User account menu Log in Search THE BREEMA CENTER Menu Breadcrumb Home About Breema Share on Facebook Send via e-mail Click for more options The Nine Principles The Nine Principles of Harmony make Breema bodywork unique. They distinguish it from all other methods, even those which include movements that appear to be similar. Yet, the principles of Breema are universal. They can be applied to other techniques and methods of bodywork, health improvement, health maintenance and, in fact, to any activity in life. You can begin, in your own way, to apply those principles with which you find an inner resonance. If you find the principles inspiring, you will eventually want to support your study by participating in a class or workshop, because both practicing and receiving Breema bodywork are extremely helpful for deepening your Self-understanding. Every one of the Nine Principles of Harmony can support us to come to the present and live life more fully. Jon Schreiber, Director Body Comfortable The first principle of Breema is Body Comfortable. Take a few breaths, and experience that your body is breathing, and that your body has weight. Almost immediately you can experience the refreshment of becoming available to yourself and to your immediate situation. Real comfort is a dimension of Consciousness where everything is working in harmony with our Timeless nature. Read more No Extra We exist as a part of the whole of Existence, in perfect harmony with the whole. To express our true nature, nothing extra is needed. When our Being is participating, we are able to accept our thoughts and feelings because they no longer hide our true nature or keep us from living life in harmony with Existence. Read more Firmness and Gentleness Firmness and gentleness are never separate. They complement each other. In Firmness and Gentleness we can find the possibility of harmonizing our mental and emotional activity, so that they can support each other. Firmness comes from the knowledge that “there is a body.” Gentleness comes from the presence of our natural feelings which, nonverbally, express gratitude for being alive. When we are present, the body naturally manifests firmness and gentleness. Read more 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. When the mind and feelings participate fully in the activity of the body, they are free from associative thoughts and reactions and we can let go of imaginary separation. The taste we receive of full participation is the taste of a unified presence. Read more Mutual Support Any time you give support, Mutual Support is taking place, because you are receiving support simultaneously. When you are in a position to give support, it is because you have been supported to be in that position. At any moment you manifest in harmony with your understanding, in harmony with your Conscience, in harmony with your True nature, you are being supported. Read more No Judgment Our thinking mind is incapable of comprehending the timeless nature of reality. The mind thinks in concepts, imagining everything to be outside of itself. That is the root of our judgmental attitude toward life. The present is the domain of our Being, not of our mind. Through being present and actualizing the principle of No Judgment, an atmosphere of acceptance is created. Touching another body in this nonjudgmental way can show us that we are not separate from anything in the universe. Read more Single Moment/Single Activity When you are present, there is a single moment. Your receptivity to the moment becomes a single activity. In the absence of thought and feelings, you enter into the present, and there is one moment and one activity. Read more No Hurry/No Pause Through connection to the body, we enter the present. Our Being participates, without hurry or pause, and our rhythm is the rhythm of Existence. Our movements and activities are in harmony with the natural flow of life energy. Read more No Force Moment after moment, Awareness emanates, and the timeless process of Existence flows without force. To be in harmony with Existence is our nature. When we express our true nature, we use no force. All that’s necessary is to let go of assumptions of separation. Read more About Breema New to Breema Breema Bodywork Self-Breema The Nine Principles Body Comfortable No Extra Firmness and Gentleness Full Participation Mutual Support No Judgment Single Moment/Single Activity No Hurry/No Pause No Force Breema Intensives Essence of Breema Articles about Breema Featured events Sun 5 December 2021 9:30am–10:30am PST The Art of Giving and Receiving - The Principle of Mutual Support The Breema Center - Oakland, CA, US Sat 11 December 2021 10:00am–1:00pm PST Gateway to Harmony Hummingbird Valley - Santa Cruz, CA, US More Breema events Calendar List Map Follow the Breema Center About Breema Breema® is a simple, natural form of touch and body movement supported by universal principles. Read more about Breema Copyright © 2021 The Breema Center 6076 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618 510-428-0937 center@breema.com Breema® is a service mark of The Breema Center Join one or more of our e-mail lists for announcements and inspiration! 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