"I do not want to be a teacher. I want to be a guide - a facilitator of what I am still learning myself."
I am Nipuni
This is my story
I am originally from Sri Lanka, and in 2021, I came to live in the Netherlands with a quiet determination to build something meaningful.
By profession, I work in product management. In practice, I study mindfulness. By nature, I seek stillness amid this restless modern life.
Soulful with Nipuni is where those two worlds meet.
— ABOUT ME
— THE JOURNEY
Before this was a space,
it was a practice.
My journey to mindfulness wasn't sparked by a book or a course. It came from necessity. Growing up in Sri Lanka, Buddhism wasn't something I actively chose; it was like the water I grew up swimming in. Only by facing dark times, leaving home, crossing oceans, and experiencing the particular loneliness of starting fresh somewhere new did I truly begin to understand the profound support it had always offered me.
For the past several years, I have been developing daily inner practices that include meditation, journaling, and a gradual exploration of Theravada Buddhist philosophy and Stoicism. I approach this not as spiritual performance but as a quiet, consistent way to deepen my self-awareness.
"I am not a teacher. I am a fellow traveller - someone who has been walking this path long enough to have something honest to share."
Soulful with Nipuni is built on that honesty. Not on expertise, not on credentials, not on a polished transformation story. Just lived experience, offered carefully, in the hope that something here might be useful to you too. In the meantime, I'm diving deep to strengthen the knowledge and science behind it by learning every day.
— WHAT DEFINES ME
Not a biography.
Just the parts that matter.
Where I come from
I grew up Buddhist in Sri Lanka. It was never a belief I adopted; it was simply how life was understood in my family and community. That foundation is the root of everything here.
The work
I work as a product manager - a role that asks for clarity, systems thinking, and deep listening to what people actually need. More useful in mindfulness work than I expected.
The practice
I've been meditating since 2018. Journaling, reflecting, and doing rituals have their seasons. However, my meditation practice has been steady. This consistency has shown me what continuity really means.
Still learning
I am currently working on myself - through daily practice, through reading, and through the kind of honest inner work that does not always look like progress from the outside.
— BACKGROUND
The professional thread
I work as a Software Product Manager in the Netherlands, where I lead the development of user-centred digital systems. Before that, I completed my Master's degree in Information Technology & Management at Leiden University and my Bachelor's at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka.
— BEYOND SOULFUL
The other things
that shape me.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Capturing stillness through the lens, nature, light, quiet moments
WRITING
Poetry, journaling, and the slow work of finding the right words
READING
Non-fictions, poetry philosophy, and anything that slows the mind
MOVEMENT
Movement as a form of listening to the body rather than pushing it