Hailing from the Roaring Fork Valley, Shala Savaiano is a passionate and dedicated Pilates instructor. Raised in a family of healing arts practitioners; Shala has an intuitive nature about her practice. She started her own pilates journey in her late teens, after injuries resulting in chronic back pain. Shala wants to help inspire healthy change in others with the lessons that she has learned from her own journey in pilates and through the belief that we have the power to heal our own bodies.

She enjoys challenging her clients to gain strength, improve movement and recover from injury. In her free time, Shala is an active outdoor athlete who loves skiing, backpacking, mountain biking, rafting - and anything else the mountains offer. Shala graduated from the advanced Pilates teacher training in 2019 from the Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado which is considered the “Harvard” of Pilates teacher trainings.

Pilates Training & Experience

Advanced Pilates teacher training from The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado 2019

Favorite Joseph Pilates-ism:

“Change happens through movement and movement heals.”

I am passionate about teaching Pilates because…

I love helping my clients feel their bodies. It is great to support my clients’ empowerment of their health and love of their bodies.

Favorite Pilates Exercise is…

Colitis, Because it is fun to do, and feels like a full-body message through movement.

Outside of Studio 360, Pilates supports my…

Mountain biking, skiing hiking, backpacking, Running and outdoor adventuring.

Pilates has transformed my life by…

Pilates has given me tools to heal my back after years of chronic pain. It has made it possible to enjoy my all the things I love in life. Pilates has empowered and changed my whole world- not only physically but mentally and emotionally.

My spirit Pilates animal is…

a monkey!