ABOUT SALANA
The spaces between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming.
The spaces between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming.
I’m Salana—a Life Coach, Meditation Teacher, Systems Thinker, graduate student of Integral Ecologies, and creator of Women’s Personal Ecology™. My work lives at the intersection of human transformation, contemplative practice, systems awareness, and ecological wisdom. I created SalanaAura as a space for women navigating seasons of change to listen more deeply, understand the patterns shaping their lives, and reconnect with the wisdom already within them.
Salana
MY JOURNEY
Two worlds began speaking to one another.
Technology taught me to understand systems—how many moving parts shape one another, how patterns emerge, and how change rarely happens in isolation. Life invited deeper questions about identity, purpose, belonging, and becoming. Mindfulness taught me to listen. Ecology expanded my understanding of relationship. Coaching became the bridge: a way to help women meet their lives as living systems rather than problems to solve. Women’s Personal Ecology™ emerged from that integration.
Women’s Personal Ecology™ emerged from listening to the whole system of a woman’s life.
MY APPROACH
I won’t tell you who you should become.
Women’s Personal Ecology™ understands a woman’s life as a living, interconnected system. My role is not to prescribe answers, but to help women notice the patterns, relationships, possibilities, inner wisdom, and quiet signals asking to emerge. We look at the whole ecology of your life—not to control it, but to listen more honestly to what it is revealing.
We are always becoming. The practice is learning to participate consciously.
We are always becoming. The practice is learning to participate consciously.
We are always becoming. The practice is learning to participate consciously.
HOW I WORK
I won’t tell you who you should become.
I believe meaningful transformation begins with creating enough space to hear yourself clearly. My role is not to hand you a predetermined version of your future. It is to walk alongside you with thoughtful questions, deep listening, reflection, mindfulness, and a systems perspective—helping you notice the patterns, relationships, and possibilities already present within your life. Together, we explore not only: “What do I want?” but also: “What is shaping the life I am living?” “What is asking to change?” “What wants to emerge?” and “What conditions would allow me to flourish?”
You remain the author of your life. My role is to help you listen more deeply to the wisdom already within it.
Training & Foundations
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Nearly two decades in technology, product, and systems leadership - At Microsoft, Qualtrics, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and currently leading XylonTech as CEO helping Climate Aware Organizations with technology solutions.
MEDITATION TRAINING
Certified in the Six Phase Meditation method through Mindvalley, trained with Vishen Lakhiani, Trained on Silva method and Spiritual healing modalities.
COACHING TRAINING
Certified Life Coach through Mindvalley’s program, trained with coach Ajit Nawalkha
LIFE ACROSS CULTURES
Lived experience navigating personal, professional, and cultural transitions across Nepal and USA
GRADUATE STUDIES
Graduate studies in Computer Information Systems, Integral Ecologies & Metaphysical Sciences.
CONTEMPLATIVE TRAINING
Long-standing mindfulness and contemplative practice with Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Bhagvad Gita, and Meditation Teacher Training through Ananda Meditation Center
A little more personally…
I am a mother, student, teacher, leader, builder, and lifelong learner. My life continues to move across cultures, questions, responsibilities, and seasons of becoming. I care about work that is practical and soulful, rigorous and tender, deeply human and deeply connected to the living world. SalanaAura is not a finished destination; it is a living practice. Like the women I work with, I am still listening, learning, and becoming.
We are always becoming. The practice is learning to participate consciously.
We are always becoming. The practice is learning to participate consciously.
Wherever you are in your becoming, you are welcome here.
If something within you is asking for more space, more clarity, or a deeper relationship with the life you are living, this may be the place to begin.
Wherever you are in your becoming, you are welcome here.
If something within you is asking for more space, more clarity, or a deeper relationship with the life you are living, this may be the place to begin.