About

Open Space is an intimate pilates studio located in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, adjacent to Highland Park, Glassell Park, South Pasadena, and the rest of Northeast LA.

The studio offers small classes (3 people max) on the reformer and other pilates equipment, as well as private sessions.

Hi! I’m Shira. Thank you for being here.

I found my way to pilates through yoga. While always a yoga teacher at heart, what drew me to pilates was its intricate approach to strengthening and alignment. I discovered how functional a modality it is – a way to support other forms of exercise and acts of daily living.

I have 5+ years of teaching experience and have worked with a range of bodies (including pre/postnatal), experience levels, and injuries. My love for teaching is rooted in the belief that movement practices are boundless – they have the capacity to heal and transform in profound ways.

My pilates practice has helped me deepen my yoga practice, develop healthier posture and movement patterns, work through injury, cultivate deeper awareness and muscular engagement while strength training, running, walking, sitting, really doing anything. I hope to facilitate a practice in which you can cultivate all of the above and more; one where you can better understand and connect with yourself from a place of curiosity and openness.

Certifications:

• 200-hour Yoga Teacher

• 500-hour Comprehensive Pilates Instructor

• Personal Trainer (NASM)