Laura Noss is a Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher who studies under the guidance of yoga masters Sharon Gannon and David Life. She has been practicing yoga informally since she was a teenager, formally since 1998, and teaching since 2002. An activist on and off the mat, Laura shares with students the power of yoga as both a physical and spiritual practice to awaken and experience freedom in this lifetime. She infuses her classes with humor, a sense of community, and an enthusiastic attitude and passion for yoga – union with the higher Self. She helps students seek a stronger relationship and trust with themselves in a safe, engaging, interactive environment, and guides students to find simple ways to take their yoga off the mat and into daily life. Classes focus on a theme, often incorporating chanting to help students find their voices; spiritual lesson with commentary; a challenging but light-hearted asana class; and the tranquility of meditation. Each class is set to a different playlist of great music, from Tibetan bells to Michael Franti/Spearhead to hip hop to the Grateful Dead. She is a student of Vipassana meditation, and volunteers her time at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. When Laura isn't teaching yoga, she practices karma yoga through her company, Social Planets, which offers PR and marketing to progressive nonprofit organizations and socially responsible companies, and hikes with her dogs Wilma and Shasta. Laura offers thanks and pranams to her primary teacher Ruth Lauer Manenti, who consistently inspires her from afar to practice with integrity and intention. Laura is grateful to all of her teachers, who remind her of the power of grace, loving kindness, and staying on the spirit path, and offers her efforts to the beautiful lessons they have brought to her life.
"I share the power of yoga as both a physical and spiritual
practice with students to awaken and experience freedom in this lifetime."
