Susan Mankowski

The meaning of Breema, which is "the activity of the body when I am present," has fueled my professional studies and embodied my life with a new essential posture for thinking, feeling, and moving.

Beginning in 1995, my study of Breema introduced to me the a new dimension of consciousness and presence which is available as an experience of the self through body-mind connection. For over 20 years, I have actively instructed in Santa Cruz, at the Breema Center in Oakland, and throughout the United States. I became a staff member of the Breema Center in 2012 and continue to work both on and offsite.

Background; My study of the body began as a child with a love of movement as an interpretive  and spontaneous expression of music. Years later, I formalized this education at the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a BFA focused in Dance and the Arts. During this time I was introduced to the field of somatic therapy and healing which I pursued in my studies since 1981. From 1985 to 2008 I engaged in a bodywork practice introducing Breema bodywork as a complimentary option supporting health and harmony as staff of Jade Mountain Integrative Health Clinic, Dakota Chiropractic, and several Physical Therapy clinics within Santa Cruz county in California. My activites in the community also included over 20 years of private practice and offering weekly classes in Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony and extensive outreach at Health Fairs, local Festivals, and presenting to both Allopathic and Holistice groups of interest.

Image

Blog Posts