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Kevin Kunkel, MA, CMT, CYT, LMFT

kevinkunkelKevin is a Somatic Therapist integrating the healing of the body and mind.  He is a Certified Massage Therapist and LIcensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  He has an MA in Clinical Somatic Psychology, additional certifications in Structural Integration and Hakomi Techniques for Bodyworkers, and has also taught breath work, yoga, and meditation for the past 15 years.

Kevin’s work focuses on:

  • reawakening the body’s innate wisdom and healing power by reconnecting clients to their body
  • supporting those who want to work with both the body and mind in healing their symptoms.
  • improving digestive and immune system health
  • helping client’s decrease anxiety, stress, or hopelessness around chronic symptoms

Armed with skillful hands, a precise knowledge of anatomy, and a mindful and sensitive presence, Kevin has an innate ability to sense what the nervous system needs to rejuvenate. As a Massage and Structural Integration Therapist, Kevin employs many massage modalities, including: medical massage, Swedish, deep tissue, structural integration/myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, Shiatsu, Thai yoga, Reiki, and a range of sensory re-patterning techniques.

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As a meditation, yoga, and breathwork practitioner and instructor, Kevin offers instruction in home practices that support reaching your wellness goals. Kevin’s recent focus is on specific mindfulness practices to combat the physiological signs of stress. This work effectively improves the symptoms associated with anxiety, sleep issues, depression, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and other stress related issues.

Within the Hakomi tradition, Kevin bases his work on the following 5 principles:

  • reverence for the way things naturally unfold
  • the locus of healing is within the patient and our relationship
  • mindfulness to the totality of one’s experience
  • recognition of the influence of the mind and body on one another
  • re-establishment of mind-body communication through present awareness

He integrates massage with the medical, nutritional, psychotherapeutic and acupunctural expertise of clinicians available to him at the Akasha Center.

To schedule an appointment or learn more about how Kevin’s work may be a fit for you:

email: kkunkel@akashacenter.com
phone:  310 691 9079
website:  kevinkunkel.com

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“I’ve been going to the Akasha Center for four months and together we’ve been working to create a better, healthier lifestyle that works for my hectic schedule. …
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The Akasha center is great both medically and spiritually. Every person here is incredibly friendly. Dr. de Mello is not only brilliant and an expert, he is also k…
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My earnest desire was to find a Dr. that I could talk to. A doctor that would take the time to really listen. After going through some serious health issues, I wante…
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Dr. de Mello helped my belly feel better when I was having stomach problems and he put me on a diet and now I feel much better than I was before! Then I started feel…
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“I’ve had the great privilege of working closely with Dr. de Mello and his team at Akasha, while designing the best preventative integral health care protocol for me…
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I have known Dr. Edison De Mello for many years now. He has proven himself to be an outstanding doctor. His knowledge of integrative medicine is second to none. …
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What a gift the Akasha Family is to us!!  From the moment we walked through their door, we were made to feel like part of this incredible family by everyone on staf…
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The Akasha Center and Dr. de Mello are a dream come true. Their combination of traditional medicine with a natural holistic approach for the whole body is what I hav…
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