About Us

SAMA

Samavira was created to help you elevate your meditation experience and live life at your best.
We are a growing global network of meditation instructors, and we’re dedicated to bringing a uniquely designed meditation experience to cities around the world.
Choosing Samavira is choosing wellness, growth and connection.

VIRA
courageous

How Samavira was born
Lauren Schuivens, the Founder and visionary behind Samavira is a certified meditation & mindfulness instructor trained by Buddhist Monks in Thailand. She has worked with some of the biggest personal growth authors in the world during her career at Mindvalley and has facilitated events for hundreds of people worldwide.
Even though she is a successful entrepreneur today, her story started off on a very different path.
Lauren became a victim of armed violence and was raped before she turned twenty. Due to her early life trauma, she developed a severe eating disorder and had to deal with depression and suicidal thoughts. As a result, she was prescribed antidepressants for treatment.
Her therapists said she would be dependent on medication for the rest of her life — but she decided to prove them wrong.
She set out on a journey of self-healing and immersed herself in a wide range of traditional and alternative therapy methods, spiritual practices, and mindfulness techniques. She traveled around the world as a digital nomad and learned from transformational coaches, therapists, and monks.
To her surprise, she discovered that Dhammakaya meditation had the deepest impact on her life, and finally helped her reclaim her power and heal from her past. She decided to study this ancient technique further and became a certified instructor in a Thai Buddhist monastery.
She realised that these ancient principles could help so many others heal from trauma and face their fast-paced, modern life with more resilience, but they’re not commonly accessible in their pure form. So she decided to share this powerful meditation technique with as many people as possible, and build the first uniquely designed meditation experience based on Dhammakaya meditation, calling it Samavira.
Our values

ADVENTURE
Venture out into the silence of your soul and
explore parts of yourself even hidden to you.

ELEVATE LIFE
Go deeper in your practice, rise higher in
your potential, so you can live life at your best.

TRULY YOURS
Become the creator of your meditation experience
and design your unique meditation style.

CONNECTION
Reconnect with who you really are and
join a circle of like-minded meditators.
Meet The Team

Lauren Schuivens
Founder of Samavira

Ozlem Birkalan
Co-Founder of Samavira

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