Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and the Nine Principles of Harmony offer a practical and accessible way to take step after step towards a more harmonious relationship—with yourself, with the people around you, and with life as a whole. In this workshop, you will learn Breema bodywork sequences and exercises that can become lifelong friends and allies. Whether it’s your first exposure to Breema or you have studied previously, you will have the opportunity to discover or deepen your connection to a new and meaningful way of moving and relating that can enrich every aspect of your personal and professional life.
In this workshop, you can begin a new relationship with yourself, based on the principles that maintain the overall harmony of the entire universe. We will practice Self-Breema exercises and partner bodywork sequences to create a foundation of practical understanding. Come for the entire workshop, or for either the morning or afternoon class.
We will offer short complimentary Breema bodywork sessions before the morning session, beginning at 9:30.
Schedule:
9:30-10:00am: Complimentary Breema bodywork sessions for anyone who wants. You are also welcome to watch and enjoy the atmosphere and the great variety of movement sequences in Breema.
10:00am-1:00pm: Morning Workshop
1:00pm: Short presentation to introduce our upcoming 12-Month Breema Practitioner Course
1:30-3:00pm: Lunch break
3:00-6:00pm: Afternoon Workshop
Cost:
$80 if paid by Feb 7, $100 thereafter. Partial attendance is available.
For more information please contact the Breema Center: 510-428-0937 or center@breema.com
Please wear comfortable long pants and socks. No fragrances, please. We will follow all current COVID guidelines.
CE is available for massage therapists and bodyworkers, nurses, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs, based on attendance. $10 fee for processing .
Instructors
Jon Schreiber
Jon Schreiber, D. C., director of the Breema Center and Breema Clinic in Oakland, California, has been teaching Breema in the U.S. and internationally since 1980. He has presented Breema at medical, psychology, bodywork, exercise, holistic health, and personal growth conferences. His numerous articles and books focus on the universal and practical philosophy of Breema. In his clinical practice, Dr. Schreiber uses Breema, Self-Breema, and the Nine Principles of Harmony to help patients discover...
Birthe Kaarsholm
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...
Alexandra Johnson, MD
I am a Family Physician, and have been a Breema Practitioner and Instructor for over 20 years. I have found Breema's non-judgmental atmosphere to be invaluable in working with any health condition. I am consistently amazed at the effect of Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and Nine Principles of Harmony in increasing vitality, addressing acute concerns, and offering new templates for relating to body, mind, and feelings. I began working as a Practitioner at the Breema Clinic in 2002, and...
Denise Berezonsky
Denise Berezonsky is co-author of Self-Breema: Exercises for Harmonious Life, Associate Director and Practitioner at the Breema Clinic and a Staff Instructor at the Breema Center. Denise has been working with Breema’s transformational approach to life since 1989 and in continuous practice at the Breema Clinic since 1991. She teaches online, throughout Northern California and in the Pacific Northwest.
"I love giving and receiving Breema bodywork. Breema, Self-Breema, and the Nine Principles...
Angela Porter
I have been a somatic therapist and professional counselor providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy since 1991. I was introduced to BREEMA in 1996 as the result of a profound injury/accident, and began studying in 1997. Now almost 30 years later, this wholistic, inclusive, common sense, principled practice and philosophy has become the foundation of my psychotherapeutic work. BREEMA is simple, practical, universal yet rudimentarily human, and offers us nothing less than...
Susan Mankowski
Susan Mankowski, LMT, BFA in dance, has been an Certified Breema Practitioner and Instructor in Santa Cruz, the Breema Center, and throughout the United States since 1998. She is a Staff member and Instructor at the Breema Center since 2012. Currently she is located offsite in Wisconsin and also instructs at Breema Center Intensives, for the practitioner program, and other onsite events.
As early as I can remember, I wanted to connect to life through touch, and movement. This interest grew...