Samadhi Center For Yoga

Samadhi Center for Yoga and Meditation is a rock solid studio that is a staple of the Denver yoga community. The space has an amazing energy that is immediately welcoming. They have recently expanded to two other locations, but I have only practiced at the original location.
I completed the yoga teacher training there in 2014, and found their program to be very comprehensive and informative in a variety of subjects within the study of yoga.
They have a an impressive amount of experienced instructors that each have their own unique gifts to share. They host many workshops and events and are very active in the community.
They also have a nice variety of class styles from restorative, to ashtanga, to vinyasa.
I highly recommend Samadhi to those who are looking for an authentic yoga experience.

I don’t understand what’s been happening at Samadhi these days. My concern about this yoga studio is lack of respect for class descriptions, and the students who attend them. «Vinyasa» or «Vinyasa 2» could mean… well, anything from 25 minutes of chanting, guided meditation, demonstrative harmonium playing, a vigorous «power yoga» flow taught by a beginner instructor, or really something magical taught by a master instructor. I suppose this works if you follow your fav instructors (and people do). Also, there’s generally a lot of ordering the students around — i.e., «You’re doing that wrong and/​or with incorrect alignment.»
There’s instructor turnover, and a confusing expansion to rando locations on Colorado Blvd. and Bannock. In the years I’ve taken classes at Samadhi, I never thought, «I sure wish there was a place about a mile and a half from here with worse facilities and less-​experienced instructors.»
I’ll be using a few last classes here and moving on — good luck to a full-​hearted studio that hopefully gets back to its roots at some point.

Samadhi Center for Yoga earned home away from home status in 2 minutes. The whole place is warm, calm and balanced. The bookshelf looks like a yoga bookshelf should filled with great information from spirituality to kinesiology – first sign the teachers will be great! Asiana’s gentle vinyasa class was so yummy and internally focused that I stayed for a vinyasa class after with Saraphina. Few teachers sequence breath REALLY well and Saraphina and Asiana BOTH do. Totally recommend this place to anyone looking for a safe place to get in tune with their body and spirit. Thank you, Samadhi! I’ll be back whenever I’m in Denver!!!

This unique studio recognizes that each of us is drawn to our yoga practice for many different reasons. If you are looking to experience sacred space to explore and grow, Samadhi Studio is right for you! Get ready to enjoy your practice with an empowered community on a path to wellness!

This is hands down my favorite place to practice in Denver. My favorite instructors from all over have taught workshops here, and the regular instructors are friendly and knowledgeable.
It’s also one of the few places that offers adaptive yoga… Incredible! Every yogi has the opportunity to practice here.

Amazingly wonderful! Spiritual connection to the core of yoga. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Brittany was so knowledgable and approachable. Will definitely be back :)

The new manager of the studio reached out and was amazing and accommodating. Maybe not my fave spot for yoga anymore, but they were really good about being humans and listening to what I had to say.

I got a GroupOn for twenty classes at Samadhi, which I completed over the past several months. I’ve been doing yoga regularly for three years now and have attended classes at most of the major studios in Denver. I wanted to try Samadhi because it came highly recommended by a few friends who are also yoga instructors. Since first attending a class there over a year ago, I feel that the studio has changed, now offering less intense, less technical classes which don’t offer the sort of growth that I’d experienced at other studios. Additionally, there was a lot of focus on pincha mayurasana type poses (which I find too dangerous to feel comfortable doing, especially in a large classroom setting) without much guidance, and not other, safer forms of inversions. I also risked being offended on any given visit when staff members who were clearly NOT culturally nor ethnically of Asian descent whipped out some sort of cultural appropriation. You have a great studio without pretending to ascribe to other peoples’ cultures. You can honor them, but don’t act like you are, and don’t sell your business based on it! The Ganesha t-​shirt (likely from Urban Outfitters) an instructor was wearing was the last straw.

I started going to Samadhi last month, and I have enjoyed every class I’ve been to. The instructors are excellent, and they make appropriate adjustments for individual bodies. I started with restorative, because the holidays were stressing me out. It is an excellent class to unwind and connect the mind and body. Vinyasa is always great, and the Empowerment class is challenging. I recommend Samadhi for people of all levels.

I think Samadhi is OK.
The pros– instructors are knowledgable, classes have an appropriate amount of challenge, and there is an incredible variety in the types and times of classes offered. There is truly something for every yogi offered at Samadhi, and I can almost always make time in my day to come since they have a steady stream of classes from morning to night.
The cons– many teachers use incense and things that make my eyes water. Maybe that is just me and my sensitive eyes/​allergies, but this has made my experience unpleasant a few times. Also, I am concerned with how overbooked some classes I have been to are. Even with a humongous supply of bolsters, blankets, blocks, etc. I have been to some yin/​restorative classes where they’ve run out and students are mat to mat and it’s not very relaxing for a class that’s supposed to be very zen…
For the right yogi, I think this would be a great place– it’s just not the perfect fit for this yogi!

One star for décor, another one for the fact that the instructor tried to do a good job.
First gripe: the studio is located on a busy street, and for some reason the instructors like to keep the doors open during class. Pretty hard to relax when the street noise overpowers instructor’s voice.
The studio has a hippie’ish vibe to it. One of the students in the class I took must have partied extra hard the night before — the smell of alcohol was nauseating.
Music being played was cheesy. The class flowed ok, but not great.
Overall, this is not a studio for serious yoga enthusiasts.

We are all the leaves of one tree. (Guruprya is divine!)
If you’re looking for a legitimate yoga experience, Simadhi is the place to practice. You will not be required to become a Japanese ham sandwich!
Merchandise is wonderful too. Great place to shop for thoughtful gift giving.

Beautiful place… took a wonderful drop in weeknight evening class. Class was full but not too crowded. Teacher kept it challenging, I was tired and my friend that was with me is a yoga teacher and she was inspired! Would love to go back.

I took a Power Flow class with Daniel while in Denver on business and loved it. One of the most beautiful studios I’ve seen and in a cute neighborhood. The class was the perfect combination of strength and flow with some variations I had never done before. I would definitely go back when I’m in town again.

It’s been seven years since I’ve been to samadhi. I’m sooo happy to be back uptown and back at the best yoga studio in Denver. There are new teachers who are great, more studio space, but keeping the challenging yoga and meditation. I’ve been to several different yoga studios throughout the area and samadhi is where I can find my inner peace again. I just had Kelly Larson for Yin yoga and Jeremy wolf for vinyasa — both challenging but yet not so intensive I feel intimidated by getting back into my practice.

I have been going here for about a year, maybe once or twice a week on average. I love this place and the fact that most of the teachers don’t just focus on the physical practice but also mental practice is wonderful. I have only been to evening practices and some saturday morning ones and based on my experience, the three teachers that I really like are Buffy, Jeremy and Beth. Of the three, Buffy is my favorite based on the intensity level that I want, the spiritual/​mental practice that I need and her progression to the apex, to me, seems beautifully thoughtout and done with safety in mind. Everyone will likely have different teachers they jive the most with depending on their individual needs so good news is that majority of the teachers I encountered have been wonderful and you will find a handful you will want to continue to learn from on a regular basis.
I do have to agree with someone who said that this place can get a little smelly and swampy — this is true especially in the buddha room after an intense yoga class. I think evening classes have about 15 minutes between classes, so a quick floor mopping during that time might help?
Unfortunately for me, Samadhi is quite a drive (close to 30 – 35 minutes) during rush hour, so it has been challenging to make it to my favorite classes sometimes. If you happen to live nearby, definitely give this place a try — you can get a free one-​week trial if you are residents of Denver. Check it out and if you like it, get an unlimited monthly membership — that’s what I’d do if I were close. Namaste.

I come here on Tuesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon to a class that supports those among us who have survived a traumatic brain injury and/​or live with other impairments. I am challenged each time I come and leave happy and thankful for my experience. How cool is that?

Usually, I recommend a yoga studio because of awesome teachers. While Samadhi has some of THE BEST teachers in Denver what really makes this place amazeballs are the other students! The kula is alive and well here — it keeps me coming back!
Samadhi has two gorgeous spaces: one to the left and one to the right as you walk in the front door. Also, there are tons of items for purchase so I suggest taking a few moments to browse. This front area can get a bit packed before and after class. There are a few changing stations to the back so if you need to swap work clothes for yoga duds there is a private place to do so.
I like that you can take your belongings into the practice room so you don’t have to worry about them. Just be aware that there is not a good place to leave your things outside the practice rooms.
Funny enough — I like Nag Champa — but there is a bit much of it here. I love the spirit and soul that this smell embodies but there is a tendency to over do it. Just a note.
Some of the coolest people you will ever know practice at Samadhi. In every class there are kind yogis of like mind who are there to better themselves. At other studios you get people who just want to sweat it out. Here, the clientele is interested in improvement of the mind body and spirit, not just a work out.
Pick a teacher, any teacher and you’ll walk away with that yoga bliss that most people get from drugs. Of course, this is legal and not nearly as expensive. I do find, however, that prices are a bit high compared to other studios but that’s cool — it’s worth the few extra dollars to add health, love, confidence and happiness to your life.
I recommend Samadhi for practitioners of all levels. Beginners can get a solid base in the yoga world while experienced yogis can deepen their practice in a safe and loving community. I love it, I do!

If there is one place in Denver that is more crowded than in New York City, it is a yoga studio. There are so many yoga studios in the Denver metro area, and while I cannot speak for other studios, if the traffic at Samadhi is any indication, others are also packed. Samadhi is in the center of Uptown and very accessible to LoDo and the many surrounding neighborhoods and, having recently won the 5280 accolades (again), it is a busy, blissful yoga studio. I particularly enjoy classes taught by Jeremy, Beth S., Paul, and Sara Mesmer– they are wonderful teachers who know the importance of the spiritual aspect of yoga as well as the physical aspects and able to provide a holistic, mind-​body practice.
That said, many classes that are offered during popular time slots (i.e. weekdays after 6PM, weekend mornings) have gotten VERY crowded. In a recent Candlelight Flow yoga class with Jeremy, I was pretty much mat-​to-​mat with the person next to me. Not a comfortable place to explore the asanas or to focus on your practice when the person next to you is practically in your space. Samadhi needs to offer smaller-​sized classes more often or provide a bigger room to hold the more popular classes.

I must preface this by saying that I’ve only taken one class at Samadhi… and judging by the other reviews, I chose the wrong one to go to!
I was in Denver for work, and with packed days and nights, the only free time I had to squeeze in a workout was in the early morning. I went to a 7am flow class on this past Thursday. I arrived to the studio at 6:45… since it was a studio I’d never been to, I wanted to make sure I had time to sign in, fill out any paperwork, check the place out, etc… but instead, I was met with a locked door. Hmmm… I waited five minutes, and then around 6:55, I saw a few other people pull up in their cars and one sweet girl approached on her bike. She came over and waited with me outside the door and told me not to worry, that the class usually gets off to a late start. And finally, at 7:08, the instructor came in…
The studio was beautiful. The class itself was ok — not the best flowing flow class I’ve taken but not the worst either. The good thing is that the studio ended up waiving the $ 16 class fee because of my feedback and they invited me back, which I will possibly take them up on a future visit to Denver. But until then, I’m generously giving a three star /​A-​OK rating. Namaste.