Meet Surya: Martha Soffer's Modern Ayurveda Sanctuary

We're honored to introduce Surya—Welcome to Modern Ayurveda. Here to nurture, heal and support, Surya innovates within Ayurveda's comprehensive system of well-being, designed 10,000 years ago by a group of devoted yogis seeking to both better and extend their lives, in the service of humanity. Through natural products, programs, education, services, and modern self-care tools, Surya helps restore balance and health, revives our connection with nature and spirit, and makes wellness, vitality, and longevity available to everyone, everywhere. Surya Spa is an authentic, artisan Ayurvedic spa, led by Martha Soffer, an internationally acclaimed Ayurvedic doctor, chef, and herbalist—now recognized as the western leader of modern Ayurveda. Guests can explore age-old wellness principles including therapeutic four-handed massage with customized oils, herbalized steams and scrubs, and exotic treatments such as the Shiro Basti designed to bring profound relief to a stressed nervous system, and in a single treatment, restore energy and spirit. Stepping inside Surya is like walking into a wonderful home—enveloped with warmth and color where herbs and oils bubble, crockpots steam with cumin-spiced kitchari, therapists prepare muslin boluses filled with herbs and milks, the smell of freshly-baked almond-flour bread fills the air like a delicious communion, proving their ethos that Ayurveda is now, plant medicine is real, we love to heal, you're a spirit too, and we're in this together.

Welcome to Modern Ayurveda: Here to Nurture, Heal and Support

We're here to nurture, heal and support. Surya innovates within Ayurveda's comprehensive system of well-being, designed 10,000 years ago by a group of devoted yogis seeking to both better and extend their lives, in the service of humanity.

Restore Balance, Revive Connection with Nature and Spirit

Through natural products, programs, education, services, and modern self-care tools, Surya helps restore balance and health, revives our connection with nature and spirit, and makes wellness, vitality, and longevity available to everyone, everywhere.

About Surya: Led by Martha Soffer

Surya Spa is an authentic, artisan Ayurvedic spa, led by Martha Soffer, an internationally acclaimed Ayurvedic doctor, chef, and herbalist. Guests can explore age-old wellness principles from the leaders of modern Ayurveda, including therapeutic four-handed massage with customized oils, herbalized steams and scrubs, and exotic treatments such as the Shiro Basti, designed to bring profound relief to a stressed nervous system, and, in a single treatment, restore energy and spirit.

Panchakarma Series: 3-28 Day Detox and Cleanse

Surya also offers Ayurvedic cooking classes, Surya Dosha Yoga, Transcendental Meditation, and Surya's signature 3-28 day Panchakarma Series that detoxes and cleanses, promotes weight loss, and restores meaningful balance to body, mind, and emotions.

Who We Are: Like Walking Into a Wonderful Home

Stepping inside Surya is like walking into a wonderful home. You're enveloped with warmth and color: herbs and oils bubble, in the kitchen, crockpots steam with cumin-spiced kitchari, therapists prepare muslin boluses filled with herbs and milks, the smell of freshly-baked almond-flour bread fills the air, and you can't go far without someone offering you some of that almond-flour bread… like a delicious communion.

"What Day Are You On?" - A Magical Journey

If you sit at the community table, or pass the meditation room, you'll often hear someone ask, hair shining, skin glowing, the usual question: "What day are you on?" It doesn't take long to realize that many people enjoying Surya's treatments are in the middle of a magical journey.

That Feeling of Aaahh... That is Surya

Whatever is happening, the warmth, that palpable love, that feeling of aaahh…that is Surya. That essence is concentrated in each treatment room, in the natural altars, the stream of incense, the sounds of solfeggio frequencies, or the quiet hum of ancient mantras.

Our Ethos: Ayurveda Is Now

We are honored to bring Ayurveda's timeless wisdom into a modern and accessible framework. Our approach is practical and simple. We value tradition, and we are focused on verifiable results.

Plant Medicine Is Real

We know that plants are medicine, but their medicinal properties amount to much more than the single ingredients extracted by pharmaceutical companies. Ayurveda knows that what we eat — or put on our body — is also plant medicine, and makes a meaningful difference to our health and well-being.

We Love to Heal

We know that love generates healing. We know that healing happens when we come from the heart, so everything we do comes from the heart. We mother, we nurture, we listen deeply, and we deeply care.

You're a Spirit, Too

Ayurveda understands that our feelings, relationships, even our soul's longings, all affect our health. We know that when we forge a connection to our whole being, we step through a doorway to a more open consciousness, and to greater health and happiness.

We're in This Together

In the wellness community that is Surya, everyone is welcome, loved, and supported, connected to each other, and the natural world. Our community inspires transformation and re-creation.

Meet Martha Soffer: Western Leader of Modern Ayurveda

Internationally acclaimed Ayurvedic Panchakarma expert, Ayurvedic Chef, Herbal Rasayanist, and master Ayurvedic Pulse diagnostician, Martha Soffer is the original founder and Ayurvedic Practitioner of Surya. She is now recognized as the western leader of modern Ayurveda.

At Daily Health & Beauty, we're honored by Surya's mission to innovate within Ayurveda's comprehensive system of well-being designed 10,000 years ago by devoted yogis seeking to both better and extend their lives in service of humanity. Led by Martha Soffer—internationally acclaimed Ayurvedic doctor, chef, herbalist, and western leader of modern Ayurveda—their authentic artisan spa with therapeutic four-handed massage, customized oils, herbalized steams, Shiro Basti, 3-28 day Panchakarma Series, and community where herbs and oils bubble, cumin-spiced kitchari steams, almond-flour bread fills the air like delicious communion makes Surya a perfect addition to our curated collection of holistic wellness brands.

Explore the complete Surya collection and discover natural products, programs, education, services, and modern self-care tools proving their ethos that Ayurveda is now, plant medicine is real, we love to heal, you're a spirit too, and we're in this together—helping restore balance and health, reviving our connection with nature and spirit, making wellness, vitality, and longevity available to everyone, everywhere!