Tulinda

I have been going to Tulinda since the first day they opened. I only regret that I dropped out, and didn’t return for over five years because of work schedule. When I did return, the people who had been taking from Linda Hiller all those years, many people who were struggling to keep up back then, looked amazing. They had done the work and the results were the yoga bodies. I felt humble to be among them again.
Linda Hiller isn’t just a great yoga teacher, she is simply one of the best teachers I have had in any subject. She is tough, and it is all worth it. I agree with Chris R’s review. I can’t believe I am posting this on Unilocal.But, it is a business I totally love and I cannot leave it off my list.

I hesitate to review this yoga studio, because it is so perfect just the way it is and I don’t want that to change. It seems like a person should should stumble upon Linda Hiller by some stroke of fate that has nothing to do with a website like Unilocal.Once there, perhaps a person realizes their good fortune because their body has been ravaged by the well-​intentioned but inexperienced teachers at other yoga studios, maybe because they need an ongoing ego spanking, or maybe they just need a yoga teacher with years of experience, true depth of knowledge of the body, a lovely sense of humor and a giant benevolent Leonberger dog named Rosie who lounges in the studio and gazes serenely at them as they toil away at their practice.
Linda crosses the line effortlessly back and forth between strict, alignment-​oriented dominatrix, and sweet, compassionate co-​conspirator on the path. She manages to be completely involved with her students, while at the same time healthily detached — clearly the result of years of attending to her own practice. Obviously her own practice has served her well, she knows intimately what she teaches for better and for worse — she has been through it all herself. And while she makes the poses look effortless, she lets you know where she comes from and where she’s been, and that she is no different than you can be if you put in the time and effort. Her dedication to providing her students with an extremely challenging class experience that is accessible to all levels is unique.
Bonus points for no major overt display or discussion of «spirituality», leaving a practitioner free to bring in his or her own ideas and feelings, bonus points for her husband David in class to heckle her when the going gets too tough, and bonus points for the community of regulars who inspire with their toughness and dedication. This might be the only yoga studio in Seattle that has managed to randomly pull off an all male class one Friday night.
It’s $ 20 per class for Linda’s 1 ½ hour classes which often end up going over by 15 minutes… there are no punch cards, no monthly unlimited specials, no deals. Now that most studios in Seattle charge 16 or $ 17 for a drop-​in, and because it is such a small group that it feels like a semi-​private, I would call it hands-​down some of the best money I’ve ever spent. I have never been to any other teacher at Tulinda but Linda Hiller, and if you aren’t available M, W, F nights from 5 – 6:30 and Sundays from noon-1:30, then I’m sorry, you’ll have to find another fabulous yoga teacher. Good luck. They’re out there, but teachers like this are not easy to find.