Julia Gavin on Ashtanga, Discipline, and Building the Liverpool Yoga Academy | The Souls Podcast

✨The host welcomes Julia Gavin, owner of the Liverpool Yoga Academy and a yoga resort in Goa, and they discuss Julia’s path from retail management and high school maths teaching to full-time yoga after discovering a teacher training in Patnem, Goa around 2012. Julia describes falling in love with Ashtanga, working for eight years running 200- and 300-hour trainings and yoga holidays, and how the physical practice supports stilling the mind, building discipline, and improving daily focus.🌙They compare immersive three-week trainings in Goa with weekend trainings in Liverpool, and Julia explains how Liverpool teacher training began during lockdown. The conversation also covers yoga’s history, westernisation, community, chanting, ego and thought patterns, and upcoming Liverpool courses🎧 About The Souls PodcastThe Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic.Chapters:00:00 Meet Julia Gavin01:14 From Teacher to Yogi01:43 Goa Training Breakthrough05:20 Yoga Then vs Now05:51 Ashtanga Mindset09:09 Discipline Off the Mat13:06 Origins of Ashtanga15:45 Yoga Goes West19:55 India vs Liverpool Trainings23:37 Central America Detour28:19 Liverpool Training in Lockdown29:15 Yoga Academy Begins30:37 Never Too Late31:21 Teacher Training Reality32:58 Posture Labs Deep Dive34:32 Mobility and Mindset35:19 Thoughts and Detachment39:45 Quiet Morning Tradition42:05 Ashtanga Versus Modern Flow44:12 Training Options and Goa47:53 Workshops and Where to Find