Breema for Somatic Therapists

Name: Breema for Somatic Therapists - Alexandra Johnson MD
Uploaded: 2026-01-08T05:01:16-08:00
Description: Deepen Your Therapy Practice Through Presence, Touch, and Body-Mind Connection

Deepen Your Therapy Practice Through Presence, Touch, and Body-Mind Connection

Learn Breema to expand your therapeutic capacity, bring balance to your own practice, and transform how your clients experience connection and support in the therapeutic process. .

A New Way to Work with Your Clients

Where Somatic Therapy meets Body-Mind Connection

If you work with the nervous system, trauma, emotions, or somatic practices, you already may know:

✔️ Techniques are only as effective as your presence.
✔️ A client’s system shifts when your system is regulated.
✔️ Real change comes from within ourselves, and not from force or ideas.

Breema gives you a direct, practical method to cultivate the qualities that make somatic therapy effective:

Groundedness
Body-mind connection
Non-judgmental approach
Receptive touch
Nurturing and supportive presence

Through simple, deeply restorative movement and touch, Breema helps your own nervous system settle — and that shifts everything in the therapeutic relationship.

Breema isn’t a technique you apply to someone.

It’s rooted in the recognition that to support others to come to balance, you must start within yourself.

Testimonials

Ariadne Thompson, LMFT, Breema Practitioner and Instructor, Somatic Therapist

Brandon Steele, LMFT, Breema Practitioner, Somatic Therapist

Steve Brodsky, LMT, Breema Practitioner and Instructor Instructor, Massage Therapist

Choose Your Path

New to
Breema? Start Here

Experience Breema for yourself

• Feel how receiving Breema bodywork brings your own nervous system into balance
• Learn practical tools for bringing more presence and body-mind connection into your sessions

Book a Breema Session

Already a Somatic Practitioner?

Explore how Breema enhances your existing modality

• Learn supportive partner sequences
• Shift from “doing” to “being with”

Learn Breema for Healthcare Professionals

Ready for Breema Certification?

165-hour certification pathway

• Hands-on training at the Breema Center and international workshops and intensives
• Deepen your capacity for being present in your profession and your life

Explore Certification

Why Somatic Therapists Love Breema

Because Breema gives you a solid foundation for your work

Breema supports your body’s innate intelligence, offering tools essential for trauma-informed and somatic work:

Nervous system regulation - Breema supports co-regulation from the inside out—starting with yourself
Practical tools for being present - Instead of managing or controlling your state, you experience groundedness.
Non-judgment + mutual support - You access the relational qualities your clients feel immediately.
Safe, connected touch - Partner sequences offer a framework of safety, clarity, and consent.
Integration with ANY modality - Therapists, SE practitioners, SEP, IFS, Hakomi, NARM, yoga therapists, and bodyworkers all use Breema to deepen their work.

About Breema: A Missing Piece in Somatic Work

Breema is a universal method based on Nine Principles of Harmony, including:

This makes Breema uniquely accessible and deeply supportive for:

Instead of techniques, Breema offers a direct experience you can return to again and again — in session and in daily life

How Breema Supports Your Clients:

A balanced practitioner creates a balanced field.

Your clients may experience:

greater capacity to receive touch
decreased hypervigilance
increased interoceptive awareness
deeper rest and release
more access to emotion without overwhelm
increased connection to body and breath
reduced anxiety
feeling seen without judgment

Transforming Patient Outcomes

Breema helps both patients and practitioners develop a deeper connection between body, mind, and emotions, leading to greater resilience and vitality. It offers a toolkit for self-care and balance—creating an essential foundation for health and well-being.

Dr. Johnson has seen remarkable results by integrating Breema into her practice:

Patients experiencing chronic stress or burnout
Individuals struggling with fatigue or low energy
Those in high-stress professions looking for greater resilience, well-being, and meaning in their lives
Those seeking balance between work, family, and self-care
Patients facing emotional challenges impacting their lives
People looking to develop a healthier relationship with food, movement, and self-care

Who Can Benefit from Breema Training?

Somatic practitioners of all kinds:

Somatic Experience (SE) practitioners
Therapists and LMFTs
IFS practitioners / somatic IFS
NARM therapists
Hakomi practitioners
Yoga therapists
Embodiment coaches
Massage therapists + bodyworkers
Energy workers
Trauma-informed practitioners
Craniosacral therapists
Somatic life coaches
Mindfulness teachers

If your work involves the nervous system, touch, breath, presence, or regulated relational field — Breema can support you.

Meet Our Somatic Therapists

Dena Ehrlich, MFT

Somatic Therapist in Santa Cruz & Oakland

Somatic Psychotherapy, Breema Bodywork & Expressive Arts. Dena Ehrlich, M.A. MFT, is a trauma-informed somatic therapist in Santa Cruz and certified Breema practitioner offering warm, body-centered therapy for children, teens, and adults.

She helps clients navigate challenges like overwhelm, relationship issues, grief, and the effects of childhood neglect with compassion and presence. Her integrative approach includes Breema bodywork, expressive arts, sandtray therapy, and herbalism — tailored to each person's unique needs.

–Child and teen therapy in Santa Cruz
–Trauma and childhood neglect
–Overwhelm and anxiety
–Relationship challenges
–Grief and loss
–Expressive arts and sandtray therapy

Hear From Dena

Location: 1690 Glen Canyon Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 · (510) 213-8634
Also seeing clients in Oakland — [exact Oakland address: contact for details]
Online therapy available throughout California
Serving: Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Santa Cruz County, and Oakland/East Bay
Session Fee: $205 per 50-minute session

Angela Porter, LMFT

Somatic Therapist in Oakland

Somatic Psychotherapy, Breema Bodywork & EMDR. Angela Porter, M.A. MFT, is a somatic therapist in Oakland specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, familial pattern and legacy work, and couples therapy.

She trained in Gestalt, body-centered, and somatic therapy at Esalen Institute and Counseling Psychology at The Wright Institute. Angela is both an instructor and practitioner of Breema and a certified EMDR practitioner. She serves as adjunct faculty at CIIS and is a staff instructor at both the Breema Center and The Psychotherapy Institute.

–Trauma therapy and PTSD (including EMDR)
–Anxiety and depression treatment
–Familial patterns and legacy work
–Couples therapy in Oakland
–Clinical supervision for new therapists

Location: Oakland, CA — Greeting Health Clinic
Serving: Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont, Emeryville, and the greater East Bay
Session Fees: Individual $200/wk or $250 bi-weekly · Couples $300 · Family $500 · Group $100/wk
Some sliding scale slots available, please inquire.

Nakhter Ahad

Somatic Therapist in Oakland

Nakhter Ahad (he/they) is a somatic therapist and bodyworker in Oakland, seeing clients in private practice and online. He also teaches and offers Breema bodywork at the Breema Clinic in Oakland.

His therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed — grounded in the belief that each of us is fundamentally whole and self-healing.

FAQ

Is Breema compatible with my existing somatic modality?

Yes — Breema supports and enhances any body-mind modality. Practitioners say it deepens presence, touch quality, and nervous system regulation.

Do I need experience with bodywork or movement?

No experience needed. The practice meets you exactly where you are.

Can Breema be used directly with clients?

Yes — once trained, partner sequences can be integrated into sessions, or you can offer dedicated Breema treatments. Practicing hands-on bodywork with clients is dependent on regulations in your area.

What’s the certification pathway?

165 hours certification through the Breema Center, including workshops, classes, and practitioner support.