Harmonizing the Nervous System with Breema
Summer 2022
Harmonizing the Nervous System with Breema
by Jon Schreiber, DC, Director of the Breema Center and Breema Clinic
The human nervous system is exposed to nearly constant stress, through the effects of damaging unnatural influences, including chemical, sound, light, electromagnetic pollutants, as well as social stresses that cause fear and constriction. During a Breema treatment, the practitioner constantly fine-tunes his or her rhythm and quality of touch, enabling a continually deeper communication with the recipient's nervous system.
In this dynamic connection, the nervous system, often for the first time in the recipient's life, experiences a rhythm and a quality of touch and movement that it immediately recognizes as desperately needed medicine. In effect, it recognizes the same intelligence that is inherent to it, and through that connection, it is able to strengthen and increase its ability to support every system and part of the body. The result is often apparent in healthier functioning of the body, mind, and feelings.
In doing Breema, the Breema Practitioner naturally discovers the movements, rhythm, and quality of touch that allow direct access to the recipient's nervous system, bypassing the often impermeable armoring of the mind, feelings, and body. The universal principles upon which the whole body develops and functions, are the same ones that the Breema Practitioner follows in order to arrive at a natural attunement with the recipient's nervous system that then has such a positive effect on the function of every part and organ, as well as on the functioning of the mind and feelings.
You and Existence—No Difference
Stand comfortably with your feet shoulder-width apart and clasp the forearms behind your back.
Circle the hips clockwise in as large a circle as is comfortable. The upper body moves only slightly compared to the hips. Continue circling for at least three breaths, then circle counterclockwise for at least three breaths.
Stop circling, and brush from the kidneys down the back of the legs and to the toes.
As you straighten up, the hands stay in light contact with the front of the legs and abdomen and then they return to the kidneys. Brush twice more in this way.
Brush from the abdomen down the front of the legs to the toes. As you straighten up, again keep the hands in light contact with the legs.
Brush twice more. The third time you reach the toes, brush up the front of the legs to the abdomen. At the abdomen, bring the hands back-to-back (fingers pointing down), brush up the midline of the body to overhead, then slowly open the arms out and down to your sides.
Stand comfortably.
Simple Recipes For Wellness
Shared by Roxanne Caswell, Breema Instructor
Some time spent in the kitchen each day, preparing food, can become a simple activity for nourishing body, mind, and feelings, and increasing gratitude in our lives. As we work with our hands, we can remember we have a body. The activity of the body and mind functioning in harmony can become Single Moment/Single Activity, where we experience “there’s nowhere else to be but right here!” The activities that we do step-by-step, and the beautiful results of our efforts can be an expression of No Hurry/No Pause, as we stay with the natural rhythm of the body. This natural activity of preparing our food can be an expression of the art of being present, nurturing ourselves and our families.
FROM THE BREEMA CLINIC: GENERAL NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS
By Alexandra Johnson, MD
Any diet or regimen is supportive only if, in addition to supporting the body, it also supports the mind and feelings. If a protocol is too strict, it may appear to benefit the body, but the stress of maintaining it may create an equal imbalance. Make sure that whatever you choose for your health, you can work with finding the right balance of firmness and gentleness.
Eat when you are hungry. Don't overeat!
In food combining, be simple. Don't combine too many different foods in one meal.
When steaming vegetables, cook between 3 to 5 minutes. Allow vegetables to retain some life.
Have at least one meal of raw foods each day. This includes salads, seed cheese, sauerkraut, leafy and root vegetables.
Allow your body to complete its detoxification cycle. Make breakfast as late and simple as possible.
Use early morning time to drink fresh juices. Juices are powerful in their ability to detoxify and nourish the organs and blood.
Quiet your mind and make a connection with your body before each meal.
Eat at home whenever you get a chance. The energy of the person who prepares your food is part of your meal.
Birthe Kaarsholm, Breema Instructor
Balancing body, mind, and feelings through connection to the body is at the heart of my Breema practice. Working with the body as an ally gives us support to know what is needed in the moment—physically, mentally, and emotionally. With practice, we gradually develop an inner compass that is the key to harmony, and sustainable vitality. Through Breema's Nine Principles, we find a direction— to come from complication to simplicity in order to experience harmony within ourselves. Breema gives us tools, so we can navigate this complex world with a sense of balance and ease that is only available when we are truly connected to ourselves.
In addition to working with private clients and instructing Breema Bodywork internationally, I apply Breema to my work with parents and young children. When parents develop a natural connection between mind and body, they are well prepared to have healthy relationships. I am happy to work with anyone who is interested in establishing a connection between body and mind as a way of becoming more connected to themselves and others.
Join Birthe for online Self-Breema classes through the week, as well as in-person Breema bodywork classes in the Bay Area and throughout Europe.
For more about Birthe’s classes, or to schedule a bodywork session with her, visit breema.com/birthekaarsholm.
Enrollment is now open for the Breema Center’s 12-month Practitioner Certification Program! This new intensive weekend format offers monthly weekend workshops. The purpose is to support those who wish to cultivate a deeper relationship with the principles and practice of Breema. It is ideally suited for those interested in applying and integrating Breema into their professions, but all who wish to benefit from this opportunity are welcome to join.
Monthly Weekend Workshops are open to all! Visit breema.info/bpc for more information.
An Excerpt from Real Health Means Harmony with Existence by Jon Schreiber
We can learn a lot about health from looking at a tree. In order for a tree to be healthy, its roots must be vital and healthy.
What is our root? It's our Being. Our Being is not our thoughts, not our emotions, not our body. It's what we are in unity, not in fragmentation.
Every year, a tree has to show some new growth. New branches, new buds, new leaves—something new has to be there. We also need to show some yearly growth, some "income" from the expenditure of our energy. We need to have some new understanding, some new insight into the meaning and purpose of life.
A tree bears fruit. We too, need to provide nourishment for the life around us.
A tree grows towards the sun. We also need direction and a proper posture towards our life. We have to take a step towards understanding the meaning of our life. This, by itself, creates health by unifying our mind, feelings, and body in a common direction—the desire to discover and then fulfill our purpose in Existence.
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