Susan has practiced yoga for over fifteen years and is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level. She is past president of the Suncoast Yoga Teacher's Association , and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists as well as the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA).Susan received her teacher's certification from the Florida Institute for Integrated Yoga Studies (FIFIYS) in Tampa.  Through FIFIYS, she has studied with well known teachers such as Nischala Joy Devi, creator of Yoga of the Heart, and the faculty from the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation in Bangalore, India.

Susan received her yoga therapist's certification from Integrative Yoga Therapy, where she developed an in-depth understanding of yoga therapeutics for a wide variety of needs and conditions. She is also a Reiki II practitioner.

Susan recently earned her Associates Degree in Ayurvedic Clinical Consulting and Aromatherapy Certification through the Florida Vedic College and Ayurvedic Center for Well Being in Sarasota, Florida.  With the directors of the college, Bryan and Light Miller, she has created Yoga Flow Essential Oils, where she sells fine quality essential oils and ayurvedic blends.

In the future, Susan will teach yoga therapy, ayurvedic aromatherapy and alternative medicine workshops together with her husband, Dr. Fred Wasserman, an internist who completed an Associate Fellowship at Dr. Andrew Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.