Several years ago I went through a period of fatigue. I was so exhausted I could barely get off the couch. One day a friend came over to give me an osteopathic treatment. I wanted do something in exchange, so I offered him a Breema bodywork session. I wasn’t sure I’d have the energy to do it, but what I discovered was exactly the opposite. Not only did I have the energy to give him a 20-minute session, but afterwards I felt even more vitalized.
Throughout the session I was checking in with myself to see if the Nine Principles of Harmony were alive for me. Was I using force? Was my firmness met with gentleness? Was there any extra in my thoughts and feelings? This short time spent with the Nine Principles took me out of my passivity and fear about the state of the body, and supported me to access a different energy source within myself.
The energy that we generally use throughout the day contains a lot of fear, tension, and force. When body, mind, and feelings are connected, we have access to a new, more harmonious energy.
By practicing Self-Breema exercises and giving and receiving Breema bodywork, I could access this reservoir of energy, and I no longer felt helpless. This, in combination with integrative medicine modalities and antibiotics, supported my recovery. But it took time, as well as a willingness to meet what was needed in each moment.
Each of us has an aspect of ourselves that is in time—that part of us that gets sick, fearful, destabilized. But we also have a kernel of something timeless buried within us, that has access to a higher level of consciousness, and to real health.
Upcoming Classes
August 8—BC daylong: https://alexandrajohnsonmd.com/event/breema-the-art-of-being-present-breema-workshop/
August 15—HV morning: https://alexandrajohnsonmd.com/event/connecting-to-life-bodywork-exercises-and-principles-for-daily-life-aug-15-2026/
August 25-29—EU Intensive (Graz, Austria) https://www.breema.com/events/2026-08-25/europaisches-intensivseminar-in-graz-2026
September 25-27—HV Weekend https://alexandrajohnsonmd.com/event/bringing-harmony-to-life-sept-25-2026/
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