The intenSati^TM Team

Patricia Moreno
Founder, intenSati Life LLC
Patricia Moreno is one of the most respected fitness instructors today. With more than 20 years experience as a dynamic fitness instructor, she has been a pioneer in the industry. Teaching at the prestigious Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City, Patricia has a devoted following of students who swear by her intenSati^TM, danceSati^TM, yogaSati^TM, coreSati^TM and warriorSati^TM classes. Patricia’s enthusiasm, energy and dedication to constantly improving the workout are infectious. Patricia is recognized as an elite instructor within the industry as well: she teaches her techniques to other instructors worldwide, and she has been honored by her peers at training conventions worldwide. In addition, the press, including Allure, Shape, and W magazines, as well as The New York Sun and ABC News, have recognized her unique talent.

The creation of the intenSati workout is evidence that Patricia leads new fitness trends pushes the boundaries: intenSati combines the best of group fitness with the elements of yoga and life coaching to create a new workout that is exactly right for our times, combining both physical and spiritual disciplines to create excellent results. Several years ago, Patricia began to feel that there needed to be a better, more inspiring way to teach group classes. A fitness instructor’s worst nightmare is teaching a room full of sweating zombies, and when Patricia realized that nothing was motivating her students — even in fun classes with great music — she knew she had to find something different to offer. At about the same time, she’d begun to study and practice yoga on her own, and she had sought out a life coach. It wasn’t long before she was teaching yoga and became a life coach herself; when she fused these two new disciplines with group fitness, intenSati emerged. The huge positive response, including glowing faces and tales of transformation from her students, convinced Patricia that she had found something amazing. Participants walked out of these classes with a different level of empowerment and anecdotal evidence of its life-changing powers began to emerge. Her devoted students know that this is a breakthrough program that delivers on this promise to allow students to harness the power of the mind to achieve the potential of the body.

Patricia’s Journey
Although you won’t believe it if you saw her now, Patricia did not grow up fit and healthy. In fact, like many, many women, she struggled with her weight and eating disorders. She’s one of 11 children, and although her family didn’t provide her with a fitness-oriented environment, she was lucky to have a father who introduced her to the Silva Mind System methods when she was an adolescent when an illness that almost cost her arm was abated when she and her father applied this power of positive thinking, and experience that left her a believer in these methods.

Recognition
Patricia has been named Best Fitness Instructor by Allure Magazine and New York Magazine twice. Her peers agree too: in March 2006 Patricia was named Presenter of the year at this year's ECA (one of the largest fitness conventions of the year). She is the co-creator of Powerstrike Kickboxing and Powerstrike IMPACT.  She’s often a headlining presenter at Nike events, IDEA, ECA, etc. She recently returned from the Nike Conference in Stockholm and will be presenting at Nike Denmark in September.

Sponsorship
Patricia has just been asked to be a Reebok sponsored athlete.

Erika Shannon
Director of Operations, intenSati Life

Together with Patricia, Erika pioneered the intenSati Teacher Training Program in January of 2007, and is currently an intenSati and dance instructor at Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City.  A classically trained dancer, Erika has been practicing intenSati with Patricia since fall of 2005, and appears as Patricia’s back up on intenSati: Intention and Power; intenSati: Great Body Great Life; Dancer’s Body Workout; Dance for Weightloss, and the yet-to-be released Yoga Dance!   She continues to run the Teacher Training Program while also coordinating the intenSati retreats and doing whatever else needs to be done that day!  Erika is honored to be part of the team and will forever be grateful to Patricia for introducing this practice into her life!

Erika holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from The University of Michigan, and is currently a national spokesperson for Weight Watchers (she lost 30 pounds in 2004!).  In her pre-intenSati life, she toured internationally as a singer/dancer with several shows in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and later worked as the Associate General Manager of two Off-Broadway Theatres in New York City.

Laurie Gerber
Coach and President, HandelGroup Private Coaching
For the last 15 years, Laurie has been teaching and coaching adults and children in a variety of settings including lectures, discussion groups, seminars, classroom teaching, tutoring and one-on-one coaching.   Laurie has also owned and operated Partners With Parents, Inc., a tutoring and educational consulting service, for the last seven years.  Laurie has studied effective parenting methods extensively and gives presentations for parents and expecting parents that address how to raise happy, relaxed, self-reliant children. 

Laurie received her degree in Education and Political Science from Swarthmore College, along with her teaching certification.  She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two daughters.  Laurie enjoys coaching people who want to be proud of every aspect of life:  career, love, family/parenting, spirituality, body/health, etc.

Cherie Lily began her fitness career in Chicago in 1999. Passion, enthusiasm, inspiration, and joy are common themes in her classes as well as in her life. Cherie has been a certified IntenSati leader since April 2007. In January 2008, Cherie launched cycleSati, which she co-created with Patricia Moreno. Cherie is dedicated to helping people live their dreams through fitness and mindfulness. Always up for a challenge, Cherie enjoys living life on the edge. Outside the gym, Cherie travels the world performing as a musician and enjoys competitive snowboarding.

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