About

Kristina has been a model and photographer, and an athlete her entire life. But in her thirties, after the stress of life had taken its toll, a traumatizing divorce, caring for her father living with congestive heart failure and ultimately dying from cancer, raising a son with autism by herself, she was struggling internally; stress, anxiety, physical injuries from sports, and living with an auto–immune disease leading to eczema, chronic asthma, numerous bouts with pneumonia, arthritis, and severe anemia among other things.

Kristina found refuge and balance on the yoga mat with what was originally an addition to athletics. Starting a daily practice, in addition to meditation, was essential, to remember to breathe through all of life’s moments, to combat stress, and to keep some balance and fitness while juggling the hectic life of being a single mom to an autistic son.  “At times, I had so much stress and anxiety that it took a toll physically. While I healed physically, I could heal internally and mentally, on my mat.”

Kristina loves to share her passion and especially loves to teach both children and adults. Kristina launched her non-profit foundation, Aut2bFit™, which encourages the love of fitness with those on the autism spectrum and their families! Kristina is now continuing her work with the neurodivergent community through her love of yoga.

In the summer of 2019, after a lifetime of tough sports, all of her injuries came to a head with a dislocated hip, torn labrum, collapsed and ruptured discs in her spine, fractured vertibrae, two torn annular tendons, and a TON of life-altering pain. During the pandemic, Kristina took time off to take care of herself and underwent a lumbar spinal fusion and now has disc implants and titanium rods and screws, or as she refers to it, her “bionic spine!” 

Kristina devoted herself even more to health, nutrition, mental wellness, and physical therapy. She took her studying to a new level, trying to understand where her body broke, or more, what mistakes she had made. She has a new understanding and knowledge of the common mistakes of athletes and trainers, and of the human body and physiology. She has deepened her yoga practice as well, continuing her certifications; ERYT500 from the World Yoga Federation, as well as yin, power, movement intelligence and neuromechanics, certifications. In the spring of 2025, Kristina was invited to represent the World Yoga Federation as an international ambassador.

Kristina has had to relearn all movement, from walking with correct gait in an anti-gravity treadmill to stepping up and down on single steps with correct eccentric (lengthening) contractions, and correct bending! She likes to say alignment is her super-power. She uses succinct verbal and anatomical cues during class and infuses a dose of spiritual inspiration to motivate and connect with her students while pumping up the energy for strength building yoga. Kristina’s classes are known not only for her body awareness and knowledge, but for their “flow,” seamlessly integrating pranayama and asana, breath to posture; always challenging, always fun!