Instructor: Annie Carpenter
In Person and Via Livestream (Zoom) as well as some Supplementary Pre-Recorded content. Each session will be recorded for viewing later or review for up to 30 days post training.
75 hours toward your advanced yoga certification.
Sama means even, or balanced, as in Samasthithi or even standing pose (aka Tadasana.) This pose teaches us to balance the body right and left, front and back and up and down; further it asks us to sense our feeling of being grounded with our need to feel free. And lastly it suggests that in our personal concerns we acknowledge the truth that we are part of or a greater, spiritual whole. Sadhana is practice: our daily Yogic practice. Sama Sadhana = Even, balanced Practice.
Dates:
JAN 7-11, 2026
JAN 14-18, 2026
Times:
10 am - 5 pm
In this Intensive, you will reflect on and aim to balance your body, mind and heart, and learn to bring this intention into your teaching. This will be a demanding and transformational training, bringing in all the limbs of Yoga through the lens of Asana practice.
Follow each Movement Principle to its fullest, advanced expression along its continuum
Sense your own interiorizing balance of effort and return; your balanced needs for both power and rest
Consider each Movement Principle in all 3 Planes of Motion
Anatomy to support each MP
Assess and practice Hands-on-Assists for each MP family
Learn essential Somatic Movement and Restoratives for each MP
Connect subtle movement adjustments to subtle energy flow
Daily Pranayama
Meditation
Philosophy (reading assignments will be given)
Sama Sadhana will be an Intensive in which you learn primarily through your own daily practice — to advance your own practice and to become a more sensitive and intelligent teacher. There will be also be lectures, demos and lab time. (*Note: Movement Principles are an essential element of SmartFLOW methodology; the online course will ground you in these concepts.)
PREREQUISITE:
This training is designed for teachers and experienced students. If you received your 200-hour TT (or other teaching certificate) from a school other than SmartFLOW® Yoga, we respectfully request that you complete our Online Training “Heart of SmartFLOW Yoga.” It is an 11-hour course on YogaGlo. Those hours and the Intensive’s 75 hours can be used towards your Advanced 300-hour SmartFLOW Training, or serve as CEUs.
PRICING:
$1450 Super Early Bird expires Sept 1 at midnight Pacific
$1595 Early Bird - Sept 2 - November 30
$1700 Full Price after December 1, 2025