About us

MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, CYT 6800, YACEP® Indigenous Founder,  Creator, Owner, Primary Instructor & Director of Training of  Altamonte Springs Yoga & Yoga University of Florida, Ovarian Cancer Survivor  💙🦋💙

MyLinda has been passionately interested and involved in prayer,  meditation, fitness, and health for over 44 years. MyLinda began formal prayer and meditation instruction at the age of 14 with the Capuchin  Nuns of Amarillo, Texas. MyLinda began practicing yoga in 1994 (29 years ago!) and has been devoted to the service of yoga ever since! MyLinda is registered with Yoga Alliance® as an E-RYT 500®, Experienced  Registered  Yoga Teacher, which is the highest level currently available. MyLinda has over 6,800 hours of yoga training, over 12,000  hours of yoga teaching experience, and 1,000s more hours in personal practice. MyLinda has been teaching yoga since 1996 and training teachers since 2002. MyLinda has owned and operated yoga studios (4 of them) since  2000. She has successfully owned and operated Altamonte Springs Yoga for  the last 13 years and Yoga University of Florida for the last 11 years. In addition, MyLinda has extensively studied Yoga Therapy  (Iyengar Based),  Power Yoga, Hot Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Postnatal Yoga,  Aerial Yoga, Yin  Yoga, Yoga Philosophy, Meditation, Energy Healing,  Energy Medicine, and  Medical Intuition. 

MyLinda's classes are a favorite among Central Florida and North Carolina yogis. MyLinda's reputation for strong, therapeutic, alignment-based yoga classes and trainings combined with deep spirituality and compassion make MyLinda's yoga classes and yoga teacher training programs highly sought after by local, national, and international students.

MyLinda has over 4000 Contact Training Hours in Hatha Yoga:

• Yoga Therapy (2000 Contact Training hours Iyengar based since 1994)
• Power Yoga (500 Contact Training hours Bryan Kest since 1996)
• Hot Yoga (300 Contact Training hours since 1999)
• Vinyasa Yoga (250 Contact Training hours Rolf Gates since 2001)
• Bryce Yoga Fit Flow (75 Contact Training hours Dice Iida-Klein & Briohny Kate Smyth 2013)
• Prenatal + Postnatal Yoga (500 Contact Training hours) Yo Mama Boulder & Wisdom Method
• Yoga Adjustments & Assists (200 hours with Grace Morales, David Regelin, Briohny Kate Smyth & Dice Iida-Klein, Bryan Kest & Stephanie Pappas.
• Aerial Yoga 95 hours: 88 hours Circusoul Yoga 32 Hours AntiGravity
• Yin Yoga 250 hours with Joe Barnett, Senior Paul, and Suze Grilley Teacher

MyLinda has been blessed to study Subtle Anatomy (Chakras, Nadis, Bandhas, Vayus, and the Human Energy System) in-depth with:

Caroline Myss, PhD. and Norm Shealy, MD (5 years professional Contact Training):

• Energy Anatomy (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• Energy Medicine (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• The Language of Intuition (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• The Science of Medical Intuition (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• Sacred Contracts

Diane Zumer: (8 years Contact Training one-on-one student mentorship and study)

• Medical Intuition (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• Energy Healing (Chakras, Energy Channels & Meridians)
• Chakras The Human Energy System

Nischala Joy Devi (6 years of professional Contact Training)

• Yoga of the Heart – Cardiac and Cancer Yoga
• The Chakras (Chakras & Energy Channels)
• The Maya Koshas
• The Healing Path of Yoga
• Bhakti Yoga – The Power of Chanting & Mantras
• The Yoga Sutras
• The Bhagavad Gita

MyLinda has completed over 30 Yoga Teacher Certifications and Trainings and has studied with numerous teachers including Betty Larsen, John Charping, Bryan Kest, Grace Morales, Joe Barnett, Rolf Gates, Nischala Joy Devi, Bhaskar Alan Deva, Caroline Myss, Norm Shealy, Katie Wise, Kirsten Warner, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D., Tiffany Cruikshank, Jason Crandell, Kerry Tice, David Regelin, Dice Iida-Klein, Briohny Kate Smyth, Kellie Adkins, Stephanie Pappas, Andrey Lappa, Seane Corn, Aadil Palkhivala, Rod Stryker, Rodney Yee, Gary Kraftsow, Betsey Downing, Robin Rothenberg, and Tias Little to name a few.

MyLinda's Certifications

• ERYT 500 - Experienced  Registered  Yoga Teacher, which is the highest level currently available.
• CYT 6,800 - Certified Yoga Teacher with 6,800 hours of training
• YACEP® -Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®
• CMT Certified Meditation  Teacher
• CPYT Certified Pre & Postnatal Yoga Teacher
• CYYT Certified Yin Yoga Teacher
• CAYT Certified Aerial Yoga Teacher
• Certified Yoga of the Heart, Cardiac and Cancer Yoga Teacher
• Certified  Zumba Instructor
• Certified AFAA Instructor
• Certified AFAA Personal Trainer
• RYS 200 & RYS 300 (Registered Yoga School 200 Hour & 300 Hour)