Our Teachers
Julia Gavin
Julia has been teaching yoga in Goa for almost 10 years. She is a dedicated practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga and a self-confessed anatomy geek! Her journey began in January 2013 with a 200 hrs Yoga Teacher Training in Ashtanga at Kranti Yoga Goa. Falling in love with the practice, she chose to stay in India under the tutelage of Kranti himself at Kranti Yoga in Goa to learn yoga in the traditional way and to lead trainings for yogis from far and wide.
In the years that followed, Julia lead thousands of students through their yoga teacher training qualification. Leading Intermediate and Advanced Yoga trainings for many years at Kranti Yoga. Julia teaches in a fun and progressive environment, bringing together traditional yoga with a contemporary angle.
Julia’s Yoga Teachers
A true student of yoga Julia is always expanding her knowledge and practice, and this is reflected in her teacher trainings. She completed numerous certifications in Rocket Vinyasa with David Kyle AKA Baba Rocket, with Marcus Veda & Hannah Whittingham and Carson Clay Coulhan. Moreover, she has also trained with Patrick Beach and is an avid follower of his Vinyasa Flow practice. She has completed several online anatomy trainings with Celest Pereira and revels in her anatomical wizardry.
An International Yoga Teacher
To summarise, there is no teacher more capable than Julia, with almost 10 years teaching experience, rest assured you are in good hands! She has led teacher trainings all around the world: from the beaches of Goa at Kranti Yoga, to the coast of Nicaragua at Los Clavos Surf Camp, the mountains of the French Alps, the coast of Norther Spain and her hometown of Liverpool at Yogacita. She now spends half the year teaching the 200 hr & 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training in Liverpool and 6 months at her second home: Palm Trees Yoga School.
Samriddhi Malhotra
Samriddhi leads the yoga philosophy and pranayama + meditation at our teacher trainings in Goa. She has been teaching teacher trainings since 2019. Her yoga practice is a blend of styles like Ashtanga, Hatha, Vinyasa and Iyengar. She completed her 500 hour teacher training in Ashtanga Vinyasa from Kranti Yoga.
Since then, Samriddhi has studied asana, philosophy and meditation with some of the best teachers across India. She has trained under Acharya Ajay Sharma for Ayurveda, Veda and Chakra Philosophy. She has also trained in Iyengar under Sharath Joshi. She is an advanced meditator with training in Vipassana (Theravada) under Goenkaji as well as in the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism.
Her teaching style integrates ancient Indian practices and philosophies in a way thats relevant to a contemporary yoga practice.
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