• 1690 Glen Canyon Road Santa Cruz, CA 95060
  • 6201 Florio Street Oakland, CA 94618
  • (510) 455-8008
BREEMA® BODYWORK
Experience Health as a Gateway to a More Meaningful Life
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Breema® is a simple, natural form of touch and body movement supported by universal principles. The aim of Breema is to bring us to a tangible experience of presence that becomes our foundation for a new dimension of health, consciousness, and self-understanding.

What Is Breema®?

Breema® Bodywork is a holistic approach to wellness that supports you to connect with yourself on a deeper level. Based on the Nine Principles of Harmony, Breema offers tools to cultivate real physical, mental, and emotional health. This approach allows you to move beyond patterns of stress and discover natural ways of being that support your well-being.

Breema is a practical, hands-on method that brings a profound sense of unity and harmony to those who practice it. Through a unique blend of bodywork and Self-Breema exercises, energy lost to tension is conserved, and becomes available for our body’s innate self-healing mechanisms.

Benefits of Breema® Bodywork

  • Relaxation and Stress Relief: A Breema bodywork treatment offers you a profound sense of harmony and well-being in body, mind and feelings.
  • Renewed Vitality and Energy: Clients often report feeling energized and rejuvenated after sessions.
  • Enhanced Clarity and Focus: The Breema principles foster clarity and balance in daily life, helping you experience a more meaningful connection to yourself and others.
  • Holistic Health Support: Breema promotes a deeper understanding of health and self-care, and a new dimension of wellness.

Fundamentals of BREEMA®

Don’t fight disease, nurture vitality
BREEMA® sessions promote balance in body, mind and feelings, decreasing tension, and supporting the body’s innate healing ability.
Based on the Nine Principles of Harmony, Breema uniquely utilizes the relaxed weight of the practitioner’s body and natural body mechanics, eliminating the need for any force. This allows the recipient to feel totally nurtured and supported by the bodywork and the non-judgmental atmosphere.

The Nine Principles of Harmony

BODY COMFORTABLE

BODY COMFORTABLE

When we look at the body not as something separate, but as an aspect of a unified whole, there is no place for discomfort.

FULL PARTICIPATION

FULL PARTICIPATION

The most natural way of moving and living is with full participation. Full participation is possible when body, mind, and feelings are united in a common aim.

SINGLE MOMENT SINGLE ACTIVITY

SINGLE MOMENT SINGLE ACTIVITY

Each moment is new, fresh, totally alive. Each moment is an expression of our True nature, complete by itself.

NO EXTRA

NO EXTRA

To express our True nature, nothing extra is needed.

MUTUAL SUPPORT

MUTUAL SUPPORT

The more our being participates, the more we are able to support life and recognize that Existence supports us. Giving and receiving support take place simultaneously.

NO HURRY/NO PAUSE

NO HURRY/NO PAUSE

In the natural rhythm of life energy, there is no hurry and no pause.

FIRMNESS AND GENTLENESS

FIRMNESS AND GENTLENESS

Real firmness is always gentle Real gentleness is always firm. When we are present, we naturally manifest firmness and gentleness simultaneously.

No Judgment

No Judgment

The atmosphere of non-judgment gives us a taste of acceptance of ourselves as we are in the moment. When we come to the present, we are free from judgment.

NO FORCE

NO FORCE

When we let go of assumptions of separation, we let go of force.

FAQ

What is Breema® Bodywork?

Breema promotes harmony between body, mind, and feelings, which also supports harmony between ourselves and others, and in our relationship to all aspects of life. Our energy, usually lost to tension and drained by the disharmony between the mind, body, and emotions, becomes available to support the body’s many physiological systems. 

Based on the Nine Principles of Harmony, Breema uniquely utilizes the relaxed weight of the practitioner’s body and natural body mechanics, eliminating the need for any force. This allows the recipient to feel totally nurtured and supported by the bodywork and the non-judgmental atmosphere.
Breema bodywork is done with the recipient comfortably clothed, laying on their back on a soft carpet. The recipient is stretched in ways that increase flexibility, circulation, and supports correct movement of the spine, discs, and all joints, as well as the vital functioning of all internal organs and physiological systems. The movements, postures, and stretches work with the natural dynamics of the body, and are always safe and enjoyable. Breema’s precise, “custom approach” allows each recipient to experience being completely nurtured and supported to regain and increase health at precisely the speed they can safely assimilate, without forceful manipulations or pain.

Breema offers a variety of benefits, including:

  • Deep relaxation and stress relief
  • Renewed vitality and energy
  • Improved mental clarity and emotional balance
  • Support for holistic health and self-care

No prior experience is necessary. Breema is accessible to everyone and doesn’t require any special knowledge or preparation. Each session meets you where you are, allowing you to naturally explore a deeper sense of connection and comfort within yourself.

The Nine Principles of Harmony are foundational to Breema practice, offering tools to guide your body, mind, and emotions toward balance. These principles include:

  1. Body Comfortable
  2. No Force
  3. Firmness and Gentleness
  4. No Judgment
  5. Single Moment/Single Activity
  6. No Hurry/No Pause
  7. Full Participation
  8. Mutual Support
  9. No Extra


Every one of the Nine Principles of Harmony can support you to experience body-mind connection and greater harmony, in the session and in your daily life.

Breema is ideal for anyone seeking relaxation, stress relief, or a deeper connection to themselves. It’s especially helpful for those looking to align their physical, mental, and emotional well-being, whether for health maintenance, emotional support, or personal growth.

The frequency depends on your goals. Weekly sessions are recommended to build momentum and maintain progress, while bi-weekly or monthly visits can support ongoing wellness.

Self-Breema exercises include gentle stretches, movements and unique postures. They provide an ideal opportunity to experience the harmonious atmosphere of Breema in between sessions, and are a practical way to come to body-mind connection anywhere, and at any time.

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