Move better. Feel stronger. Come home to your body.
Traditional Ashtanga Yoga, intelligent movement, and deeply personalized instruction—taught in a warm, non-dogmatic studio where every body is met with care.
You do not need to fit the practice. The practice should meet you.
Traditional Ashtanga depth meets modern understanding of anatomy, rehabilitation, breath, and the nervous system—so you can learn with clarity instead of pressure.
- Individual instruction within class
- Thoughtful modifications for your body
- Support for beginners and experienced students
- Practice built around breath and awareness
A practice for where you are—and where you want to go.
Build a consistent yoga practice, retrain how your body moves, or receive focused one-on-one guidance. Every path begins with careful attention.
Mysore Ashtanga
Learn one-on-one within the energy of a shared room. Begin as a complete beginner or deepen an established practice at your own pace.
What Is Mysore?
Body Mechanics
Build functional strength, mobility, balance, and brain-body connection through slow, precise, intelligent movement.
Learn More About Body Mechanics
Private Instruction
Focused sessions shaped around your structure, history, goals, injuries, and the specific support your body needs.
Explore Private SessionsStart without pressure. Discover what feels right.
for new students
Explore Mysore-style Ashtanga, Body Mechanics, or Sound Bath sessions. Experience the teaching, the studio, and the community before deciding what comes next.
“The Yoga Shala is more than a studio. It is a place where you are seen, supported, and taught how to trust your body again.”Student testimonial
Deep roots. Modern understanding. Teaching that meets the person.
Krista Shirley founded The Yoga Shala to preserve the depth of traditional Ashtanga Yoga while teaching without intimidation or rigid expectations. Her work draws from more than twenty years of practice and study, extensive time in Mysore, India, and personal experience with injury, rehabilitation, and the nervous system.
Practice. Learn. Connect.
Choose the path that supports what you need now.
Your practice has a home in Maitland.
140 Circle Drive, #4Maitland, Florida 32751
Located behind the former Buca di Beppo, near Winter Park Whole Foods.
Your practice does not need to be perfect. It only needs to begin.
Come experience thoughtful teaching, personal attention, and a community that values real growth over performance.
