Saturday, 25 October 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
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Breema for Harmony and Inner Balance - Breema Workshop

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Alexandra Johnson doing Breema bodywork at the Breema Clinic
In-person

Course Description

Breema bodywork and Self-Breema exercises are perfect expressions of the Nine Principles of Harmony, providing participants with tools for integrating body, mind, and feelings. Over time, they introduce us to entirely new and harmonious ways to experience and respond to life. We will learn partner Breema bodywork and self-care exercises that can be practiced anywhere, any time, to reduce stress and tension, enhance somatic awareness, and support vitality and presence. Rooted in principles of embodied connection and therapeutic integration, these practices are highly applicable in personal growth and professional contexts, including somatic and integrative psychology.

Taking this course, you will:

  • Deepen understanding of the Nine Principles of Harmony to foster psychological and somatic integration in therapeutic and personal contexts. Specifically, from these nine principles, you will be able to identify three  and articulate their relevance to therapeutic practice.

  • Enhance skills in self-regulation, resilience, and presence to support effective therapeutic and professional relationships. Specifically, you will be able to evaluate the physiological impacts of somatic practices on nervous system regulation and stress modulation.

  • Develop somatic practices like body-mind connection that support clients ability to bypass the associative process of the mind and use the body as a resource for reconciling traumatic experiences.  Specifically, you will be able to demonstrate three Self-Breema exercises and explain and explain their application in clinical and patient-care settings.

Nine Principles of Harmony

The Nine Principles (e.g., Body Comfortable, No Extra, Firmness and Gentleness, Full Participation, Mutual Support, No Judgment, Single Moment/Single Activity, No Hurry/No Pause) are foundational to fostering embodied self-awareness and therapeutic balance, providing both practitioners and clients with tools for achieving integration and presence.
 

Prices

$50 if paid by Oct 19 (Use coupon code EARLYBIRD)
$60 thereafter
First-timers attend at half-price (use coupon code NEW)

 

Schedule

10:00-10:15 AM: Welcome, instructor introduction, body-centered meditation. 
10:15-10:30 AM: Overview of Self-Breema exercises and the Nine Principles of Harmony. 
10:30-10:45 AM: Course guidelines, participant introductions. 
10:45-11:05 AM: Self-Breema exercises and their role in enhancing somatic awareness. 
11:05-11:40 AM: Partner Breema bodywork and its implications for relational presence. 
11:40-12:00 PM: Group discussion and reflection on experiential learning. 
12:00-12:30 PM: Partner exercises and experience exchange. 
12:30-12:45 PM: Group discussion and questions. 
12:45-1:00 PM: Closing meditation and announcements. 
 

Continuing Education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs

Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. 

The Breema Center is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT #128568) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs.  The Breema Center maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Requesting Continuing Education Transcript
Attendance hours are recorded for each class by a staff person. Upon registration or shortly after, the Registrar will contact the student to inquire if the student wishes to receive continuing education credit for the course they are taking.  When a student requests continuing education credit for completing a course, they are given a written evaluation form to complete. The $10 administrative fee is for verification of the hours attended, processing the form, and generating a transcript. Upon return of the evaluation form, our Continuing Education Administrator issues an Official Transcript (Certificate of Completion), which is sent to the student. A copy of the Official Transcript, and the completed Evaluation Form, are kept for our records. More information about continuing education offered by the Breema Center for CAMFT members, please visit: Breema CE info: CAMFT
 

More Information

  • Please wear comfortable long pants and socks. No fragrances, please. We will follow all current COVID guidelines.
  • Cancellation/Refund Policy
    A written copy of our cancellation and refund policy is provided by the Registrar when requested either in person, by mail, or by email. If the student withdraws before taking any of the course, the full amount minus a small administrative fee is reimbursed. If the student withdraws after completing part of the course, the amount to be reimbursed is computed on a pro rata basis, plus the aforementioned administrative fee. After reimbursement, a record of the withdrawal and the reimbursement made is kept in the student’s file.
  • Request Disability Accommodations
    For any type of disability, accommodations can be made for participation in the course by contacting our Registrar at 510-428-0937 or center@breema.com to discuss the needs of students.
  • Complaint Process and Grievance Procedure
    Breema Center policy is that open lines of communication are key in all professional relationships, that there are two points of view in every conflict, and that there is great value in approaching any conflict with an open mind and a willing heart to find resolution. A student or anyone with a complaint about the content of or their experience in a course they registered for, or the professional or ethical conduct of a Breema Instructor or staff member, should make a good faith effort to resolve that complaint by first contacting the Registrar directly to discuss the problem and find a resolution. If the problem is not satisfactorily resolved by direct or written communication with the Registrar, the complaint should be stated in a clear and detailed manner in writing (including the name, phone number, and contact information for the student) and submitted to: Jon Schreiber, Director The Breema Center 6076 Claremont Ave Oakland CA 94618 The complaint may also be emailed with “Attn: Jon Schreiber” in the Subject line to: center@breema.com and must be followed up with a written copy sent by mail. Upon receiving the written complaint, the Breema Center office will respond within 2 working days to let the student know that the complaint has been received and that it will be acted upon within 2 weeks. For additional information about the complaint process and grievance procedure, please contact the Breema Center.


For more information please contact the Breema Center: 510-428-0937 or center@breema.com

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Instructors

Angela Porter

Breema Center staff

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...

Birthe Kaarsholm

Breema Center staff
Breema Clinic practitioner

 

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...

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