Perimenopause Retreat - Bodywork, Self-Care, and Integrative Modalities

Schedule

Sat May 23 2026 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center | Santa Cruz, CA

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Learn simple, effective ways to balance body, mind, and feelings—and fully participate at every stage of life.


Menopause happens to every woman at some point, and reflects the natural process of aging. There are simple, natural, and effective ways of supporting these changes in your body.


What do YOU need to be healthy in this next phase of life?


This one-day retreat brings together three practitioners and three approaches—Breema bodywork, integrative medicine, and expressive arts—so you leave with practical tools for the body, the mind, and the feelings.


What to Expect:

Connecting to Life Workshop - 10am–1pm

An opening workshop with Alexandra Johnson, MD and Denise Berezonsky, a senior staff Breema instructor. We will learn and practice somatic movement and partner Breema bodywork exercises, that support balancing the nervous system and bring body, mind, and feelings into harmony.

  • Learn and practice somatic movement and partner Breema bodywork exercises
  • CEUs available for selected professions


Lunch & Personal Bodywork - 1–2:30pm

  • Catered vegetarian lunch in the gardens
  • Personal Breema bodywork sessions available


Integrative Medicine & Expressive Arts - 2:30–5pm

The afternoon brings together three approaches you can take home with you: integrative medicine, an expressive arts practice, and Self-Breema exercises for ongoing self-care.

  • Diet, lifestyle, herbs & supplements for perimenopause with Alexandra Johnson, MD
  • Expressive arts for life transitions with Dena Ehrlich, MFT
  • Self-Breema movement exercises for mental, physical, and emotional balancing—to practice at home


Please come ready to trade bodywork with others, and to sit and work on a well-padded floor. Wear comfortable, loose clothing.


Tuition: $150 · includes catered lunch.

Format: In-person


Instructors: Alexandra Johnson, Dena Ehrlich, Denise Berezonsky

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Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center, 1690 Glen Canyon Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States

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