Meet The Team
Meet Dr. Anya Harris, DC
Owner / Crystalign Chiropractic
- Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the North Carolina Chiropractic Board of Examiners
- Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University 2002
- Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology from Florida Atlantic University 1997
- Certified Yoga Instructor
- Transformative Retreat Leader
Born and raised just outside Chicago in Bolingbrook, Illinois, Dr. Anya Harris has spent 24 years helping people feel and move better through a whole-person approach to chiropractic care. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychobiology with a focus on Mind-Body Wellness in 1997 before earning her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in 2002.
Over her career, Dr. Harris has practiced in Western North Carolina, Chicago, and rural Missouri – including time serving an eco-village and the surrounding Mennonite community. She eventually returned to the mountains of Western North Carolina, which she now calls home.
Dr. Harris cares for people of all ages and is well-versed in prenatal and infant care. Her approach blends chiropractic with soft-tissue work, therapeutic movement, craniosacral work, nutrition, energy work, and sound healing. She incorporates sound as another way to encourage relaxation, body awareness, and nervous-system regulation. A yoga teacher since 2000, she also brings decades of experience with movement, breath, and the mind-body connection into her work.
As a person who walks her talk, her philosophy is simple:
Health is about more than fixing problems. It’s about feeling fully alive.
Outside the office, Anya enjoys spending time with her 24-year-old son and his wife, and enjoys practicing yoga, playing the French horn, making art, gardening, traveling, and exploring swimming holes with her mini-bulldog, Clementine.
“I love integrating many powerful healing tools to create the best results for your body, mind and spirit!”
Joel Derrick, LMBT
Licensed Massage Therapist
NC LMBT#: 18210
Joel grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where his deep connection to nature first took root. Drawn to a healing profession, he considered nursing before finding his path in massage therapy. He trained in Austin, Texas in 2009 and practiced for several years before exploring other pursuits, including fine dining and stone masonry. In 2017, the call of the Blue Ridge Mountains brought Joel to Asheville and back to his true vocation in bodywork.
Since then, Joel has immersed himself in Swedish massage, deep tissue work, trigger point therapy, and especially myofascial release—a modality that has become his greatest passion. He believes that releasing fascial restrictions is key to lasting healing, and over the years he has developed a unique blend of techniques guided by the body’s natural wisdom. A wise friend once told him, “Healing is release,” a philosophy that continues to guide his work.
Outside the treatment room, Joel enjoys spending time with his wife, Lauren, and their two cats, hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains, practicing meditation and yoga, playing guitar, and connecting with community. He believes in every body’s innate ability to heal and is
honored to help facilitate that process for those who feel called to work with him.
Tricia Baehr
Chiropractic Assistant
Tricia grew up in East Tennessee and has lived in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina since 2012. She is the mother of adult twin sons and daughter whom she helped to home school. She lives on a small homestead. Which is adjacent to Earthaven Ecovillage.
Tricia first received chiropractic care in the mid-1990’s after being in several automobile accidents. The care and treatment she received then made a huge difference in her life and since that time she has been an advocate for chiropractic care on all levels.
Hearth tending and nourishing her family and others via local organic food is a great passion for her. Tricia believes that having a functioning body to accomplish these tasks is paramount. She has a multi-faceted background, from professional chef to business owner to corporate executive. She supports the work of local farms and farmers first and foremost and believes in a mind, body, spirit approach to living a life of wellness and thriving. Tricia has served on the Board of Directors for the French Broad Food Co-op since 2024.
Tricia tends the Hearth at Crystalign Chiropractic as well, and delights serving our patients and staff in nourishing and supportive ways.