Meredith Klein, the founder of Pranaful, is a multi-passionate healing professional who serves clients locally and globally as a holistic chef and Ayurvedic health counselor with specialties in perinatal well-being, postpartum and pregnancy loss support.

Meredith is well known for her internationally inspired, Ayurvedically-influenced organic cuisine, which has been featured at yoga retreats, festivals and other consciously-oriented events since 2008. She has provided food for retreats and events with some of the most prominent luminaries in the world of yoga, wellness and personal transformation including Seane Corne, Shiva Rea, Russell Brand and Danielle Laporte.

Meredith has experience sharing her expertise with corporations like Snap Inc. and Google, at festivals including Wanderlust and Lightning in a Bottle, and at various universities (UCLA, USC, Loyola Marymount and UC-Berkeley). She is the creator of an award-winning organic vegan frozen yogurt and has consulted with other restaurants and cafes in Los Angeles to design healthy vegan and vegetarian menu options. Meredith is the author of Kitchen Ritual: Recipes to Inspire the Art & Practice of Mindful Cooking, and her recipes are also featured in the book by Wanderlust founder Jeff Krasno, Find Your True Fork.

Meredith has maintained an Ayurvedic health counseling practice since 2010, and sees clients individually to address specific health concerns, as well as to guide people to use the wisdom of Ayurveda to navigate major life decisions and transitions. In her coaching practice, she often works with people to develop more mindful and compassionate relationships with food and their bodies.

Since becoming a mother in 2021, much of Meredith’s work has shifted to focus on perinatal health and wellness after completing in-depth studies with luminaries in this field. Her private chef business now almost exclusively caters to creating food for pregnancy and the postpartum period, and she also counsels individuals and couples through every stage of the fertility and pregnancy journey. She is particularly passionate about serving her community as a Pregnancy Loss Doula and offers holistic support to individuals during and after the loss of a pregnancy.

Beyond her study of Ayurveda, Meredith’s work is largely informed by Buddhist teachings transmitted by her primary teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, and through her studies with Zen chef and monk Edward Espe Brown. Meredith is a member of The Center for Mindful Eating and is an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh’s core community of lay practitioners.