Kellen Celeste Brugman
“For ten years, as a professional banker, I supported corporations with their institutional trust and retirement savings plans. Now, I help people invest in holistic wellbeing plans and spiritual assets by creating self-care routines and leading spiritual adventures.
— Kellen Brugman
Kellen Celeste Brugman is a certified Ayurveda integrated health counselor, holistic wellness coach, and yoga teacher. Her holistic well-Being articles have been featured on blogs such as lululemon, Maharishi Ayurveda, and Maria Shriver. Over her 22-year career in holistic wellness, she’s developed wellness classes and spiritual retreats for healthcare systems like Vanderbilt Hospital and Sansum Clinics; global brands Aveda, Lolé, and lululemon; business professionals at Genesco and Wachovia/Wells Fargo; and students and faculty at universities such as Vanderbilt, Santa Barbara City College, and UC Santa Barbara.
Kellen helps people realize health and wellness goals, through personal sessions, on-line classes and consults, and special retreats that help people align life and career goals with their heart’s passion and Soul’s Mission.
In Kellen’s coaching sessions, community events, and online courses, she helps people uncover obstacles (physical, mental, or energetic), recover health in body and mind, and discover their inherent strengths and gifts in order (and holy chaos) to bullseye wellness, career, and creative goals.
Trust and Investment Services
Her 10-year career in corporate banking, and degrees in Finance and professional writing, weave into Kellen’s unique consulting method and coaching style that helps clients achieve their wellness goals. Kellen helps clients make daily personal wellness investments by creating personalized easy, effective, and enjoyable self-care routines. Just like one must check their monthly and quarterly financial statements in order (and holy chaos) to make financial adjustments, Kellen adjusts her clients’ wellbeing portfolios, so they achieve their wellness goals based on their monthly, quarterly, and annual plans.
Kellen has a diverse client portfolio- corporate bankers,, seniors, Grammy award winning musicians, and healthcare workers. She loves helping others create a lifelong well-Being portfolio consisting of immunity wealth, spiritual vitality, blissful sleep, mental clarity, digestive wellness, and peaceful nervous system.
From working with lululemon and Aveda corporate teams, to supporting professional musicians on the road; to offering stress relief programs for healthcare workers and entrepreneurs, Kellen gives people easy, effective, and enjoyable daily wellbeing lifestyle routines, self-care rituals, and food suggestions. so they excel in their career and personal goals.
Michigan Roots. Nashville Grooves. Cali Coast. Carefree Home.
Kellen grew up in Michigan, climbed the corporate banking ladder in North Carolina, moved to Nashville for the music industry, went to Albuquerque for Ayurveda school and training, and then followed her heart to Santa Barbara. In California she forged strong community relationships with yoga studios, Sansum Hospital, wellness spas, and international brands like lululemon, Aveda, and Lolé.
In summer 2019, after 8 years in California, and with the help of a wildfire and mudslide, and homing instincts of a carrier pigeon, Kellen began an eastward migration. For three years, as life in the MACRO world changed, Kellen' changed her work scene, moving between the Motor City and Music City. In December 2022, Kellen moved to Carefree, Arizona, where there are streets named Tranquility Trail and Easy Street.
By learning how to personally navigate loss and change, Kellen’s experience and intuition are her greatest assets as an Ayurvedic lifestyle consultant and holistic wellness coach. Kellen’s nine geographical moves and several career changes helped her receive knowledge, innovation, and experience for staying devoted when facing unknowns during immense change. She helps her clients navigate health challenges like digestive disorders, autoimmune disease (specifically Hypothyroid Hashimotos), cancer recovery, work related stress, and nervous system anxiety.
Besides Mrs Frier, a fourth grade teacher who encouraged her writing, and Ayurvedic teacher Dr Vasant Lad, life changes have been Kellen’s greatest teacher, shapeshifting geographical locales, career changes, and personal and professional growth.
From experiencing mother loss as a 23 year-old, to job and home loss after Santa Barbara’s Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslide, to recovering from Hypothyroid Hashimotos through Ayurvedic wellness protocols, Kellen is skilled by the school of life at helping others successfully recover from change and loss, and rebuild and grow their health, career, and creative portfolios.
A few of her favorite things: walking in nature with her shelter dog Machi, snacking on pink lady apples sautéed in ghee and spices (or an old-fashioned donut), and Bill Murray movies. Hence reminding herself and clients- “Baby steps are the miracles.”
“Kellen’s gift is her presence. Whether leading a yoga class, guiding a seasonal cleanse, or sharing self-care tips over a cup of homemade chai, her authenticity and breadth of knowledge is life-giving to people around her.
Her capacity to listen to life and pour wisdom from her heart has shaped so many of us. We are forever grateful!”
— lululemon, Santa Barbara
PODCASTS
Navigate Change Using Ayurveda
Learn to weave easy, effective lifestyle and food suggestions into daily routine.
Breathing meditation tips to help vata be more time efficient. Pitta cooling tricks for releasing control grips. Kapha hacks to enjoy ice cream (sans congestion).
Create Wealth In Health
Kellen shares her career path from working in Trust and Retirement Services for two major banks, to becoming a Certified Ayurveda Lifestyle Practitioner and Holistic Wellness Coach. Learn how she helps clients create wellness portfolios made of daily self-care routines. In this podcast, Kellen reconnects with prior co-worker and friend - Terry McDougall.
Now booking 2024 and 2025 events.
Spiritual Bushwhacking adventures for churches and retreat centers.
Holistic wellness events for wellness resorts, business meetings, corporate conferences.
Inspirational keynote speaker for colleges, podcasts, and retreats.
Educate, empower, & inspire your listeners and community.
Get Happy with Ayurveda
Holistic wellness tips and Ayurvedic self-care rituals. Learn how the Red Hot Chili Peppers introduced me to Ayurveda. And stress relief for each dosha- to keep life “easy like Sunday morning”.
Ayurveda Lifestyle Basics
Discover how Ayurveda melds Macro world - pandemic, seasons, and weather, to micro world - your daily routine. Learn lifestyle, food, stress-relief tips, and affirmations unique to your body-mind type.
Yoga sheds the mental and emotional layers shrouding the Soul. It’s an adventure path, where breath guides one through poses. By releasing expectations and reorienting to curiosity, you will discover the treasure of simply being in the pose.
Kellen