to client
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    The Sonoma County Gazette: Community News Magazine May 2016 — April 2, 2016
    We’re all under the pressure of time. Our fast-paced, event-filled lives can create physical and psychological stress and take a toll on our health. To counteract the effects of so much activity, we need some simple...
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    Where There Is Harmony, There Is Health

    Laura Rawson practices Breema bodywork with a recipient
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    Natural Awakenings Magazine — February 1, 2015
    If we look into the meaning of the word “health,” we see that the root relates to wholeness. But how often do we experience a sense of wholeness? Our minds are usually in conflict with our feelings and our bodies...
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    Coming Home to Yourself, Wherever You Are

    Salena Irion shares Breema bodywork with a recipient
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    Sonoma Gazette, Spring 2013 — June 14, 2013
    After chopping apples for several minutes, I scooped them into a bowl and the movement of my arms reminded me that I have a body. I stood in front of the table briefly, and let that fact sink in.
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    True Nourishment is in the Moment: Interview with Katherine Correa

    Laura Rawson gives a Breema bodywork sequence
    By Elaine Pendergrast and Katherine Correa
    B.Real Magazine - January/February 2012 — February 19, 2012
    In a recent conversation with Katherine Correa, a friend and colleague in Nashville, I discovered I didnʼt know how she became interested in Breema, a comprehensive system we both practice which includes...
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    Being with the Body, We are Supported

    Salena Irion practicing Self-Breema exercises on the floor
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    B. Real Magazine — February 13, 2012
    What if you could feel more comfortable being in your body, and could move more naturally with greater fluidity and ease? What if you could do simple, joyful movements that would support being...
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    Principles for Presence in Daily Life

    Felipe De Oliveira gives a Breema bodywork session to a recipient
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    B.Real Magazine — February 7, 2012
    If we look, we see that the events of life are constantly pulling our attention in different directions, draining our energy in the process. Feeling under the pressure or time, we multitask and are rarely fully available...
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    Practice for Living: Breema teaches ‘Art of Being Present’

    Practitioner gives a Breema bodywork treatment
    By Elaine Pendergrast
    Many Hands - New England's Magazine for Holistic Health - Sep 2008 — September 1, 2008
    Breema is a transformational system of self-discovery consisting of bodywork sequences (movements done with another person), Self-Breema exercises (movements done on one‘s own body), and a universal...
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