Pain, stiffness, injury, or surgery
Explore movement without pressure to push through symptoms, while respecting medical guidance and your current capacity.
Private Body Mechanics · Maitland, Florida + Virtual
Your body is not a problem to solve. It is a system you can learn to understand.
Body Mechanics is Krista Shirley’s individualized movement method for people who want to feel stronger, more coordinated, and more connected to their body. Sessions may support people who are new to exercise, returning after time away, noticing compensation or instability, or rebuilding after pain or injury.
In person or virtual
60- or 90-minute sessions
No yoga experience required
Movement becomes information.
Instead of pushing through, we learn what your body is asking for.
The Body Mechanics method
Built through lived experience—not theory alone.
Krista developed Body Mechanics after a severe nerve injury changed the function of her own shoulder and upper body. Years of retraining taught her that the body does not always need more force. Sometimes it needs better information, a different strategy, and enough repetition to build a new relationship with movement.
Observe before correcting. Organize before loading. Build options—not dependency.
Who is this work for?
You do not need to be flexible, athletic, or “good at movement.”
Private Body Mechanics can meet you at the beginning of movement, during a period of recovery, or after years of trying to understand why the same area keeps working too hard.
Instability, compensation, or hypermobility
Develop strength, control, and awareness without assuming that more range of motion is always the solution.
Returning to movement or feeling disconnected
Re-enter movement in a calm, non-intimidating setting with time to ask questions, pause, and build confidence.
Strength, coordination, and performance
Refine how you create force and move through complex patterns in yoga, Pilates, athletics, and daily life.
What a session may include
Breath. Coordination. Strength. Integration.
The work may look quiet and precise or active and challenging. The question is not how intense it looks, but whether it helps your body learn something useful.
Breath + awareness
Notice how breathing, bracing, urgency, and attention influence movement.
Coordination + mapping
Explore how different parts of the body communicate, compensate, and share work.
Functional strength
Build strength progressively in positions your body can understand and use.
Practice between sessions
Leave with a small number of focused ideas instead of an overwhelming generic program.
What happens in a session?
Discuss. Observe and experiment. Integrate.
Discuss
Share your history, current symptoms, medical guidance, movement experience, and what you want to regain or understand.
Observe + experiment
Krista observes how you move, then changes position, support, pacing, range, load, or attention to find a more useful response.
Integrate
Leave with clearer language for your body and, when appropriate, a few focused practices to continue at home.
Enrollment + tuition
Choose the amount of time and continuity you need.
Sessions are available in person at The Yoga Shala or virtually through Zoom. Packages are valid for 12 months.
$165
One 60-minute private Body Mechanics session.
Purchase One Session$742.50
Five 60-minute private Body Mechanics sessions.
Purchase 5 Sessions$1,320
Ten 60-minute private Body Mechanics sessions.
Purchase 10 SessionsPrivate-session purchases are non-transferable, non-refundable, and valid for 12 months from purchase.
Common questions
Before your first session.
No. Share what you are experiencing, what has already been evaluated, and any guidance or restrictions from your healthcare providers. Body Mechanics is movement education, not diagnosis.
Not sure whether this is the right place to begin?
Tell Krista where you are starting and what you want your body to do.
Share what feels difficult or unfamiliar and your most important goal. Krista will help you determine the clearest next step.
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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