Our teachers
Your wellness Destination
Cindy Buchanan
Studio Owner & Yoga Instructor
Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, Reiki Master, Restorative and Yin Yoga certified, Trauma Informed, Sound Healing, and Shamanic Practitioner.
She lives locally with her husband Paul, has two sons named Cole and Tyler, and a menagerie of pets, including “Cuddles” the guinea pig, and her sister “Chatterbox”.
Cynthia (or Cindy) began navigating the layers of self at the early age of 12. First, using dance to explore healing, she found solace and freedom in spinning and flying through the air- leading her all the way to the Boston Conservatory dance program. After a brief time as a professional dancer, the desire to dive deeper into soul and energy work led her onto the path of Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative yoga in 2010. She used yoga and meditation at that time to help navigate through clinical depression and anxiety, and knows she owes the amazing quality of life she experiences today to the numerous gifts of healing these modalities provide. Recently, Cindy received her Soulmonic Sound Healing training from Shamanic Sound Healing practitioner Three Trees, as well as completed a Shamanic Healing Training/Mesa Building under Lineages Wisdom School under Three Trees and Greta Hough.
She desires to express gratitude by paying forward the knowledge of the weaving together of all of these practices – to create a safe, nurturing, and loving space for anyone to realize their own innate gifts, to foster connection and strength of mind, body, and spirit, and to nurture a sense of peace and power within that can be carried out of Shine On and far into the world.
Our Instructors
We take great pride in selecting instructors who are dedicated to the practice. Our experienced team is here to help you retreat from the stresses of daily life, relax your mind and body, and renew your spirit. Each instructor brings a unique blend of expertise and compassion, ensuring that every session leaves you feeling revitalized and balanced.
Ana Milena
In 2013 Milena decided to join a Kundalini yoga teacher training at Happy Yoga Colombia. Milena specializes in Kundalini as a yoga practitioner and as an experienced instructor. She loves that Kundalini emphasizes the movement of vital energy to promote a meditative state yet awaken the creative energy that settles in the pelvis. Kundalini mobilizes your body harmonically through the spine and mind to restore the natural state of balance and calm. Milena has also developed workshops and courses in facial yoga, eye yoga, yoga for women, and meditation.
Bob
Bob has been practicing yoga for more than 15 years, Starting in the physical Realm of Bikram and continuing his journey into Meditation and Breathwork. Bob's style infuses humor into detailed cueing of the postures with an emphasis on safe/correct alignment. Due to his extensive training and experience, Bob is comfortable teaching a variety of styles; Flow, gentle, and restorative, always with a breath and meditative component to the physical work.
Dani
Daniela’s yoga journey began in the early 2000s through ballet, where yin and stretching practices first taught her the art of listening to the body. About four years ago, she deepened her path into meditation, mindfulness, and restorative yoga, while still honoring her love for kundalini and dynamic, flowing movement. Originally from Venezuela and shaped by years of moving throughout the U.S., yoga has been her anchor and her sense of home. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Shine On Yoga in Weston with Cindy, where she refined her approach to Jhana yoga - guiding students to carry the wisdom of the practice beyond the mat and into daily life. Her classes blend intuitive movement ranging from gentle to energizing, nervous system awareness, and the power of letting go, often woven with sound healing through instruments and voice - a lifelong passion since childhood - creating space for release, connection, and integration both on and off the mat.
Jay
Originally from Ontario, Canada, Jay found yoga at age 16 and quickly fell in love with how it helped her to slow down, breathe, and feel more at home in her body. Not long after, she discovered Reiki, learning Levels 1 and 2, which deepened her curiosity around healing and embodied awareness. Along the way, she also trained as a tea sommelier - a path rooted in ritual, presence, and connection. Her journey eventually brought her to Florida, where she completed Reiki Level 3 and her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Cindy at Shine On Yoga. After graduating in 2025, Jay began teaching at the studio and continues to support the community by assisting with Reiki circles. Jay mainly teaches Hatha/Vinyasa, and Restorative yoga with the intention of creating a grounded, welcoming space. She values genuine connection and sees teaching as a shared practice. Her hope is to help others feel more at ease in their bodies, more present in their day, and gently supported on their own healing journey.
Johanna
Johanna Vega is a D.A. (Doctor of Ayurveda), RYT500 (Registered Yoga Teacher), and an RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher). Based in South Florida, Johanna enjoys a successful career as a Vedic Health and Wellness Specialist. As a bilingual Community Outreach Consultant, she contributes her expertise to organizations like UNICEF, WHO, and PAHO by creating health and wellness awareness. Johanna specializes in Vedic Sciences (Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedic Psychology, Vedanta) and holds international certifications in various modalities. This enables her to create community programs and offer healthcare management services in the US and Latin America. Passionate about philanthropy, Johanna collaborates with organizations for women's self-development programs and mentors youth and new families in the US. In 2020, she created the DĀNA Program, advocating for disadvantaged women and children of the Cabécar indigenous tribe in Costa Rica.
Leslie
Leslie has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 20 years, including thousands of hours dedicated to the body, mind, and breath. She has witnessed students move through difficult times with much more ease when they have yoga in their lives. Leslie loves to enhance the yoga space with music, sounds from Tibetan bowls, and the silence of only one's breathing. She has studied Ashtanga, Yin, Katonah Yoga, Restorative, Yoga Nidra, and meditation. She believes a subtle, mindful practice can yield great benefits to your body, mind and help you in many aspects of your life. Leslie is has a BFA in modern dance. She is also a Doula and Prenatal Instructor. Leslie is an Experienced- Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Reiki Master.
Lori
As a 2016 Cancer Survivor, Lori understands the healing power of yoga and thoughtfully leads her students to find their own mind-body-spirit connection. Being a teacher by nature and inspired to take her took her practice to the next level, Lori – a longtime middle school teacher, specializing in GEM high-school level Algebra and Geometry – earned her RYT 200-hour certification in Hatha Yoga from The Prana Lab in June of 2019. This was followed by a RCYT 95-hour certification in Children’s Yoga. Lori crafts her unique classes to both support new practitioners and challenge more advanced yogis. Lori is committed to delivering meaningful, challenging, and creative classes to all levels.
Manuela
Manu practices and guides graceful movement, alignment, strength, overcoming resistance, and conscious surrender. A former gymnast, she was shaped by her persistence towards self-improvement and freedom of the mind through trust in the body. During her University years abroad, her yoga practice became an intuitive experience of going inwards to be present, thus cultivating health and well-being through a stressful time. After graduating, she dipped her toes in a short online Breathwork and Meditation retreat of sudarshan kriya with SKY @Emory, then a 30hr Holistic Power Yoga Teacher Training with InnerDimension, finally deciding to pursue an in-person 200-hour YTT in Alignment-Based Vinyasa, Slow Flow, as well as a certification in Yoga Thai Massage Therapy with LagoCph. She trained in Sound Healing with Three Trees, Soulmonic Sound Healing.
Nipa
Nipa was born and raised in Mumbai, India. She has completed her Bachelor's in Commerce and a Master's in Law at the University of Mumbai. She is trained in Indian classical dance. She has been living in the USA since 2000. She has completed a 200-hour training in Hatha yoga, 300-hour training in Kundalini yoga, and a 200-hour training in shakti dance and yoga. She is trained in yoga for youth and the Comprehensive Mind and Body Wellness program. She has been sharing her love and passion for mind, body, and spirit wellness by sharing the essential skills of breathing, meditation, and movement with adults and children. She believes that mindfulness, breathing, movement, and relaxation techniques can help us be in the present moment. She strives to increase self-awareness, self-acceptance, vitality, strength, focus, productivity, and concentration which helps us in every area of our life, including to shine our own light.
Pi`ilani
Pi`ilani’s life revolves around yoga, on and off the mat. Living yoga through a desire to make a difference in people’s lives by uplifting them physically, mentally and emotionally. For the past 17 years, Pi`ilani has guided her students through Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini Yoga is an energy and awareness practice that transforms busy minds into inner sanctuaries of peace through breathwork, mantra, and gentle movement. She invites a supportive community to rise in harmony and balance within themselves and beyond the studio. “My journey in healing began 30 years ago in Hawaii, where I immersed myself in shamanic energy work creating a deep understanding of the body's energetic pathways. I remain a student of Huna Kane, Ho`oponopono, Ka Hana Pono & Sacred Lomilomi. “ She is an ordained reverend with a Bachelor of Divinity and a Master Hypnotist NGH; Pi`ilani uses regression to create a safe space for inner child work and forgiveness. This creates deep insight that transforms old beliefs into positive self-worth. Beyond the mat, Pi`ilani is a master competitive swimmer, and will be competing in the 2027 Senior Olympics. She is also a devoted mother, grandmother, and wife.
Retreat. Reset. Renew.
Each practice in our boutique studio teaches the body to be both grounded and adaptable, cultivating resilience, connection, and a deeper sense of wholeness.
Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. Bhagavad Gita