Meet Our Team
"The owl is a master of flight and adaptation. He integrates intelligence, power, grace, and beauty. He is acutely aware and adaptive. He routinely varies his behavior and defensive strategies to adjust to changing conditions. He is flexible in his feeding habits and nest-building choices. He varies his territories to fit food supplies and population densities. His vision and hearing are outstanding. In this, the owl makes a perfect model for mastery. Owls have much to teach us about living in a conflicted and ever-changing world. We would be wise to attend to them." ~Frank Rivers, The Way of the Owl |
Kristy Harvey
Owner and Chief Executive Owl (she/her) Kristy has over 16 years of experience as a movement educator in the modalities of yoga, therapeutic dance, Thai Yoga Bodywork, and meditation. She is a Brown Belt Nia Teacher, an E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher and Trainer, Thai Yoga Bodywork Trainer, and owner of Wise Owl School of Yoga. She offers Yoga Teacher Trainings, Continuing Education courses, and Personal Development Programs. Kristy is the former Administrative Director of the Mindfulness Center at the University of Virginia. In 2010, she developed and implemented a clinical trial at the University of Virginia Cancer Center to study the effect of the Nia Technique among women treated for breast cancer. In 2011, she started a Restorative Yoga program for breast cancer survivors and caregivers at the UVA School of Nursing. Both of these programs are still ongoing. In 2016, Kristy founded the Wise Owl School of Yoga and began offering 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Since then, she has certified over 100 new yoga teachers. Through generous donations to the Wise Owl School of Yoga's Pay It Forward Fund, Kristy has been able to grant partial and full scholarships to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to assist in their completion of a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification. This supports the mission of Wise Owl Wellness to bring more diverse yoga teachers to the world and "change the face" of yoga. You can find her teaching yoga, leading retreats, and dancing through life. She currently lives in Tucson, AZ. |
Meet Our Associates
Associates have successfully completed our Apprenticeship Program and are ready to jump out of the Owl's Nest and soar on their own.
Mitzellah "Lah" Ah-Fook
Associate Owl Mitzellah is a mother to three homeschooled boys, and a wife to a wonderful husband. They love to travel, and enjoy all things outdoors and indoors. Lah is lifelong learner and has a passion for the healing arts. She offers Thai Yoga Massage, Reiki, and Yoga, specializing in Restorative Yoga. Lah also enjoys lifting weights, hiking, backpacking, and meeting new people. |
Anni K.
Associate Owl Anni K is a Mind-Body Wellness Practitioner and has been in the healing arts field for 19 years. She specializes in Thai massage and Craniosacral Therapy with a focus on emotional processing, and has a 250 Yoga Teacher Training certification. Anni’s goal is to move you from harm to harmony by the intentional creation of a truly loving internal environment that is reflected to your outer world. Anni is offering Yin Yoga and Chair Yoga classes. |
Meet Our Apprentices
Apprentices are currently enrolled in our Apprenticeship Program and are receiving guidance and mentorship from our CEO, Kristy Harvey, as well as our Associates who have successfully completed the Apprenticeship Program.
Chita Gastelum
Apprentice Owl Chita is a 500 hour Certified Yoga Teacher and has a certification as an Integrative Recovery Support Specialist. She specializes in Trauma Sensitive Yoga for eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain. Chita will be offering Private virtual and in-person Indigenous Holistic Healing, Reiki, and Yoga sessions in October. |
Dolores Restrepo Macias
Apprentice Owl (she/her, they/them) Dolores "Doe" is a certified 200hour Yoga Teacher specializing in Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, and Chair Yoga. She completed the Foundational Prison Yoga Project training in 2022. She is also currently enrolled in Be Here Now, a year long Mindfulness Mastery training with Wise Owl Wellness in Tucson, Arizona and an ever evolving and passionate Kundalini yoga student for over 20 years under the guidance and teachings of Siri Adi Singh of Sat Nam Yoga in Chicago, Illinois. Doe believes in inclusive, accessible and trauma-informed yoga practices for all beloved walks of life. She is interested in expanding her yogic studies to honor the ancient, indigenous origins of yoga from India and is in solidarity and support to join the movement consciousness in decolonizing yoga. Most currently, Doe is a new 2022 graduate and certified as an Integrative Recovery Specialist, FPSS, in Behavioral Health Paraprofessional (BHPP) from the University of Arizona-Tucson, College of Medicine. Doe is also a Yoga for 12 Step Recovery certified teacher and leader, with Y12SR founder, Nikki Meyer. This program incorporates yogic studies, trauma research, modern neuroscience and explores combining cognitive and somatic approaches to support deeper levels of healing for anyone navigating an addiction. Come Fall season of 2022, she will be offering donation-based Y12SR meetings in their Tucson community and beyond. Doe will be completing her Thai Massage training, as well as Reiki 1, 2 and mastery in 2022. She will be offering Thai Massage and private yoga beginning this fall. For any further inquiries, curiosity or if you would like to just say hello, please feel free to click here and contact Doe via email. |