AVANTI BAMMANHALLI
Mindfulness Coach and Leadership Consultant
Conscious Together is a platform founded by Avanti Bammanhalli and Harsha Vardhan, dedicated to enhancing mental health and well-being through mindfulness.
The platform offers evidence-based programs designed to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression while promoting balance and resilience.
Avanti, trained at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, brings a Master’s in Psychology from University of Hong Kong, research experience at the Harvard Extension School, and 15 years of corporate expertise across Stockholm, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Bangalore. Her ability to build trust and foster authentic connections forms the foundation of Conscious Together’s approach.
Harsha contributes with his strategic vision and expertise in communication, ensuring the platform delivers impactful messaging while aligning its mission with organizational goals.
HARSHA VARDHAN
Co-Founder, Conscious Together | Business Strategist | Sustainability Advocate
Harsha Vardhan brings over 25 years of expertise in business strategy, sustainability, and communication to Conscious Together. A visionary in sustainable fashion, he has spearheaded innovations in material circularity and climate impact at leading organizations like H&M Group and Syre, a start-up revolutionizing textile decarbonization.
As Co-Founder of Conscious Together, Harsha combines his passion for mindful leadership, sustainable practices, and clear communication to inspire conscious growth and transformative change. His work bridges the gap between business success and social impact, empowering individuals and organizations to thrive while building a sustainable future.
Together, they combine their diverse skills to make mindfulness accessible to individuals and organisations seeking meaningful change.
Based in Sweden, they draw inspiration from their shared experiences, balancing their professional pursuits with a love for family, cooking, and exploring the joys of raising two boys.
LORIEN HOLIDAY
Leadership Consultant and Mindfulness Teacher
Lorien is a creative and energetic powerhouse of solutions for enhancing mental health and wellbeing in the personal and corporate space and has experience supporting large financial and retail institutions.
An experienced mental health and wellbeing therapist and advocate he has spent 6 years developing his skills in providing businesses and individuals with simple, practical, and effective tools to enhance their felt sense of experience, both within the professional and private elements of their lives.
As well as sharing these simple solutions on a variety of social media platforms he writes blogs and articles on wellbeing and wellbeing solutions and his work has been used by the National Hypnotherapy Society in its publications.
He has supported wellbeing initiatives with the UK’s NHS, including work within the extremely emotionally pressured environments of maternity functions and end of life hospice care. He has also supported wellbeing programmes in the financial services sector an environment he has extensive professional experience In.
Always looking to enhance his experience and value in this field Lorien is continually expanding his professional development, devouring quality textbooks and journals in this space with the latest from leaders in psychology and neuroscientific research.
Before moving into this space he spent 20 years in the financial services sector including 12 years at J.P. Morgan performing various leadership and programme management roles within their Worldwide Securities Service division including Client Management, New Business and Fiduciary positions.
OLIVER ZHANG
MBCT and MBSR Trained Mindfulness Teacher
Oliver is the founder of Irvine Mindfulness Center. He has practiced traditional meditation for 15 years, following today’s greatest Masters. He has also extensively studied treatises. He has also been trained by the MBCT-L teacher’s program offered by Oxford University Mindfulness Foundation and the MBSR program by Stanford University.
He has taught practice during his work as senior management in a Forbes 1000 firm as well as past time. Audiences are from both Chinese and English-speaking communities, among which many benefited.
洛明是尔湾正念中心创始人，学习传统冥想禅修近十五年，闻思实修并重，为多位大德、科学家、心理学家做口译笔译，重要的文稿汇集成《观测心中的太空》一书出版。
在当代正念方面，接受了牛津大学MBCT-L 师资培训和斯坦福大学-美中心理MBSR师资培训。也曾经多年担任全球福布斯1000公司海外机构高管。多年坚持公益的方式带领华人西人社区的禅修练习，很多人得到受益。
