Here at Sama, we offer wellness retreats and yoga teacher training of the highest caliber. Groups come to journey together and wanderers find their way home. Many of these people do not seem to know each other when they arrive, but there is a soul-knowing, and life-long connections are made.
Rest assured,
you have found THE place to explore all of their wellness and earth medicine dreams: Yoga, Ayurveda, immersion in nature, medicinal plants, music, dance, joy, laughter, psycho-spiritual growth and deep healing. Here you can remember and strengthen your connection to yourself, to the earth, and to others just like you.
- Have an amazing, life-changing experience, where learning transcends intellectual knowledge and becomes a deep-seated, realized truth.
- Receive the highest quality yoga teachers and offerings and feel that your practice has deepened and expanded in some way.
- Become firmly reconnected with the earth, and receive deep healing from the ocean’s ions, natural waters, land, and plants here.
- Rub your eyes from the sight of this welcoming paradise, and feel the bliss that comes with the immersion into our nature sanctuary.
- Get exactly what you came for – whether that’s an advancement in your current practice, a therapeutic restoration, or a warm welcome into the world of yoga.
- Walk away feeling balanced, transformed, and inspired.
Derived from the Sanskrit word Santani – in harmony with.
Our purpose is to help others experience more joy and togetherness along the personal path of yoga. With concentrated breath awareness, application of optimal alignment, and deep connection to the heart, all those who come to this practice realize the true nature and experience harmony of body, mind, and soul.
Our commitment is to peace, inclusivity, safety, and to resolving pain. We are committed to being in harmony with ourselves, each other, and with nature. As life continually changes and evolves, we stay guided by the ever-constant principles of nature. We are dedicated to being students first, and teachers second.
Our methodology is rooted in timeless wisdom and has been woven together from several masterful lineages of yoga. We have developed an approach that makes sense for all people, and can be applied to all levels and capabilities; whether your intention is to advance, balance, or restore. We teach tried and true methods and create dynamic sequences designed to take you to the next level of transformation.
We are also strongly influenced by the holistic lifestyle science of Ayurveda, and impart the knowledge of that which was never meant to be separated from yoga.
- Styles: Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin, Nidra, and Ayurveda.
- Methodology: Alignment principles, verbal cues, and adjustments for 100 foundational asanas. Advanced, modified, and injury-informed asanas. Sequencing classical and creative flows. Teaching guidance and practice.
- Pranayama: Ujjayi, Dirga Swasam, Nadi Shodhana, Anulom Vilom, Kumbaka, Bhastrika, Kapalbhati, Sheetali, Bhramari.
- Meditation: Mindfulness, Mantra, Mudra, Trataka, Metta, guided relaxation, sound healing.
- Sanskrit: Language and chanting.
- Spiritual Texts: Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali, Bhagavad Gita, Vigyan Bhairava Tantra.
- Philosophy: Samkhya, Classical Yoga, Vedanta, Advaita Vedanta, Tantra, Taoism, Buddhism.
- Ayurveda: Panchamahabhuta, tridohsa, prakruti, vikruti, nutrition, lifestyle, herbal medicines, introduction to panchakarma, treatment therapies, oils, aromatherapy, and beauty care.
- Anatomy: Exploration of all body systems with a focus on the muscular-skeletal system from the modern science perspective. Exploration of the tissues and channels from the Ayurvedic perspective.
- Energy Systems: Chakras, Vayus, Koshas.
- Professional Guidance: Communication skills, code of conduct, emotional development, being of service, developing a career as a yoga teacher.
- Specialty: Pre and post-natal yoga, partner yoga, acro yoga, yoga for kids, yoga for elderly, yoga for pain, chair yoga, mudra yoga, dance fitness.
- 200 certified yoga teacher training hours and training manual
- 22 nights stay at the beautiful Sama Kosgoda – A Santani Retreat
- Delicious and exquisite meals made from organic and local ingredients
- Fresh coconut water, fruit juices and teas (coffee if needed)
- Ayurvedic massage or treatment of choice
- Consultation with the Ayurvedic doctor
- Access to the spa and steam room
- Free time to enjoy the infinity pool and gorgeous beach
- Opportunity for island excursions
- Buddhist temple visit
- Transportation from and to Colombo Airport
- Post-training mentorship
$3,300$2,900 Shared Villa$4,900$4,400 Private Villa
Training Schedule
| 6:00am – 7:00am | Mantra, meditation, and pranayama |
| 7:00am – 8:30am | Asana practice |
| 8:30am – 9:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:30am – 10:00am | Karma Yoga |
| 10:00am – 1:00pm | Asana clinic, teaching methodology, anatomy |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 4:00pm | Special topic |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Break |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Sunset beach walk and meditation |
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Restorative Yoga + Yoga Nidra |
- Daily schedule is subject to change
- There will be a special 5am practice once per week.
- There will be 1 – 2 days off per week.
Karthik Krishna
Karthik’s journey of yoga is one of great learning, decades of self-practice, and devotion to sharing the knowledge with those willing to realize their mind, body and soul. As a child he was fascinated by the challenging postures of yoga and became an avid practitioner by the age of ten. His immense interest led him to participate in and win many National and International yoga competitions. His urge to achieve perfection in the postures lead him into discovering the actual practice and true path of yoga. By the age of seventeen, his passion led him to choose teaching yoga as a career path.
He opened his own yoga shala, traveled to China to teach multiple workshops for thousands of people, and since has led countless classes and yoga teacher trainings in Mysore, India. In a place well known for its yoga teachers, Karthik stands out as one of the best. He has perfected the art of creating a practice that is both subtle and intense in its own way, simultaneously therapeutic and advanced. All are welcomed to his classes, and while many different people arrive for practice, by the end all are united in one peaceful state of mind.
Molly McLaughlin
Molly was first introduced to yoga and meditation in the womb. She struggled emotionally throughout her childhood and adolescence, but her life dramatically shifted for the best when she rediscovered yoga at the age of nineteen. She happened to meet and begin learning from the very master who had taught her mother. She proceeded to learn as many styles of yoga as she could, became an avid meditator, traveled to India, and eventually attended her first yoga teacher training. She then moved to the beloved Big Island of Hawai’i, where she taught regular classes at the island’s best resorts and studios for thirteen years.
During that time she also taught multiple workshops, guided retreats, co-facilitated teacher trainings, and continued to deepen her yoga studies. Seven years ago, Molly also became fully devoted to the path of Ayurveda. She has since become an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, and for the past year has been learning from her Ayurvedic Doctor and mentor in Msyore, India. Molly has a wealth of diverse knowledge, a loving and open heart, and the soul of a healer.
About the property
Sama is the experience of peace that comes through balance. Balance of the masculine and feminine, the spiritual and material, the work and play. We offer you an immersion into Alchemy; a merging of the worlds. This is a place that you can develop your skillset of walking the tightrope so many of us are walking – balancing our work lives with our need for wellness.
This is a place you can come to reconnect to the earth and be healed by the ocean breeze. A place you can come to laugh, dance, and dive deep into the heart of consciousness. A place you can come to remember our ancient roots as human beings and receive support during this massive transition the collective consciousness is going through.
A place you can celebrate your inner child and step into your future self.
Sama Retreats,
33/10, Galbokka Road,
Kosgoda, Sri Lanka
Sama Retreats,
33/10, Galbokka Road,
Kosgoda, Sri Lanka
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