Kristin has been working in the field of esthetics since 2006. She is a licensed esthetician in the state of Georgia. She has several years of experience working in medical spas and medical offices since she began working in the field. She has extensive training and certification beyond State Board requirements including: chemical peels, microdermabrasion, microcurrent, laser therapy (skin rejuvenation, vein removal and hair removal), LED light therapy, and hydrafacial therapy. Kristin has worked with several well-known skincare product lines, both cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical grade, that include: GloTherapeutics, Revision, Young Pharmaceuticals, Obagi NuDerm System, Phytoceuticals, Institut’ Der Med, and PCA Skin.
Kristin is also certified Nutrition Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York. She helps guide her clients toward healthier lifestyle and nutrition choices so that they can look and feel beautiful from the inside out!
Kristin has been successfully satisfying hundreds of clients in the Atlanta area in the past several years at her spa, Skin and Body Balance. Her philosophy is that clients who spend well earned dollars on spa treatments should benefit from outstanding results, and the overall experience should be enjoyable and relaxing. She utilizes her expert skill and knowledge to provide effective skin therapy with home care regiment programs that produce optimum skin health. During the treatment, she creates an ambience of tranquility by incorporating massage and acupressure techniques that soothe and calm her clients.
YOGA EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND
Kristin has studied kinesthetic movement since early childhood. She spent her early childhood years studying classical and modern ballet, and in high school was enrolled in the University of Akron’s dance program, and understudied with the Ohio Ballet Company. In her early adulthood, she explored Chinese martial arts and studied Chien Hong Hung Gar Kung Fu for six years. After a severe knee injury, she went to the yoga mat for therapy. Kristin has been a student of yoga since 1999, and a teacher since 2007. She discovered that yoga is an amazing form of fitness, but found that there is so much more! Her yoga studies and experiences as a student and teacher help her be a better therapist in her esthetics work, also they help her in daily life. Her desire is to possibly contribute something to another person that will send them further along the path to self discovery and wholeness. Her teaching style reflects roots of her own studies. She instructs with great attention to detail and alignment and expects hard work and participation. Although she wants her students to work hard, she has a light hearted approach with a touch of comic relief!
Kristin completed her first level of yoga teacher training back in 2006. She participated in a Yoga Alliance approved 200 hour residential program at Barsana Dham Ashram (through Living Yoga Program) in Austin. She fell so in love with her studies, that she decided to continue her teacher training. She came across Yogananda Michael Carroll, and was drawn to his approach of a heavier focus on yoga philosophy and the internal practices of yoga. She finished her 500 hour training in Pranakriya yoga September of 2010. Kristin is also certified as a pre and post-natal instructor.
Kristin has also been certified as a Power Pilates Instructor, and has trained in the classical form of mat pilates originally created by Joseph Pilates. Kristin believes that yoga and pilates compliment each other well. She often incorporates core strengthening techniques into yoga classes, and on the flip side, incorporates yoga into mat Pilates classes. Kristin became certified in Barre in 2013, and also leads Barre classes in the Atlanta community. Kristin has several years’ experience offering group classes, and has taught beginner, intermediate and advanced level classes to a wide variety of audiences in studio, corporate, and fitness club environments. She enjoys working with clients in private sessions as well to help fine tune alignment and deepen her students’ practice.
