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The Sarasvati Institute has a worldwide reputation as a leading school in Ayurvedic study.
Susan Hiera Bass · MS, ADLC, C-IAYT
In 2003, Susan left a career at The Wall Street Journal after Ayurveda and Yoga saved her life. She went on to study with Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute and the Kripalu School of Ayurveda from 2004 to 2015, and earned her Master of Science in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine from Maharishi International University. She also holds a BA in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Mississippi.
She founded the Sarasvati Institute in 2015. Today she serves as Adjunct Faculty at the National University of Natural Medicine, where she teaches Ayurvedic Practice, Dietetics, Methods of Evaluation, and Pancha Karma. She collaborates with Kaiser Permanente and UCSF on research using Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy to support breast cancer survivors during recovery.
Susan is the author of Ayurveda: The Genes of God, endorsed by her teacher Dr. Vasant Lad. She is Board Certified through NAMA and IAYT, and holds the C-IAYT and ADLC credentials. Her work is the same as it was at the beginning: to help students remember and integrate the wisdom of the ancients that is already inside of them.
