About Buff & Flo

Jessica Radon is the owner at Buff & Flo. She relocated to Orchard Park in 2016 from Dallas, TX. While she enjoyed taking classes in different places, she longed for something close to her house that would not only bring community but also mirror studios she was active with in other parts of the country. She loved the idea of renovating an older historic building and bringing back the original character with mixing in her full time career of design into the aesthetics. Missing practicing somewhere with Infrared heating, she knew she needed to also bring the immense benefits of that style to Buffalo. Introducing people to the amazing feeling of taking heated classes in a style that has many health benefits is so fulfilling to her goal of bringing wellness in all forms to Orchard Park.

Jessica began her passion and love of teaching others growing up in Connecticut and teaching summer camps for the National Cheerleader Association. She traveled the entire Northeast instructing athletes and camps of all sizes for 10 years as a Head Instructor for the company. At the same time, her career on the other side of the brand in the apparel division also began where she lived all across the country the past eight years. She currently is the National Director of Design for Varsity All Star Fashion. Her job would lead to a lot of responsibility and team leading, where yoga totally came into play as the perfect balance to her life.

Through the years her journey teaching choreography, judging and instructing continued and she was introduced to Yoga, another passion she was instantly hooked to. She loved the physical benefits but also the mental connection she gained from practicing. After suffering 6 months of postpartum after having her son, she truly began "the work" and connection gained from yoga and credits her practice to helping her overcome that stage in her life. Eager to learn more she had discovered many variations of styles of yoga and wanted to further pursue her ambition of teaching. Jessica completed both Level 1 and Level 2 with the Baptiste Institute and enjoys leading power flow classes at the studio.

In addition to yoga, she enjoyed taking Barre classes and decided to add that to her portfolio as well. She trained in Nashville and loves bringing a totally different approach and style to Orchard Park. Many of the teachers have a similar relocation story to Jessica and training outside of the Buffalo area to bring unique variety and passion to every class. She loves teaching as well as guiding her instructors to being the best versions of themselves they can be.

She has built a very welcoming environment that aims to have classes for every age and ability level. Recognizing not everyone likes the same type of yoga or style of class the studio offers uniqueness and the teachers are encouraged to be hands on and lead technique driven classes.

Cat Henry is a barefoot (grippy sock) workout enthusiast. As a health communication professional, she lives and shares her passion for wellness. Cat is barre certified by Barreworks in Toronto, Canada and Vault Fitness in Boca Raton, Florida. She is also a pilates lover, certified through Classical Pilates Education for Mat Pilates. Born in the South, and raised in the Midwest, she found her way to Boston and Los Angeles before becoming a farmer's wife and mother of two in Eden, New York. Cat is very excited to connect with like-minded individuals in the Southtowns. She believes in kindness, karma, and creating your own journey - with a glass of wine.

Brittany is an energetic and passionate barre instructor. She is trained through Barre Intensity. Brittany comes from a background in competitive dance and cheerleading, so fitness was instilled in her at a young age. Brittany believes everyone is capable of doing HARD things, as long as you show up and believe in yourself.

Brittany's goal is to motivate her clients both mentally and physically. She believes it is so important to challenge not only the body, but the mind throughout each workout. Brittany will help you improve your technique and tone your body with her creative and challenging choreography.

When Brittany isn't teaching barre or working out in the gym, you can find her in her classroom teaching kindergarten or spending time with her family!

Brooke was trained and certified in Mind Body Barre in 2015. She taught in her home studio for 3 years before joining Buff and Flo in 2021 as a Barre instructor. Using her personal training background, she added Barre and Build as well as Step and Strength to her classes in 2024 to increase variety and challenge the body in different ways.

In 2024, she became a certified nutrition coach, focusing on women's health- and combines this knowledge with her fitness training to help clients reach their goals. Brooke has a passion for helping her clients - pushing them to their limits, while keeping it fun, motivating and energetic.

Caitlin is Southtowns born and raised. Growing up in Hamburg, she graduated from Frontier High School, headed down the street to Hilbert College for a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and now lives in the heart of the Village of Hamburg. Having done gymnastics from a young age through high school, she has always leaned towards workouts that use our body's weight over weights and machines at the gym. Barre and Mat Pilates provides the desired body weight workout while also strengthening that mind body connection giving you time on your mat to focus on you. Caitlin is certified through the International Ballet Barre Fitness Association and the Classical Pilates Education Program. (Only for barre: While barre draws inspiration from dance, there is no dance experience required to participate in a barre class.) All levels welcome; we guarantee you'll feel those muscles working and booty's burning no matter what prior experience you have!

After dancing her whole childhood, Cortney started teaching fitness classes at age 19. Her love for movement lead her to complete the 200 hour certification in Pilates from Stott Pilates. She continues to use this training to help keep clients safe and challenged. In 2022, she added Barre to her fitness repertoire through Barre Intensity. Cortney loves blending unique and challenging core exercises into her classes to give clients that burn. She's looking forward to teaching Reformer Sculpt, which incorporates both Pilates mat, reformer and barre exercises.

Gabrielle is a Buffalo native yoga and barre instructor. Her yoga journey started in 2008 as a way to condition for running. Growing up in dance made the style of vinyasa yoga a perfect pair. Her passion of yoga grew while working in Baltimore and helping create international yoga retreats, and obtained her 200hr RYT in 2016 in Baltimore, MD.

After becoming a yoga instructor and teaching power yoga, she created a yoga program for paraplegics at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore while training in trauma related disabilities and movement therapy.

Moving back to Buffalo in 2018 while starting a family, allowed her to bring her new knowledge and passion to the studio. Her power yoga classes are centered around synchronizing mindful movements that help you better understand your control over the physical and mental bodies.

To deepen this understanding, she obtained barre intensity training in 2020 and recently began schooling for physical therapy.

A mother to two young boys at home (3 & 10months!) Opened the doors for Buff & Flo's Mommy & Me classes, as well as prenatal classes, to happily create a community and space for mothers and mothers-to-be!

The love for adventure is still ever present and she began co-creating yoga retreats for Buff&Flo and eager to create more for the years ahead (stay tuned!).

Jen's journey into fitness is rooted in her lifelong passion for dance. It was her practice and performances that instilled a deep appreciation for movement and wellness--bringing her to multiple fitness trainings & certifications including Zumba, personal training, and Pilates.

Jen brings a diverse range of skills and expertise to her classes, including a strong belief in injury prevention. Trained extensively in techniques to safeguard against injury, Jen ensures that each workout is effective and safe for participants of all levels.

During the day, Jen is an elementary school teacher. When she's not shaping young minds or leading invigorating workouts, Jen can be found on cheering at the sidelines of her children's sports fields. She enjoys running, biking, hiking, and exploring new destinations.

With her infectious energy, commitment to injury prevention, and holistic approach to wellness, Jen is ready to inspire and empower you on your fitness journey. Join this Orchard Park native for a class and discover the joy of movement!

Jill's background in public health ignited her passion for health and helping others. After finding Pilates 12 years ago, she took the leap to become an instructor knowing she could incorporate these passions while also adding her love for fitness. Jill completed her Pilates training in reformer, mat and apparatus through Balanced Body and has been instructing locally for 9 years. Finding ways to add different props and equipment to her classes is her favorite way to spice it up!

When Jill isn't teaching Pilates, you can find her at home on her farm with her husband Dan and their 3 beautiful kids. Jill also loves to travel with her family to explore new cities, eat locally, read and enjoy a good glass of wine!

Jill grew up in Buffalo where she completed her Master's Degree in Social Work. Following her graduation, she was blessed with the opportunity to live in Hawaii and travel to the Pacific and Asia. These experiences opened her eyes to different cultures and spiritual practices. After leaving the islands she moved to Tennessee where she took the next step in shaping and advancing her interest in Yoga. She completed her 500-hour teacher training (with a specialty in Ayurvedic Wellness - one of the world's oldest whole-body healing systems) and her teacher certification in Kids, Youth and Family Yoga. Jill integrates these practices in her work as a child and family therapist. To enhance her mind-body education, Jill completed her certification in Mat and Advance Apparatus Pilates through Classical Pilates Education.

Jill is grateful for all her gurus/teachers who have shared their wisdom and knowledge with her. They have taught her that life can be messy, but that is what makes it beautiful. The power is to be able to sit with it (feel it fully), learn and evolve.

Training – Certified Yoga Teacher - 500hr
Child, Youth and Family Yoga Teacher
Mat and Advanced Apparatus Pilates Instructor

Kailey was born and raised a proud southtowner. She works full time as a Dental Hygienist but found her passion for instructing fitness in her postpartum journey in 2022 with Buff & Flo. Kailey became certified with Classical Pilates Education during the studio's in person training with Nationally recognized master trainers. She completed her beginner, intermediate and advanced certifications and test outs in mat Pilates. She also is certified with Barre Intensity to lead effective Barre classes. Kailey obtained a Pilates TRX certification to round out her expertise. Clients love that she likes to take the fundamentals and add some flare during her classes!

When she is not working she is enjoying the outdoors with her husband and 3 kids.

Deeply intrigued by meditation from an early age Katherine has always been a student of the mind/body connection. Unable to find a yoga studio that felt like home after relocating to Buffalo, she became a running coach with a side focus on teaching private meditation sessions. In 2019, she discovered yoga again, lost 100 pounds through the pandemic and found the path back to teaching. Her passion is sharing the gift of yoga, meditation, wellness, and joyful movement while encouraging every single person as they move through their unique journey. She holds an RYT200 from Moksha Yoga Amazonica in Peru for Vinyasa & Yin. She also has certification in Ayurvedic Self Care, Yoga Massage, Chair Yoga, Barre Intensity, Meditation, and most recently achieved her Certified Personal Trainer certification from NASM.

Katie discovered yoga 16 years ago while living in Boulder, Colorado. After a sweat-filled hour, she was hooked. She completed her trainings with Core Power Yoga in Colorado and began to teach shortly after. She loves sharing yoga with students while they discover their own power. In her class, expect to be met where you are and find grounding through breath-to-movement rhythm you can take off the mat. Katie believes the movement is the medicine and practicing with your community is so powerful. She is excited to be part of the Buffalo & Flo community.

One day, in 2016, Katie was invited by a friend to a ‘yoga I think you might like' ( aka hot power flow class) at The Practice Buffalo in East Aurora. It was the start of the most challenging, insightful, expansive journey of her life. She fell in love with the practice, the discipline, and the community that yoga creates. The love of yoga continued in training programs in Baptiste yoga, 200 hour YTT with Himalaya Yoga Valley, in Greece, YIN certification with Shift Yoga in Baltimore, along with kids yoga and assisting. One of her passions is helping people recognize they are capable of anything!… through teaching inversions. And…inversions are so much fun! Katie just successfully completed leading her first group retreat to Paros, Greece. Definitely many more to come. What we “practice” in the studio mirrors the challenges of life in our work, relationships and personal growth. Katie likes to says, “The best thing about a yoga journey is it never ends. As a student AND a teacher. There is always somewhere new to go.”

Owner of KT Adventures, LLC.
CFO at The Gow School
Yoga Instructor

Kelsey's yoga journey began in 2016 when one of her first yoga experiences turned into a gut-punch of enlightenment. Leaving class that day feeling deeply inspired, connected, and fueled to dive deeper into the possibilities of uncovering more of the goodness of yoga.

Kelsey is trained in a variety of styles of yoga including vinyasa flow, bikram, and prenatal yoga. She also has her certification in barre, and beginner Pilates. She loves to create and guide unique classes with playlists that can take you deeper into your practice, and yourself. Her intention for every class she teaches is to hold space for her students to show up exactly as they are. She hopes that every student who comes to her class can find something in themselves that they needed that day, and keep coming back for more.

Instagram: @gurujeanbuffalo

Kennedy Jordan graduated from the University at Buffalo with a BFA in Dance. She just moved back home to Buffalo after traveling the world perusing her career in performing arts. She has danced at theme parks, on cruise ships, and while residing New York City. She has also worked with local theaters. Her passion for movement has led her to Buff & Flo where she throughly enjoys taking class and improving her fitness and mindset. The positive environment gave her the urge to inspire, like she had been inspired. She got certified in barre, by Barre Intensity, and is SO excited to share her love for fitness and dance with the community. Get ready to have fun, sweat, and unlock your fullest potential in her high energy classes!

Kerri began her yoga practice in 2012. Coming from a dance and movement background in high school, she wanted to find a way to reconnect with her roots through college. Her roommate brought her to her first yoga class and Kerri was immediately drawn to it – the connection, the energy, the variations in everyone's practices, all of it. She has been regularly practicing ever since.

Kerri completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training through The Practice Buffalo. This practice has changed and shaped her life in so many beautiful ways, and she wants to create a space in class for others to have their own experiences on and off the mat. Her approach for her personal practice and classes is, ‘You can take your practice as seriously as you want, but that doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously'.

Outside of teaching, she works as a Senior Operations Manager and loves having movie nights with her cats Raspberry, Andie and Franklin.

Kit is a certified yoga instructor through the Baptiste Institute's Journey Into Power 200+ hr training and she is a graduate of Level One where she studied directly under the institute's founder, Baron Baptiste. Since teaching yoga, Kit has discovered barre to be the perfect complement to her practice and has completed a comprehensive training through Barre Intensity in 2024. Kit knows the power of a practice, a good sweat, and likeminded people moving together. Come find a flow. Come find a challenge. Come find strength — in more ways than you expected.

Born and raised in Orchard Park, Nicole Keilman is a professional dancer turned health and fitness lover who specializes in group HIIT training, personal training, and Pilates!

She graduated from Point Park University where she holds her BA in Dance and a minor in business management. She is a Certified Personal Trainer through NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine), a NASM Certified Nutrition Coach and has her Pilates certification through Classical Pilates Education.

Nicole has a passion for helping others reach their goals and becoming the best version of themselves! She loves being outdoors, spending time with her family and friends, and finding the best restaurants in town.

Rachna brings her peaceful essence to the studio, guiding students through a motivating, revitalizing, and strength building practice. Her classes focus on integration of breath, alignment of the body, and quietude of the mind. She concurs that this practice becomes essential in the whirlwind of life, bringing us back to balance. For Rachna, teaching and practicing yoga is pure JOY. She loves to share the practice of yoga with children, teens, and adults alike. With over 20 years of practicing and 13 years of teaching, Rachna continues to learn, share, and connect with others.

Outside the studio she enjoys skiing, hiking, cycling, cooking, traveling, reading, poetry, creating mandalas, and other free forms of art. "Yoga is the emergent light that shines into your soul and radiates out into the world. It is a sacred dwelling inside your heart where mind, body and spirit become the essential harmony of your soul. Yoga is a promise of beauty blossoming every day." -Rachna

Rachna Clerici teaches Vinyasa, Restorative Yoga, and Hatha classes. She also teaches Kids and Teen Yoga.

Certifications: 200 hour Essential Yoga at Open Sky 2006, 200 hour Essential Yoga at Open Sky 2016, "Relax and Renew Restorative Yoga" Judith Lasater 2008, Rainbow Kids Yoga 2011, Continuing Yoga Education and Workshops

Seeking out more understanding for the mind, body, & spirit has always been an adventure. Growing up, Robin was always searching for a connection. A connection to the magic of the world. Robin had been a very active child and teenager growing up. There were many times she questioned universal love and how one could truly find that divine love and light through self, and how to make an authentic creative connection in her own way to others.

On her 24th birthday, she hopped on a plane solo to Koh Phangan, Thailand where she received her RYT 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training for Ashtanga Vinyasa Mysore Primary Series. She became certified through All Yoga Thailand in November, 2016. Since then, she has continued her education in fitness and wellness. She is now certified in Yin Yoga, Buti Yoga and Barre Intensity.

Two of her favorite quotes are:

"Yoga is about stilling the turbulence of consciousness."
- Patanjali

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."

Robin's devotion to her own practice, as well as teaching has developed into a constant desire for learning and growing. This has led her to a deeper understanding in how one can connect to their own practice and student.

Sarah Fallon discovered her love for yoga when she was a teenager and continued this love throughout college and into her adult life. After giving birth to her son in 2018, she felt inspired and compelled to share the joy of yoga with little ones of all ages. Sarah leads all of our kids classes, kid pop up classes and adult/kid combo classes. Her classes teach children the benefits of practicing mindfulness, self love and exercising the physical body through meditation, breathing exercises, playing games, stretching, and dancing. She brings fun into the mind body connection and enjoys making yoga poses kid friendly.

Sarah is currently a stay at home mom of an energetic three year old son and welcomed a daughter in June of 2021! In her spare time Sarah enjoys reading, exercising, and spending time outdoors with her friends and family.

"Don't let anyone dim your light, just because it is shining in their eyes." Sarah started her yoga journey as a way to heal her joints and help her dancing career. She quickly learned that not only did she achieve those goals but she was able to heal the mind, heart, soul and use it as a way of self love and care. In her first yoga class she can remember thinking, "Oh my gosh, these people are nuts!" As soon as the yoga teacher said Shavasana and played a song by Ray LaMontagne, she quickly got chills all up her spine and cried for the next 4 minutes of class. She was 100 percent hooked! After a year of practicing once a day, she found Africa Yoga Project and decided to do her 200 hour Baptiste Training in Nairobi, Kenya. She went alone to Africa, not knowing anyone and teaching in the slums, jails and hospitals and had a life changing experience. When she returned home she had the itch to teach and began teaching Power Yoga at Mind Body Flow, Yogi's in Service, Radiance Power Yoga, HEAL Buffalo, a women's drug rehab and many more community events! She also dove into teaching Barre Intensity as she wanted to combine her dance background with yoga and earned that certification this past April!

You can catch her teaching Power Flows, Yoga Sculpt, Barre Intensity and at Canalside in the Summer! She tells her students you can count on her for a killer playlist, a great sweat, self love, and motivation :) She cannot wait to share her light with yours and remember Yoga Is Truly For Everybody.

Ten years ago, Shari enrolled a yoga class as an elective college course to fill her schedule. She quickly fell in love with how it enhanced her life, helping find the power within (mentally and physically). After continued practice, she wanted to share the benefits she experienced. Shari decided to sign up for teacher training and recently completed a 200 hour Power Vinyasa Yoga Alliance course through Heal Buffalo yoga. She is so excited to share her passion with the Buff & Flo community.

Shari was born in Buffalo. She is an aspiring Adirondack 46er, loves to run, visit coffee shops, and read. She is a registered dental hygienist and also teaches dental hygiene at ECC teaching. She believes yoga plays an important role in her life and helps with continued movement, mobility, mindfulness, and enjoyment for all the things she loves. She is excited to continue to grow with this community.

Trish is a born and raised Buffalo gal. She is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and currently resides in Hamburg with her husband and three sons. She spent the beginning of her career in the financial field But has been in the real estate business since 2008. Trish also created and owns an AFAA/NASM certified boxing program, “Beatbox,” where she trains clients in a group fitness setting. Trish is also certified in many other programs including TRX and Helping others achieve their personal goals in health and fitness and working on “being the best version of you,” is one of her larger life goals. We can't wait to have her energy in the studio with us!