Knead Qi
Bodywork in Lafayette, California
Movement Therapy | Massage Therapy | Energetic Balancing
Knead Qi?
Qi is the energetic life force that helps balance and nourish us. Qi flows through us and around us, protecting us, supplying us with vitality and health. Qi normally flows freely, but can get blocked, become stagnant, or get depleted as life’s demands accumulate.
Bodywork can help restore your body’s Qi.
Knead Qi offers bodywork techniques rooted in therapeutic yoga, Ayurvedic marma points, and the Qi meridian system of Traditional Chinese Medicine. By working with the physical body, releasing muscle tension and increasing mobility, Qi will flow more naturally.
Shiatsu
This bodywork style from Japan uses slow, deep compressions and long, gentle stretches to tonify and disperse Qi along the body’s meridians.
Tui Na
A faster paced modality of massage from China that emphasizes movement and rhythm, along with stretching and joint mobilization to give you a relaxed yet energized session.
Acupressure
By using the same meridian lines and acupoints as acupuncture, acupressure aims to balance and nourish the body’s energy system. It is a wonderful compliment to physical bodywork.
Therapeutic Yoga
Part of bodywork is movement therapy. We offer clients yoga postures, sequences, and flows based on the Iyengar and Viniyoga traditions. Body awareness, connection to breath, and mindful movement can help ease restrictions, calm the mind, and revitalize the spirit.
Medical Qigong
Medical Qigong is the root of the energy therapy we offer. This Daoist practice lays the foundations for Acupressure and Reiki sessions. Qigong can help balance and restore the body’s energetic system, clearing stagnation and regulating the flow of Qi.
Reiki
Reiki is a modality of energetic healing from Japan brought to America in the late 1930’s via Hawaii. Reiki helps to reduce stress, anxiety, tension, and fatigue. Reiki’s energetic techniques can be integrated into any session and can include hands-on or hands-off styles of healing.
An Individualized Approach
Everyone is different. Knead Qi will work with you directly to develop a bodywork plan.
Whether you’re seeking relief from an injury, muscle tension, tightness, mobility issues, or just want a relaxing, restorative session, we will listen to your needs and build a plan that suits you.
Radically Inclusive
All of you is welcome here.
We welcome every body, every shape, every size, every color, every gender, every level of mobility. We welcome every person.
We do not discriminate. We do not judge. Our goal is help you feel more comfortable and find a new ease of movement.
If there is anything we can do to prepare or better accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Knead Qi is a
Trauma Informed Practice
Any kind of traumatic event can result in a holding or tension pattern in the body. Trauma can affect our physical health, disposition, mood, and mental health.
Traumatic events can manifest as a physical or emotional injury. These traumatic remnants can last days, weeks, or years.
There are bodywork practices that can help ease tension and tightness in the physical and energetic body that remain present after a traumatic event.
No details or specifics about the event(s) are necessary to share with us in order for us to incorporate bodywork into your healing.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
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