Krystal Walden is the Founder/CEO of KRYSTAL SPA®, a health
and fitness spa devoted to the healing arts. Her remarkable
commence into entrepreneurship resulted from a career
boomerang. From the age of 8, Krystal became an accomplished
100 and 200 meter runner. Her execution and excellence
in academics and athletics earned her scholarships to
the University of California, Los Angeles. There
she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology with
an emphasis in Psychology. Krystal also competed
as a World-Class and UCLA Track Athlete trained by the
best, Brooks Johnson, Bobby Kersee (husband of Jackie
Joyner-Kersee), Jeanette Bolden, the UCLA athletic weight
training staff, and the UCLA athletic diet/nutrition
training staff.
While in college, Krystal began her corporate career
path in the fashion industry where she soared into an
associate buyer position for Guess? Inc. and then Macy*s
West. With these
rewarding experiences she learned to manage $50 million
accounts. Gaining skills in developing and managing qualitative
financial/assortment planning, comprehensive analysis,
advertising, marketing, and promotional components of
a business while continuing study to ensure business growth.
However Krystal had reached a point in her corporate career
path where her soul and spirit was no longer fulfilled
in the fashion industry alone; her athletic nature was
craving for attention. That epiphany motivated Krystal
towards an entrepreneurship in the health and fitness
industry. In 2002, Krystal developed the business concept
of KRYSTAL SPA® when she took notice the absence of
health and fitness awareness within most spa facilities
of today.
In 2003, Krystal began her intensive yoga therapy studies
at Bikram Yoga College of India, trained by the world
renowned Bikram and Rajashree Choudury. Krystal successfully
achieved the credentials of a Certified Yoga Teacher.
Krystal continues to deepen her yoga therapy studies
at Forrest Yoga Institute, trained by the world renowned
Anna Forrest and Jonathan Bowra. To balance out her
knowledge of the human body, Krystal studied Massage
Therapy at the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing
(IPSB), a school of holistic body therapy. There she
successfully achieved the credentials of a Certified
Massage Therapist.
As the years go on, Krystal’s passion and enthusiasm for the creation and mechanics of the human body grows stronger and stronger. In 2008, she joined Forster Physical Therapy and is currently an apprentice with Robert Forster and Ron Berry as a Physical Therapy Aide.
Krystal Walden brings to the health and fitness spa,
years of experience as a competitive athlete; offering
her unique fusion of athletic gifts and accreditations.
With the kind of strength, flexibility, balance and
compassions that Krystal posses there is no doubt that
she will meet her goals, to enhance the global image
of how to live a stronger, healthier, and balanced lifestyle.
See what olympians, doctors, scientists, and others
are saying about Krystal's teachings in our testimonials.
Krystal Walden currently lives in sunny Southern California. She enjoys running, yoga, weightlifting, roller skating and dancing.