The Yoga Shala is a welcoming yoga and movement studio located in Maitland, Florida, just minutes from Winter Park and Orlando. Rooted in authentic Ashtanga tradition and shaped by a modern understanding of how bodies learn and adapt, the studio was created to make meaningful practice more accessible—especially for people who feel curious but intimidated.
Whether you want to build a consistent yoga practice, retrain how your body moves, become stronger, or reconnect with yourself after pain or injury, every path begins with careful attention to the person in front of us.
We believe the posture is never more important than the person practicing it. Our studio is warm, lighthearted, and free from pressure or comparison, so you can learn with curiosity and build a practice that is sustainable for your body and your life.
The Yoga Shala brings together authentic lineage, decades of individualized teaching, and an original movement methodology born from lived experience.
Learn traditional Ashtanga one-on-one within the energy of a shared practice room. Beginners and experienced students practice side by side while each person receives instruction appropriate to their own body, experience, and pace.
Founder Krista Shirley brings more than two decades of study in Mysore, India, along with the depth of experience required to translate the tradition thoughtfully for real people and real bodies.
An original movement system created by Krista through her own recovery from severe nerve damage—and the only program of its kind.
Ashtanga Yoga and Body Mechanics are distinct practices, but both are taught with careful observation and respect for the person.
Ashtanga Yoga integrates posture, breath, concentration, and meditation into a complete system of practice. In the Mysore method, students are taught one-on-one within a shared room rather than being asked to keep up with a group.
This makes the practice more personal, sustainable, and responsive to the student’s structure, history, injuries, goals, and stage of life. Over time, students become more independent and better able to recognize what their own body needs each day.
Body Mechanics is Krista Shirley’s proprietary movement method, created through her own recovery from severe nerve damage. Using slow, precise movement, breath, sensory awareness, and principles of neuroplasticity, it helps rebuild coordination, trust, and functional strength without forcing the body.
Rather than isolating one muscle or chasing a particular shape, Body Mechanics teaches the brain, breath, joints, and muscles to work together as a more coordinated whole.
Explore Mysore-style Ashtanga, Body Mechanics, or Sound Bath sessions. Experience the teaching, the studio, and the community before deciding what comes next.
If you have a question that cannot be answered by our FAQ, get in touch. Tell us a little about what you are looking for, and we will help guide you toward the class or type of instruction that best fits your needs.
Warm, lighthearted, non-dogmatic, encouraging, and carefully shaped around the person in front of us.
The Yoga Shala is a body movement studio with a specialized approach, customizing each client's class experience, based on their goals and needs. Our goal is to foster a lighthearted, non-dogmatic, warm and encouraging environment.
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