Knead Qi was started in 2024 by Robert Chevaleau, a certified massage therapist in Northern California. Robert aims to help you integrate movement therapy, massage therapy, and energetic balancing to find more comfort and ease in your body, to help you rest and recover, and to rebuild from your stressful life. The Knead Qi studio is a welcoming, nurturing environment and offers you both hands-on and hands-off styles of bodywork rooted in Therapeutic Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Robert is a graduate of the McKinnon Body Therapy Center in Oakland where he focused on Eastern massage modalities. Prior to that he studied Yoga Therapy at the Stress Management Center in Marin County and for six years at the Iyengar Yoga Studies program in Scottsdale, Arizona. Most recently, Robert has studied Medical Qigong at the Acupuncture and Integrated Medicine College in Berkeley and uses these Daoist practices as a base for energy therapy.
Robert has been practicing Yoga for more than 25 years and draws from both the Iyengar and Viniyoga traditions for therapeutic postures and sequences. He integrates yoga postures and gentle Qigong flows to help clients relax, strengthen the body, and improve flexibility, range of motion, and ease of movement.
Robert offers massage therapy based on Asian medicine techniques and the Chinese meridian system. Style, modality, and personal preferences are always tailored to the individual client, but most often includes a blend of Shiatsu, Tui Na, Acupressure and Qigong massage. All massage is performed fully clothed in a private studio, either on a traditional massage table or a floor mat.
For clients seeking therapy for the energetic body, Robert offers a blend of techniques drawn from both Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine designed to restore, balance, and harmonize the flow of Qi in our energetic system. Daoist Medical Qigong, Acupressure, and Reiki are all offered as ways to help the body unlock, unwind, and find comfort.
Knead Qi is located in Lafayette, California. We serve the East Bay and surrounding areas.
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