Friday, 14 November 2025 6:30pm - Sunday, 16 November 2025 5:00pm
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Meeting Life as it Comes

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Matthew Tousignant demonstrating Mutual Support in Breema bodywork
Breema Bodywork, Self-Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony
In-person

 

Sometimes life seems overwhelming. Personal and professional difficulties drain our energy. Even before we get out of bed in the morning, we start to worry about the things that might happen. If we learn how to face life with our body and mind connected, being present, we are much more able to deal with the events of life in ways that bring us harmony and fulfillment.

In this workshop, you will learn self-care exercises, partner bodywork, and Nine Principles of Harmony that support you to:
—Discover a way relate to yourself and others without draining energy
—Harmonize body, mind, and feelings
—Increase gratitude for everything in your life (even the things you don’t like!)
—Experience a new vitality and enthusiasm for life

You can participate in the entire weekend, or attend just one or more of the four workshops. Pre-registration is recommended. Call or email the Breema Center for more information. 

CE is available for massage therapists and bodyworkers, nurses, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. $10 fee for processing
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Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA

 

Weekend Schedule

Friday Open House:         6:30-7:00   Mini-sessions 
No Charge                          7:00–8:30pm  Class

Workshop:
Saturday:   9:30 am-12:30 pm    2:00-5:00 pm
Sunday:      9:30 am-12:30 pm    2:00-5:00 pm

 

 

Cost

10% discount if paid by November 4, 2025 — Use coupon code EARLYBIRD

    • $200 for the weekend ($180 if paid by November 4)
    • $60 per 3-hour workshop ($54 if paid by November 4)

     

    Meals are not included. Camping and limited accommodations are available onsite. See PDF for suggestions.

    Instructors

    Jon Schreiber

    Director of the Breema Center and Breema Clinic

    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...

    Alexandra Johnson, MD

    Breema Center staff
    Breema Clinic practitioner

    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...

    Kevin Johnson

    Kevin has been studying Breema for over 20 years.  He was drawn to Breema by its simplicity.  Since he began to practice Breema, he has found himself on a path of self-understanding.  This practice is not only for the classroom, but something he uses in his everyday life.  All he has to do is remember.  The more Breema he has in his body, the easier it is to remember.

     

    Denise Berezonsky

    Breema Center staff
    Breema Clinic practitioner

    Denise Berezonsky, CMT 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.

    "Breema, Self-Breema, and the Nine Principles have had a transformative effect on me...

    Laura Rawson

    Breema Center staff

    Laura Rawson LAc DACM CMT has been a Certified Breema Instructor and Practitioner for over 20 years. She is a Staff Instructor at the Breema Center in Oakland, CA, and teaches regularly on the West Coast and in the Midwest.

    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...

    Arlie Mischeaux

    Breema Center staff
    Breema Clinic practitioner

    Arlie began receiving Breema bodywork sessions in 1994 and soon after became a Certified Breema Practitioner and Instructor. Since then, she has dedicated her efforts to teaching and reaching more people with the essential, transformative method that Breema offers, via classes, workshops, and private sessions. Over the years, she has studied and traveled with a keen interest in expanding her experience and understanding of many traditional healing methods with native peoples, shamans, medicine...