Kathryne Ellen Opton, or "KEO" as she is known to her clients and friends, is passionately dedicated to the enhancement of health and wellness in the community, one individual at a time. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Cornell, she pursued her graduate studies in special needs education and initially began her professional life as a Teacher of the Deaf. Keo formed her own personal training company and also competed as a bodybuilder.

As a personal health advocate, public speaker, and avid presenter, she can be found meeting with groups of all ages teaching and sharing with others how to make healthy lifestyle choices. She is an educator, motivator, and student of multiple disciplines, including Watsu, fitness education, alternative health, and bodywork. She discovered Watsu in 1997, and since that time has offered personal training to her clients on land and in the water. An active member of the Gainesville chapter of the Florida State Massage Association, Keo is Gainesville's first Watsu practitioner.