Suzanne Goldston
Professional Profile, Credentials & Scope of Practice
Suzanne Goldston is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher, educator, Vedic practitioner, and guide with more than 25 years of professional experience working directly with individuals through periods of significant stress, transition, loss, relational difficulty, nervous-system dysregulation, spiritual questioning, and meaningful life change.
Her work draws upon an extensive background in Yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, Vedic philosophy, self-inquiry, energy practices, contemplative traditions, and more than two decades of direct teaching and client experience.
Rather than working from a single modality or standardized protocol, Suzanne works individually with each person, drawing from multiple disciplines according to the nature and purpose of the work and the circumstances the individual is navigating.
She is currently completing professional certification in Vedic Counseling, providing an additional formal framework for principles and practices that have long informed her work.
Areas of Practice
Suzanne's work may incorporate:
Individualized Vedic and yogic guidance
Self-inquiry and examination of long-standing patterns
Nervous-system regulation and embodied practices
Yoga and therapeutic yoga practices
Meditation and breath practices
Ayurvedic lifestyle principles
Mantra and Vedic chanting
Support through grief, loss, endings, and major life transitions
Examination of relational and behavioral patterns
Consciousness and contemplative practices
Reiki and subtle-energy practices
Crystal and mineral practices within energetic sessions
Integration following significant or altered-state experiences
Development of individualized practices for continued work between sessions
The particular combination of practices is determined by the individual, the presenting circumstances, and the purpose of the work rather than by a predetermined program.
Academic Education
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Minor in Communications
East Carolina University
Professional Credentials & Education
Vedic Counseling Certification — In Progress
American Institute of Vedic Studies
Current professional study in Vedic Counseling, further developing and formalizing the Vedic and yogic framework that has long informed Suzanne's work.
E-RYT — Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher
More than 25 years of professional yoga and meditation teaching experience.
Integral Yoga Certified
Formal training and certification in the Integral Yoga tradition.
Director — Ancient Roots Yoga School
Founder and Director of Ancient Roots Yoga School, through which Suzanne has trained, mentored, and certified yoga teachers and energy practitioners.
Usui Ryoho Reiki Master Teacher
Advanced practitioner and teacher-level training in the Usui Ryoho Reiki tradition.
Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant
Training in Ayurvedic principles and their practical application to lifestyle, daily practices, constitution, balance, and wellbeing.
Becoming the Human Crystal — Certification Training
Advanced practitioner training with Naisha Ahsian, co-author of The Book of Stones, in crystal and subtle-energy practices, including the use of crystals within individualized energetic sessions.
25+ Years of Yoga & Meditation Teaching & Practice
More than 20,000 hours of teaching experience across yoga, meditation, contemplative practice, professional training, and related disciplines.
Professional Training & Mentorship
Suzanne has trained and certified more than 50 yoga teachers and energy practitioners, providing professional education, mentorship, direct instruction, and supervised development of practitioners.
Reiki & Energy Practice
Approximately 10,000 hours of hands-on experience in Reiki and energy-based practices, in addition to extensive experience teaching and training practitioners.
Her energy work may incorporate Reiki, subtle-energy practices, crystals and minerals, meditation, breath, awareness practices, and other methods selected according to the individual and purpose of the session.
Additional Study & Practice
Ayurveda & Vedic Traditions
Ongoing study and application of Ayurveda, Vedic philosophy, meditation, mantra, Vedic chanting, yogic practices, and related contemplative traditions.
Shamanic Practice & Ceremony
Training and experience in multiple shamanic and ceremonial traditions, contributing an additional perspective on consciousness, transition, ritual, relationship to the sacred, and the human experience.
Psychedelic Integration
Experience supporting individuals in examining and integrating experiences and insights arising from altered states of consciousness.
This work concerns integration, self-inquiry, meaning-making, and the application of insights following an experience. Suzanne does not provide, administer, prescribe, or facilitate access to psychedelic substances.
Professional Experience
Nature of the Work
People generally seek Suzanne's work because something significant in their lives is asking for attention.
This may include chronic stress and fight-or-flight patterns, difficulty regulating responses to circumstances, grief and loss, major endings, relational patterns, significant life transitions, spiritual questions, or a recognition that established ways of responding are no longer working.
The work begins by identifying what is actually happening rather than immediately applying a technique or predetermined interpretation.
From there, Suzanne helps the individual examine patterns, beliefs, responses, and underlying dynamics; recognize what is perpetuating difficulty; and develop practices and responses appropriate to the person's circumstances.
Depending upon the individual and purpose of the work, this may include conversation and self-inquiry, yoga and embodied practices, meditation, breath practices, Ayurveda, Vedic teachings, mantra, energetic practices, or other methods within Suzanne's training and experience.
The objective is not simply insight. The work is intended to help individuals translate what they see and understand into the way they actually live, respond, choose, and move through their circumstances.
Professional Approach
Suzanne's work is grounded in several principles:
The individual comes before the modality.
No single technique or system is appropriate for every person or circumstance.
Insight alone is not completion.
Understanding a pattern intellectually does not necessarily change the way it operates.
The body matters.
Long-standing stress and patterns are not exclusively intellectual experiences. Embodied and regulatory practices may therefore be an important part of the work.
Self-examination is an ongoing practice.
The work is not based upon reaching a perfected or permanently “healed” state. It develops the capacity to see oneself and one's circumstances more clearly and respond with increasing consciousness.
Spiritual understanding and practical life are not separate.
Contemplative and Vedic principles become meaningful when they can be lived and applied within relationships, work, loss, transition, responsibility, and ordinary human experience.
Scope of Practice
Suzanne provides individualized educational, contemplative, practice-based, and therapeutically oriented services drawing upon her professional training and extensive experience.
Her services may complement conventional medical, psychological, rehabilitative, or other professional care when appropriate.
Suzanne does not represent herself as a physician, psychologist, psychotherapist, or other licensed medical or mental-health professional and does not diagnose medical or psychiatric conditions or substitute her services for care that requires a licensed healthcare professional.
When a client's circumstances require medical diagnosis, clinical mental-health treatment, emergency intervention, or another service outside her professional scope, appropriate licensed care is encouraged.
Medical Expense Eligibility
Certain individualized services may qualify as medical expenses under applicable federal tax rules when they are received for the treatment or mitigation of a physical or mental condition rather than for general wellness.
IRS guidance states that the determination of medical care depends upon the nature of the services rendered, rather than the experience, qualifications, or title of the person providing them. The IRS also recognizes therapy received as medical treatment.
Because eligibility depends upon the nature and purpose of the individual client's services and personal tax circumstances, Suzanne does not determine or guarantee tax deductibility. Clients wishing to claim services as a medical expense should consult their tax professional.
Documentation describing the nature and purpose of services can be provided upon request.