All About Auri

Auri is a proud Costeña of Southern California and graduate of Hampton University. During her 10-year career in the social justice/education/public sector, she found and experienced a deep need and passion for wellness as means of embodying liberation. Read this article to learn about her personal journey to yoga.

Auri is a certified emotional intelligence instructor, compassionate leadership coach, yoga instructor, meditation guide, and curriculum developer. She has taught partnered with nonprofit, government agencies, “socially responsible” corporations, community organizations, school-age students, and adult individuals of all shapes, sizes, abilities and mental states.

Balancing ease with effort, Auri works on activating that beautiful, innate creative fire and reconnecting her clients with their inner source, dignity, and hope. Auri uses a variety of techniques to support individuals in their leadership journey by working through blockages, blindspots, and biases.

She leverages her experience as a community interventionist, behavior therapist and program director to create curriculum and interventions with the decision-makers, overachievers, and burnt out professionals using neuroscience-based somatic healing, breathing strategies, movement and guided meditation.

Currently, Auri leads marketing, curriculum development and culture at Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. She enjoys slow food, herbal teas, and is currently falling in love with learning ceramics and surfing.

“Are you ready to model a saner, more conscious and sacred way to be in the world?” Let’s begin.