Training teachers since 2016 RYS 200 · Yoga Alliance

About Samasti

Who Are We?

Canggu, Bali

We believe in the transformative power of yoga, and in a place where you can connect, grow, and find your true self.

At Samasti we believe in the transformative power of yoga. Our mission is to create a nurturing environment where you can connect, grow, and find your true self.

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Welcome!

Who is Samasti

Welcome!

Who is Samasti

Our team is made up of practitioners completely committed to our fields of expertise. By dedicating our lives to our self practice and development, we have gained the ability to aid others in taking the next step on their journey.

The training is designed to be highly interactive, allowing students to not only learn the theoretical “map” of yogic teachings, but also explore the inner “territory” through direct experience, leading to personal growth, professional development, and spiritual transformation.

The course has been created in this way to ensure the graduates will be teaching from a place of true experiential wisdom, rather than borrowed knowledge from books.

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Samasti Yoga Founder

Our Philosophy

Deconstruct. Reconnect. Blossom.

Everything we teach moves through three stages. We call them deconstruction, reconnection, and blossoming.

Deconstruct

Seeing what is false

Throughout our lives we are taught how to behave, what to wear, how we need to be to be loved. All of this moves us further from our natural state of being and can make us feel like we are watching a movie of our life, being simply an actor, pretending to be alive. The first step to knowing yourself is a deconstruction of all the falsehoods you have learnt throughout your life.

This is gentle work, but it is honest work. Through practice, silence, and inquiry, we begin to notice the roles we have been playing and the beliefs we have carried that were never really ours. Nothing needs to be forced. When a falsehood is truly seen, it begins to fall away on its own.

Reconnect

Coming home to yourself

Once you start to remove all the falsities, and see the ways you are pretending in your life, you can start to reconnect more and more to who you truly are. You can begin to find out what your life is for, what is your purpose and what are your natural gifts and talents.

This is where the tools of yoga come alive. Asana strengthens and opens the body, pranayama steadies the breath and the nervous system, meditation quiets the noise, and yogic philosophy gives the whole journey a map. Practised daily, in community, these tools turn reconnection from an idea into a lived experience.

Blossom

Sharing from fullness

From this place of connection, you are able to share with the world from a place of authenticity and joy. No longer looking for external recognition and validation, rather shining and sharing the fruits and flowers that have blossomed from your inner being.

This is why our graduates teach with such presence. What they offer was not memorised from a book. It grew from the inside, and it shows, in how they teach, how they hold space, and how they live.

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Is this you?

Who Are You?

You are:

Seeking deeper meaning and purpose in your life
Longing for a sense of connection and authentic community
Wanting to cultivate self love and inner peace
Curious about the deeper science and philosophy of yoga
Feeling stuck, dissatisfied, or simply in need of space to reconnect with yourself
In a moment of change or transition, and ready to grow from it, whatever your life circumstances

If you found yourself nodding along as you read this list, you are exactly who we built this training for.

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Our Team

Meet the people behind Samasti

Meet the passionate individuals behind Samasti.

Sean Goldberg

Director and Founder

Sean is a physiotherapist and clinical Pilates instructor, and he is a recognised teacher within a living tantra lineage.

Sean Goldberg BSc (Physiotherapy) is the Director and founder of Samasti Yoga. His teaching style is based on a deep understanding of yoga anatomy, yoga physiology, somatic therapy and traditional Hatha Yoga. He is a registered physiotherapist in Australia and continues to work and treat clientele.

Sean regularly teaches meditation courses, workshops and retreats for people that suffer from chronic pain, anxiety, depression and insomnia. He has dedicated his life to integrating Eastern and Western philosophies to find a balanced view of the world and its mysteries. Starting in 2006 he spent 5 years studying, practicing and teaching yoga in Thailand in a Hatha Tantra yoga school based in Bihar Yoga philosophy.

In 2010 he went on to do his 500 hour yoga and meditation YTT with an intense focus on silent retreats and an energetic form of Hatha Yoga. Since then he has spent the majority of his time between India, Brazil and Bali continuing his practices of traditional tantra, self knowledge and somatic therapy. Sean created Samasti Yoga in 2016 as a manifestation of his intention to spread consciousness and healing to as many people as possible.

Sean still trains within Shivoham Tantra, a classical tantra school. He assists his teacher’s workshops in Bali and returns to the ashram in India each year, and what he shares at Samasti was passed to him directly, teacher to student rather than from books. He is one of the school’s recognised teachers.

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Thia Moana

Senior Teacher

Thia is an E-RYT 500 teacher trainer who has taught since 2011, and she shares Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, pranayama, kirtan and meditation.

Moana has been teaching and sharing Yoga since 2011, with a practice rooted in mindful movement, breath, meditation, self-inquiry and embodied awareness.

Her approach sees Yoga as a lived practice. Asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra and other practices are not separate destinations, but different doorways into a deeper relationship with ourselves, our experience and life.

With a warm, intuitive, and mindful approach, Moana encourages students to move beyond simply performing techniques or postures and instead discover the practice through direct experience: feeling, listening, observing and becoming more present.

Her teaching bridges the gross and the subtle, the physical and the inner, inviting students to explore Yoga not only on the mat, but as a way of living, relating and being.

For Moana, Yoga is not something we simply practice, it is something we learn to embody.

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Bernd Windhofer

Senior Teacher

Bernd has taught for more than 20 years, and his practice includes Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha, Buddhism and yogic therapy.

Bernd has been throwing himself wholeheartedly into the deep waters of daily, dedicated yoga practice since the very beginning of 2001. With over 20 years or teaching experience, his aim as a teacher is always to give each student exactly what he or she needs at any given time. which has led him to learning as much as possible about different modalities of movement, meditation and philosophical approaches. Bernd has an abiding passion for helping to ease the suffering of others.

Which has led him down the path or yoga for therapeutic uses as well as yoga as a path toward ultimate freedom and truth. He has gathered tools for his own practice and teachings from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga, the yogic approach to therapy.

As well as a thorough and continuing education in yogic and Buddhist philosophies. The massive variety of meditation practices and traditions are a deep passion for Bernd, and he relishes the opportunity to practice and pass on these wonderful teachings. Expect to be challenged in his classes. but never pushed; thrown into the deep end, but always with a paddle, and always with kindness and care.

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Georgina Brookfield

Senior Teacher

Georgina teaches internationally, and she blends philosophy, asana, breath and meditation in a way that honours both yogic tradition and modern life.

For Georgina, yoga is more than movement — it is a way of living, a path toward connection between body, mind, and soul. Her teaching is rooted in grounding practices that invite students to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and move with awareness and compassion.

With a gentle and intuitive approach, Georgina offers a nurturing and heart-centered space where movement, breath, and awareness come together to support balance, softness, and inner strength. Her classes encourage students to listen deeply to their bodies, honor where they are in their journey, and cultivate presence both on and off the mat.

Inspired by nature, conscious living, and the beauty of presence, Georgina guides students toward a more grounded and mindful way of being. She also holds a deep passion for heart healing, believing yoga can gently open the heart space and support emotional healing, self-love, and deeper connection within.

For Georgina, yoga is not about perfection, but about coming home to yourself.

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The Venue

A garden sanctuary in Canggu

Home for the training is a private garden sanctuary in Canggu, Bali. Days move between the open air shala, the pool, boutique rooms, and long tables of fresh food, all a short ride from the beach. The space is quiet enough to go deep and comfortable enough to truly rest.

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