Kerri Noto

Kerri is a Midwest native who first discovered yoga in a university gymnasium in Paris, while studying abroad in 1997. She soon realized it was "the missing link" that would connect her lifelong passions for movement, eastern philosophy, intention, and health/wellness. What she did not expect was for the practice to evolve beyond the body, to a place that would challenge her concept of the mind and everything it has to say. As a "Type A personality," she also loves how yoga instills patience and resilience as we learn to approach each practice both on and off the mat - with newness and without expectation.

Because she loves the universe's grace and the flow of things, Kerri is particularly drawn to vinyasa flow practice. She is a longtime devotee of Chicago master teachers: Daren Friesen, Lindsey Levin, and Paul Weitz, and has also been influenced by the teachings of Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Duncan Wong, Seane Corn, Kim Schwartz, Ana Forrest, Carolyn Myss, Charlotte Joko Beck, Nicki Doane, and Gary Kraftsow.

Kerri completed Moksha's 200-hour teacher training in 2003, and Tias Little's 500-hour Level 1 training in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2004.

Her classes offer a challenging vinyasa flow practice, with a focus on intention, alignment, muscular-skeletal connection, svadyaya (self-study) and renewal. Kerri also incorporates Iyengar healing principles and readings from the yoga sutras and other texts. Kerri teaches with the intention of renewal and exploration, and seeks to give students the opportunity to connect with their own non-judging inner guidance and experience its energizing current for greater creativity, mental/emotional clarity, and the ripple effects of softness and light in their life off the mat.

Kerri holds a B.A. in Economics and French from Middlebury College in Vermont. In addition to teaching at Moksha, she has taught in Bangkok, Thailand, and at Nature Yoga Sanctuary in Chicago. She is delighted to share her practice with others, and is thankful to be in good company on this constant journey of the spirit. Lastly, she thanks Daren and the Moksha community for all their endless friendship and support.