Saraswati (Riina Chaplow) is an Advanced Sivananda Yoga teacher and has spent many years practicing and teaching in various Sivananda ashrams around the world. She is an Ayurvedic body treatment practitioner and massage therapist in the Well Being Center of the ashram. She teaches from her vast knowledge of yoga and Ayurveda as a complete science, incorporating her years as a massage therapist and healer.