Position: Partner
Lauri Kriva is the founder of Swellheart, a Mindfulness and Meditation company that co-creates experiences with both individuals and groups. Through curiosity, deep listening and holding compassionate space, Lauri works with you to access your innate wisdom through mindfulness and meditation practices that can help you lead a more meaningful life.
Meditation has transformed Lauri’s own life by bringing a sense of calm and acceptance about others and the world, awakening her love of self, and connecting her to her own wellspring of inner wisdom. She believes the most powerful thing you can do to heal the world is to heal yourself.
Lauri’s early life followed a predictable progression of academic and professional accomplishments: overseas study. College degree. HR Management certification. Fifteen years global HR experience with NIKE and Timberland. In 2006, her heart led her to life coaching, and a cascade of experiences that married her skills with a love of learning: voiceover, real estate, health/wellness, and authoring a children’s book. She often says she lives life with her head in the clouds, her feet on the ground and her heart wide open.
Lauri is a a certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher through the McLean Meditation Institute and a certified Dr. Sears Health Coach. Lauri and her family live in Santa Barbara, California. She can be reached via email at laurikriva@gmail.com. Visit her page on Vimeo, here.
When it is time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived. – Henry David Thoreau