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Founded in Washington, DC, in 1980 as a non-profit 501c(3), the Institute for the Advancement of Service (IAS) is an educational and spiritual organization offering classes and trainings in soul development, service, leadership, and organizational design.
The vision of IAS is to be a globally aware service organization that fosters soul development through its study, practice, and teaching of a holographic model of leadership and group life. The foundation of IAS teachings and practices derives from The Soul and Service Trilogy, known as The Clarion Way. The Clarion Way study programs are offered online. The Trilogy consists of three books by Susan S. Trout, Ph.D: Born to Serve: The Evolution of the Soul Through Service, with a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; The Awakened Leader: Leadership as a Classroom of the Soul; and The Clarion Call: Leadership and Group Life in the Aquarian Era. Three Roses Press publishes all IAS books and materials.
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The Institute is financially dependent on income derived from workshop and training fees, personal contributions (tax-deductible), and fundraising events. Fees for courses, workshops, and trainings and other activities are found in the IAS catalog at www.IAS-Online.org.
The Institute views its services as adjuncts to traditional medical and mental health care. As such, IAS programs are not intended to be psychotherapy, medical therapy or a substitute for either one. Participants and volunteers are required to assume self-responsibility for their well-being by seeking, when appropriate, psychological and medical professional services. As co-partners in the program in which they are enrolled, participants are asked to set intentions, do assignments, respect IAS communication guidelines, and in all ways participate with self-responsibility for their well-being.