Sama Sadhana. SAMA = Balanced. SADHANA = Practice
75 hours YA certified training
$1450 Super Early Bird expires Sept 1 at midnight
$1595 Early Bird - Sept 2 - November 30
$1700 Full Price
Dates:
JAN 7-11, 2026
JAN 14-18, 2026
Times:
10 am - 5 pm
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.
Sama means even, or balanced as in Samasthithi or even standing pose. 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.
In this Intensive, you will reflect on and aim to balance your body, mind and heart similarly in all the poses we practice and in all the Movement Principles* that we explore. This will be a demanding and potentially transformational training, moving you through the limbs of Yoga.
Follow each Movement Principle to its fullest, advanced expression along its continuum
Sense your own subtle balance of effort and return; and your balanced needs for both power and rest
Consider each Movement Principle and its specific supports in all 3 Planes of Motion
Assess and practice Hands-on-Assists for each MP family
Anatomy to support each MP
Learn essential Restoratives for each MP
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 Certification at SmartFLOW, BML, or serve as CEUs.
BIO
Annie Carpenter known as a “teachers’s teacher,” is the creator of SmartFLOW Yoga, an intelligent marriage of mindful movement with compassionate, wakeful alignment. Based in northern California, Annie creates practices that are at once advanced and challenging, yet safe and playful. Practicing yoga for 4 decades, teaching for 3, she has been a respected Yoga Teacher Trainer since 2003. Annie continues to be a dedicated practitioner and student of anatomy, evolutionary movement, meditation and classical philosophy. She is the author of several CDs, DVDs, SmartFLOW® manuals and contributes regularly to Yoga Journal. Annie is based in CA and teaches globally, and at YogaGlo.com.
www.anniecarpenter.com
*All payments are non-refundable but may be converted into Nest account credit if cancellation is received 7-days prior to the workshop.