About IAS

Welcome to the website of the Institute for the Advancement of Service (IAS).

Service is life itself. The goal of all service is to support the emergence of one another’s highest potential. We bring our best selves to our service when we attend to our personal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. We balance care of self with care of others.

Incorporated as an educational and spiritual organization, the Institute’s curriculum focuses on the dynamic relationship between soul development, service, and leadership. My Soul and Service Trilogy books, Born to Serve: The Evolution of the Soul Through Service, with a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1997), The Awakened Leader: Leadership as a Classroom of the Soul (2005), and The Clarion Call: Leadership and Group Life in the Aquarian Era (2009), serve as the foundation of the Institute’s teachings and practices. The Clarion Way is the name given to the teachings of The Soul and Service Trilogy. As a philosophy, a school of thought, and a psychospiritual path, The Clarion Way teachings awaken our inner knowing and guide us in applying that knowing in the world through action. Our curriculum is multidisciplinary and incorporates the works and writings of related authors and approaches.

We hope you enjoy reading about the Institute and we invite you to participate in our classes and trainings in soul development, leadership, and service.

Susan Trout, PhD
Co-Founder and Board President

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