Dr. Kristina Dobyns
Kristina holds a PhD in Somatic Psychology and a Master’s in Exercise Science. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist with advanced training in metabolic health, mindfulness-based relapse prevention, mindful eating, strength physiology, yoga, and body-based therapies. She completed advanced training in the Ketogenic Diet for Mental Health under Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Georgie Ede.
Before pursuing her doctorate, Dr. Kristina built a successful personal training practice and competed professionally as a breakdancer, became a two-time All-Around Figure and Physique Overall Champion, and set three national powerlifting records. She understands high performance, discipline, and strength from lived experience — but she is equally devoted to sustainability, recovery, and long-term health.
For more than two decades, people have sought her out for guidance in fat loss, nutrition, strength training, injury rehabilitation, mobility, and holistic wellness. In recent years, her work has expanded to include recovery from binge eating and compulsive overeating — areas she understands personally after overcoming a 25-year struggle through therapeutic carnivore/ketogenic nutrition and the foundational pillars she now teaches.
The Lightwell brings together science, lived transformation, movement, nourishment, and mindfulness — not as concepts, but as a lived environment.
Why The Lightwell Exists
There’s a noticeable difference when you step into a space where someone else has thought it through. The food is prepared. The rhythm of the day is intentional. The environment supports sleep, steadiness, and clarity. Nature is all around. The yoga shala is steps away. No commute required. No parking situation to manage. You simply show up.
When everything is aligned — the food, the movement, the rest, the environment — your system calms down. Mental clarity returns. Physical energy steadies. Change starts to feel possible because you have the embodied experience of what better feels like.
Dr. Kristina’s mission is to support recovery where it’s needed and to help people strengthen both their mental and physical well-being through biologically aligned nourishment, intelligent movement, and embodied awareness.
The Lightwell is the physical expression of that commitment.
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