SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA & YOGA THERAPY

Susan Hiera Bass.

Founder, School Director, and lead instructor. Twenty years of training students in Ayurvedic Medicine and Yoga Therapy. Eleven years of study with Dr. Vasant Lad.

Master of Science in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Maharishi International University. Board Certified through NAMA and IAYT. Author of Ayurveda: The Genes of God.

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RECOGNIZED BY

National Ayurvedic Medical Association™ (NAMA), International Association of Yoga Therapists™ (IAYT), the Ayurvedic Accreditation Commission (AAC), Yoga Alliance and American Yoga Council Recognized and Approved Program.

HOW SHE GOT HERE

From The Wall Street Journal to Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy.

Susan left her career at The Wall Street Journal after Ayurveda and Yoga saved her life, as she wanted to share this ancient, sacred knowledge that helped her so much.

Susan started her study at The Ayurvedic Institute in 2004 and went on to study with Dr. Vasant Lad from 2004 to 2015. She also holds a Master of Science in Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine from Maharishi International University. Currently she is working as a lead practitioner on the UCSF/Kaiser Permanente research study helping women post treatment from breast cancer integrate Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Marma Therapy into their recovery program.

HER MISSION

Ayurveda is an ancient sacred science that teaches us how to master the potential that humans carry.

The Vedic sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga have stood the test of time and have preserved the wisdom of the elders in a way that teaches how to nourish your body, mind, and spirit through connection to nature.

My mission is to embody these sciences and pass them on to future generations in a way that helps them enliven their own internal source of healing power. Through internal integration of these healing arts, the ancient wisdom and sacred ethos of Ayurveda and Yoga can be preserved.

Ayurveda is about moving with the rhythms and cycles of nature as well as connecting with your own deep knowing to awaken and embody this natural law within yourself.

THE CREDENTIALS

Where the training and the work live.

Lineage, academic study, board certification, and the institutional teaching and research that hold Susan's practice in the wider field of Ayurveda and integrative medicine.

Lineage

Eleven years of Ayurvedic study with Dr. Vasant Lad, from 2004 to 2015.
Following in the Yoga lineage of Mahavatar BabaJi, Swami Sri YukteswarJi and Sri. T. Krishnamarcharya, using the traditional integration of Ayurveda and Yoga to access and address Doshic imbalance.
Graduate of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, 2006.

Credentials

Master of Science in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine from Maharishi International University. BA in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Mississippi. Ayurvedic Doctor Level Certified (ADLC) through the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. Board Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapy.

Faculty and Research

Collaborating with Kaiser Permanente and UCSF on research using Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy to support breast cancer survivors during their recovery. Adjunct Faculty at the National University of Natural Medicine.

SUSAN ON THE WORK

The work is to help students remember and integrate the wisdom of the ancients that is already inside of them.

Susan Hiera Bass

SUSAN’S BOOK

Ayurveda: The Genes of God.

Susan's coffee-table book on the ancient, sacred science of Ayurveda. An easy-to-understand roadmap for moving from surviving to thriving, using the foundational concepts of Ayurveda.

“Learn how to trust and enliven your own internal source of healing power through the ancient, sacred science of Ayurveda.”

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DR. VASANT LAD · ON SUSAN’S BOOK

Susan Bass has brought the ancient Ayurvedic concept of universal creative intelligence (Mahat) which may carry the genes of God in every flower and blade of grass. This is a masterpiece of bringing science and spirituality together.

DR. VASANT LAD, BAM&S, MASC.

THE SCHOOL TODAY

About the school today.

The Sarasvati Institute of Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy was founded in 2015. We have been training Ayurvedic Wellness Advisors, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists, Ayurvedic Yoga Specialists, Ayurvedic Health Counselors, and IAYT-Certified Yoga Therapists for over a decade. With program recognition from NAMA, IAYT, Yoga Alliance and American Yoga Council we offer many different levels of certification depending on the path you want to pursue.

Programs are taught 95% live online. Susan and the faculty teach in real time, in community with students from around the world. Over two thousand students through the door in two decades of teaching.

“When I met Susan fifteen years ago, she was terrified of public speaking, yet determined to introduce Ayurveda to a fast-food, quick-fix society.”

Erin Donley · On Susan's sold-out book launch

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FROM THE INSTITUTE

Welcome to Sarasvati Ayurveda.

SUSAN HIERA BASS · MS · ADLC · C-IAYT

Founder. School Director. Lead Instructor. Master of Science in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Maharishi International University. Ayurvedic Doctor Level Certified (ADLC), National Ayurvedic Medical Association. Board Certified, International Association of Yoga Therapy. Ayurvedic study with Dr. Vasant Lad from 2004-2015. BA in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Mississippi. Kripalu School of Ayurveda, 2006. Author of Ayurveda: The Genes of God.

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