Instructors

Well over 50 years of Yoga Teaching experience all under one roof!

Jessica D'Angelo. What started out as a college PE credit turned into a lifestyle. I have been studying yoga now since my early twenties. When I met my teacher, Casandra Kish in 2001 she not only gave me direction in my personal practice, but took me under her wing for a year long teachers training that changed the very course of my life. I have been teaching in Bucks County for 10 years and every year it gets better and better! In 2009 we opened Shine Yoga Center and were met with an overwhelming amount of support and dedication from students all over the Pennridge area. I wanted to create a center where different styles of yoga could be experienced and a community of yogis could grow, evolve and learn from each other. Whether you love the physical practice, the mantra classes, the mysterious Kundalini classes or our Yoga Book Club, we offer something for everyone.

Colleen Clemens

I remind myself of Gandhi’s advice often: Be the change you wish to see in the world. The peace we create inside ourselves through yoga is not only a personal gift, but one we share with everyone we encounter. I feel blessed teach. My hope is that students leave class feeling restored and calm, with a sense of serenity and strength.

I know yoga can be beneficial; over a decade ago I found it when the overwhelming work of teaching high school English forced me to learn to manage stress. In my first pigeon pose, I discovered my body could offer its own comfort. After several years of practicing, one early morning I arrived at the gym only to find the instructor was ill; I asked to use the room to practice on my own, and before I knew it, I was teaching a group of ten people. Seeing happy, relaxing bodies resting on mats felt like a gift the students gave me, and I continue to feel gratitude for those wonderful moments in teaching. I realized I needed to teach yoga regularly and pursued my yoga certification. For me, yoga is all about the meaning of the word, which translates into “to yoke, to unite.” I love teaching both students who are on the mat for the first time and those who are doing their ten thousandth down dog in the course of their lifetime of practice

Lisa Visco Over the last 20 years, I have practiced many styles of yoga asana. I have trained at the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco, in southern California with Eric Shiffman, Power Yoga with Beryl Bender Birch and Ashtanga with David Swenson just to name a few. Although the technique may be different, although the teaching styles may vary, to me the message resonates the same. You will gain nothing from a yoga practice. You will not become more flexible, you will not find strength. You will not gain new insights from time spent on your mat, nor will you some how acquire peace. Time spent on your mat is simply reconnecting to the gifts you already possess.

Alice Zander Alice began studying Yoga in 1978 for want of a gym credit. She has since studied with Senior Iyengar teachers Joan White and Kofi Busi, editor of Iyengar: The Yoga Master. In 1996 Alice became a student of Kirin Mishra (Parvathi Nanda Nath Saraswati) and received her Teacher Training from Saraswati River Yoga in 2008. She is continuing her studies with Mahan Rishi and Nirbhe Kaur Khalsa in Yardley, PA and preparing for Kundalini Yoga Teachers certification Alice has enjoyed teaching people of all ages and abilities. She has offered classes in many different settings including University City Arts League, Philadelphia, Jefferson Hospital Wellness Center, Philadelphia, Center Club in Buckingham and Lambertville, Omega Institute as Summer Staff instructor, Philadelphia Corporation on Aging and Shine Yoga in Perkasie.

Karen Warner

Karen has been practicing yoga for 11 years. She began sharing her love of yoga when she became a yoga teacher in 2005, while pregnant with her daughter Ava. She is currently certified in Yoga Phase I and II through the American Aerobics Association/International Sports Medicine Association.

Her teaching style emphasizes both harmony and balance, as there is a time of everything...for both work and rest. For this reason, she teaches a range of classes from a gentle practice to a more invigorating power vinyasa.

During the practice, Karen emphasizes the Ashtanga principle of Pratyahara where the student withdraws from outside distractions and looks inside themselves to a world of self awareness. Her students learn how to surrender and enjoy even a challenging asana. With instruction focused on proper alignment and concentrated breath, her students take a journey to discover genuine physical and emotional well-being.

Sara Dobson

First introduced to yoga in college, Sara revisited the practice a few years ago to seek relaxation from her daily routine. She teaches Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, and practices at Shine Yoga Center several times a week. With veganism and the outdoors as two of her passions, Sara utilizes Yoga to connect with things larger than her. She believes that in its ability to help one cultivate an elevated sense of mindfulness and inner peace, Yoga can teach people to be compassionate both on and off their mats.

Sara, who works in the community with people who have mental illness, seeks to incorporate Yoga into her field of work and directly to the populations that typically do not have access to the discipline. She co-founded and facilitates a weekly gentle Yoga & wellness group to clients and staff at Penn Foundation. Sara aims to show people that Yoga can help them nurture a safe place where they can be challenged to take control of their lives and grow both as yoga practitioners and individuals.