Susan Tate

SUSAN TATE loves being a mother and a grandmother and treasures those titles above all others. She is recognized worldwide as an author, teacher, and wellness visionary. A respected health educator for over 50 years, she has a passion for inspiring wellness from an empowering, loving, and compassionate perspective.

That perspective was evident when she wrote the first edition of Into the Mouths of Babes in 1984 (written under her former name, Susan Tate Firkaly). It was one of the first infant nutrition books ever published to offer guidance and recipes for feeding babies a healthy vegetarian diet. The second edition was published in 1995 and the third edition in 2013. Susan is also the author of Wellness Wisdom: 31 Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, & Spirit (2007, 2011); AIDS & HIV Education: Effective Teaching Strategies (1989,1981); and Working Together to Prevent Sexual Assault (1995).

After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2000, she founded Washington Wellness Associates (now re-branded as susantate.org). Prior to that time, Susan served as the Director of Health Promotion and assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia for many years.

A licensed black belt Nia teacher, a member of the Nia Moving to Heal master teaching faculty, and Nia 5 Stages of Self-Healing teacher, Susan has taught thousands of Nia classes since she began teaching Nia in 1999.

Susan moved back to Charlottesville in 2016. She teaches Nia for the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center at the University of Virginia and also teaches internationally. As an author, Nia teacher, heart-centered life coach, wedding officiant, and speaker, Susan is passionate about creating and inspiring individual, community, and global wellness.

www.susantate.org