Meet Keo Opton, M. Ed., Licenced Massage Therapist and
Watsu Practitioner, Gainesville, FL
'I have you scheduled in my contact manager for a call.' Keo (Kathryne E.) Opton has a talent for effective networking. Last year, I was honored to be included in her call list for long-distance chats about anything related to our shared passion for aquatic bodywork based on Watsu.
While I do most of my networking in cyberspace from a little cabin in a forest in midwest US at present, Keo is out-and-about in North Central Florida and beyond, 'harvesting and creating and planting joy in my life every day, loving people and being in service to myself, my fiancé, family and community'.
Her commitment to community work is clear; she has served on Boards for the Gainesville Area Women's Network and the FL State Massage Therapy Association. Keo is the coordinator for the FSMTA Chair Massage Team in her area, and notes that she's affectionately referred to as the 'Chair Chair'.
'Watsunami' Keo has the kind of energy that could never be chair- or desk-bound for long. She was once an amateur bodybuilder. It was her own injuries as a competitive athlete that started her on the aquatic healing path. In her first Watsu session, she knew without a doubt: 'I wanted to do this work'.
Back then, Keo says: 'I was suicidal and couldn’t find a way out of the imbalance in my life. I was over trained and had fractured my hand after winning a national title. I couldn't rain and gained 50 pounds and became clinically depressed.' She doesn't hesitate to say that Watsu turned her life around.
In addition to being a licensed massage therapist, Keo has been a registered Watsu practitioner since 1998. She is also a Watsu assistant instructor. As a continuing education provider for the National Certifying Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) and the state of Florida, she offers a 2-4 hour Introduction or Basic Watsu experience.
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