Christy O Harris received a Master of Fine Arts in Dance & Somatics from University of Colorado at Boulder, and served as adjunct faculty in the Movement Studies department at Naropa University and CU-Boulder from 1998-2008 until relocating to Kauai, Hawaii.  She received certification from the American Society for the Alexander Technique in 1998, after completing a 3 year, 1500 hour training at Alexander Technique Institute in Boulder CO.

A dedicated student of Rinzai Zen meditation and Yang style Tai Chi, she completed yoga certifications in 2016 and 2023, and developed a somatic approach to yoga and restorative stretching.  Her teaching methodology is characterized by anatomical mapping, hands-on guidance with verbal cues, repetition, refined simplicity, and spontaneous discovery and response.