"Yoga unites or integrates the body with the mind. This integration is the foundation for Self-realization."
Georg Feuerstein
Parivritta Parsvakonasana
YOGA
I have been keenly interested in fitness and health for over two decades, After I graduated high school in 1983, I started teaching aerobics at our local gym. I didn't know a lot about it at the time, but I loved to teach. As the years went on, I continued honing my aerobics teaching skills at local gyms. During this time, my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and I became more dedicated than ever to a healthy lifestyle of exercise, proper nutrition, and stress management. In 1994, I developed debilitating muscle spasms in my lower back. I couldn't walk for a week and I couldn't work for a month. I just lay in bed and took anti-inflamitories and other pain medication. I worked with chiropractors which gave me relief from the pain, but with a genetic history of back problems (my aunt, uncle, and grandfather each had spine fusions but their pain was still there) I knew I would have to find a solution for my chronic pain. I began practicing yoga as a therapy for my back. The yoga worked. Soon after beginning my practice, I realized that I no longer awoke with a sore back, and I was able to resume all activities with more range of motion than I had before the spasms. In 1999, my husband and I moved to Charlotte, N.C., so I could be close to my sister, Grace. Grace had been studying yoga with Bryan Kest - an American yogi who helped bring Power Yoga to the mainstream population. I began daily Power Yoga practice with Grace, and soon we added Ashtanga and Hot 26tm to the practice. Grace and I now own and direct two yoga studios, Charlotte Yoga, in Charlotte, N.C. When I moved to Florida in 2000, people were hungry for Power Yoga, and I started teaching it at the Deland YMCA, then Varsity Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in New Smyrna Beach, Blue Sky Yoga Center in Deland, Yoga 1 of Mount Dora, Solutions Center, Mount Dora and Yoga Central of Mount Dora. I continue to expand my yoga training, and because of my own interest in healing, in March of 2002, I became certified in Yoga of the HeartTM, Cardiac and Cancer Teacher Training, which was taught and created by Nischala Joy Devi, co-founder of the Commonwealth Cancer Help Program and former director of stress management for Dr, Dean Ornish's Lifestyle Program for reversing heart disease. Because of my love of Iyengar Yoga and Power Yoga, I created, developed and have held the Trademark for Power Alignment YogaTM since 2004. In 2004, I completed a two year, 1000 hour, Professional level, Iyengar based Yoga Teacher Education and Certification program through the Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors, which Yoga Alliance has awarded the highest level of registration possible for a teacher-training program. In 2006, I became certified in Hot 26TM as well as Level 1 Universal Yoga with Andrey Lappa. In August 2007, I successfully complete a 40 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training - The Art of Sequencing - with Rolf Gates, author of Meditations from the Mat. I am registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RTY®, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, which is the highest level currently available. Having great success with Power Alignment Yoga™ and through the encouragement of students, mentors, friends and family, in 2007, I created a 270 Hour Power Alignment Yoga™ Teacher Training program which is registered with Yoga Alliance® at the 200 hour level. My interest in yoga include physically challenging yoga like Power Yoga and Universal Yoga, alignment based yoga like Iyengar Yoga, as well as gentle yoga like Yoga of the HeartTM, meditation, and Pranayama (breath work).
MyLinda's Professional Certifications
1,000 hour Iyengar Style Yoga Teacher Certification - Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors
40 hour Hot 26™ Yoga Teacher Training Certification - Charlotte Yoga
40 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training - The Art of Sequencing - Rolf Gates
Meditation 1 & 2 - Durango Psychic Institute
Healing 1 & 2 - Durango Psychic Institute
Clairvoyant Program - Durango Psychic Institute
Teacher's Program - Durango Psychic Institute
Reiki Level 1 - Reverend Fran Brown
The Science of Medical Intuition - Dr Caroline Myss and Dr Norm Shealy
Energy Anatomy - Dr Caroline Myss and Dr Norm Shealy
Sacred Contracts - Dr Caroline Myss and Dr Norm Shealy
Current CPR
Formerly AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor
Formerly AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
Zumba Certified
Pilates Mat Level 1 Certified - Pilates and Fitness Association
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." Albert Einstein
Parsvakonasana
INTUITION
Like most of us, I was born with the ability to see energy (clairvoyance), the ability to feel energy (clairsentience), and the ability to hear energy (clairaudience). As a child, I did not understand these abilities and felt overwhelmed. I repressed the abilities for a number of years. My mother died in 1992 and when I began clearly seeing and communicating with her shortly after she passed away, I started to uncover these abilities once more, and I began the process of learning how best to use them.
In the Southwest United States, I sought to understand and develop my abilities through meditation and healing with highly intuitive and capable teachers and healers.
I attended the prestigious Durango Psychic Institute (DPI) in Durango, Colorado and after graduating from the Clairvoyant Program in 1998, I was invited to the Teacher's Program, where I was professionally trained to teach intuition, meditation, and healing to others. Recently, as part of my continuing education, I studied the Science of Medical Intuition under Dr. Caroline Myss and Dr. Norm Shealy, pioneers in the growing field that links intuition with conventional western medicine.
Power Alignment Yoga™ with MyLinda Ann Morales Hutchings, E-RYT® Power Alignment Yoga™ Central Florida's Premier Yoga Alliance® Registered Power Vinyasa Teacher Training Program
