Instructors – Waxhaw Yoga

Waxhaw Yoga Studio Instructors

Kris Knox, Founder

Kris began her yoga practice in 2007. After completing her 200hr Yoga certification in 2010 thru Charlotte Yoga, Kris was offered the opportunity to teach at Snap Fitness in Waxhaw. The timing was perfect and Kris loved the idea of bringing yoga out to Waxhaw where at the time there were not many yoga opportunities around town and there were no yoga studios.

From October 2010 to March 2020 Kris taught all over Waxhaw in neighborhoods, fitness centers, tennis clubs, private sessions, girls night out yoga parties, anywhere and everywhere that she could share this practice, Kris was there.

In June 2020 when the world was shut down, all the stars aligned for Kris to open a brick and mortar yoga studio in Waxhaw. She began offering pop up classes in local parks and neighborhoods and spreading the word about the pending opening of Waxhaw Yoga.

On October 7^th 2020, when the world was beginning to reemerge, Kris opened the doors to Waxhaw Yoga. Her mission is and has always been to bring yoga to people that would never have step foot in a yoga studio and to make them feel welcome enough to keep coming back.

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Becky Somsak, Instructor

My love of fitness started in high school, but really translated into a career when my youngest son was a baby, 12 years ago in Orange County, CA. I became a group fitness instructor for Fit4Mom, which led to personal training and other studio group fitness.

After moving to Waxhaw in 2015, I fell back in love with the practice of yoga, while also becoming a trainer with Burn Boot Camp. With the intensity of that style of training, I realized even more how crucial yoga was for the Body, Mind, and Spirit and that more people needed to be introduced to it. I took the 200 hour YTT in 2019 and have never been more excited about sharing my love of fitness, health, body positivity, and yoga!

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Kimberly Savage, Instructor

Kimberly Savage is a holistic massage therapist {LMBT 17714}, sound therapist and sacred sound alchemist, meditation facilitator, Yoga E-RYT, Reiki Level 2 and a student of Intuitive Energy Healing and Ayurveda.

She is a graduate of the NC Massage School with certificates in clinical neuromuscular bodywork, Thai massage, ayurvedic bodywork, ace medicupping, and massage cupping. Kim has studied with the vibration sound association, Alessandra Montanna, Don Conreaux and Jens Zyger, Hale Pule, David Emerson, Wilmington Yoga, Michael Sitzer, and Cara Viana. She approaches every individual with reverence and respect focusing on healing and creating comfort in the body, soul, and mind. Her massage technique, sound attunements, and yoga teaching are influenced by the methods she has studied – vinyasa, kundalini, trauma yoga, buti yoga, primal yoga, Swedish massage, sound and vibrational healing, intuitive energy, the energetic body {chakra system}, Thai bodywork, neuromuscular pain patterns, medicupping, aromatherapy, Marma points, meditation, and Ayurveda.

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Adrienne Zarrillo, Instructor

Adrienne is a certified E-RYT 500 YACEP yoga teacher who has been practicing since 2016. She trained at Enlighten Yoga, and currently teaches at Waxhaw Yoga specializing in Basics, Flow, Hot Yoga, Level 1, Move and Meditate, Deep Stretch, Gentle, Slow Flow,

Aroma Yoga, Restorative, and Corporate Yoga. Adrienne currently leads Waxhaw Yoga’s 200/hr teacher training and has also studied prenatal yoga and Ayurveda. She is a passionate student and continues to study many aspects of yoga and has learned from teachers such as Greg Nardi, Desiree Rumbaugh and Doug Keller.

When she’s not teaching or practicing, Adrienne leads Matthew’s Helping Hands (MHH), a local non-profit organization that she co-founded with her husband to honor their son, Matthew. MHH serves children with Autism and related special needs by hosting social and recreational activities for families. Adrienne is also mom to her daughter, Nina.

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Sherri Norford, Instructor

Sherri initially came to yoga believing it was just another form of exercise. It didn’t take long for her to realize that, although her body definitely benefitted from the practice, the emotional and spiritual benefits far outweighed the physical.

Her desire to deepen her practice and share her love of yoga with others led her to receive her RYT-200 in 2014 and her RYT-500 in 2018.

Sherri’s initial training was influenced by the Universal style of yoga but she has also had the privilege of studying multiple other styles, including Restorative, Yin, Ashtanga, Gentle, Yoga for Athletes and Yoga
for Beginners.

Sherri lives with her husband, three children and two dogs. When she is not on her mat, Sherri enjoys cooking, reading and time at the lake with her family.

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