About Kristin

I’ve had a few career paths and many hobbies, but all have been centered on self-improvement, healing, health. Wherever and whoever we are, we can be a better, freer version of ourselves. I love taking the next step, and I love the discipline and creativity of mastering new tools through which to take it.

I grew up in southern Virginia, in love with dance and creative writing. I pursued both passions in college, training and performing as a modern and ballet dancer, and studying literature, languages, and linguistics. I graduated summa cum laude in English and Latin. During a junior year abroad at Trinity College Dublin, I completed the coursework of the Old Irish Literature and Linguistics degree.

Following college, I taught 6th grade at MS 135 in the Bronx as a New York City Teaching Fellow, and earned my Masters in Education. I continued my study of dance, mostly at Steps on Broadway. I then transitioned to DC and a twelve-year career in international development, managing USAID-funded democracy and human rights programs. I took class at the Washington Ballet, studied yoga, and bicycled everywhere for fitness, recreation, and transportation. Ever fascinated with movement systems, I became a certified bicycle mechanic and worked part-time in a bike shop.

A health crisis shifted my professional focus to the body’s profound capacity for healing, and the stunning “language” of embodied and energetic anatomy. I became a Licensed Massage Therapist at Potomac Massage Training Institute, specializing in myofascial release. Wanting a deeper level of engagement with the living system, and a way to blend physical and energetic modalities, I completed a multi-year certification in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Roger Gilchrist and the Wellness Institute. I continue to deepen my study of BCST in workshops with Michael Shea, the late Franklin Sills, Gary Peterson, and Cherionna Menzam-Sills, among others. I continue to explore my fascination with fascia, embryology, and anatomy with Robert Schleip, Carol Davis, Karen Kirkness, Joanne Avison, Carla Stecco, Antonio Stecco, John Sharkey, Jaap van der Waal, Thomas Myers, among many others. I am also a Reiki Master, a certified Unity Field Healing practitioner, and studied Polarity Therapy.

In my personal life, I have shifted from training as a dancer—among the most complex human movements—to running, pretty much the simplest movement we can make. I started with longer distances, and then became fascinated with sprinting. Now I’m in love with the 400, and trying to be the fastest Master’s track athlete I can.

No matter how fast or slow I get, I know the process of trying is healing my self as much as I currently can. When running is no longer what I use to improve myself, I will find another means to that end. There is always a step forward to be taken. It is my true honor to be able to spend my life helping others also take their next step, as we all move forward towards greater health.