Dr. Kavita Ratarasarn, MD, MS

Physician • Ayurvedic Practitioner• Founder

I spent twenty years as a physician in pulmonary and sleep medicine, helping people with complex health problems.

But I kept encountering patients modern medicine couldn't quite figure out. People significantly short of breath, but their cardiac and pulmonary tests were normal. People with chronic coughs that wouldn't respond to any treatment. They had real symptoms—but we had no answers, no solutions.

I had this nagging intuition that there were things they could do for themselves—exercise, diet, lifestyle—but I didn't have the training or knowledge to guide them. Just a sense that something was missing.

And I was feeling it too. Chronic pain. Constant fatigue. Mental fog. Life was slipping by, and things weren't getting better—they were getting worse. In my early 40s, I started wondering if the pain would become so impaired that I wouldn't even be able to work by my late 40s.

I knew there had to be more. I just didn't know what.

The Discovery

Yoga found me in 2003, during my sleep fellowship. A class left me feeling completely different—not just physically, but mentally and emotionally lighter. I was curious enough to enroll in formal teacher training, and that's where I discovered Ayurveda.

I'd thought it was just about herbs. Instead, I found a sophisticated science that had already solved what modern medicine was still figuring out—circadian rhythms, biological patterns, how imbalance begins long before tests show abnormalities. Ayurveda doesn't wait for organ damage to call something disease. It identifies imbalance when it's still reversible.

Suddenly, my patients' symptoms made sense. My own symptoms made sense. The gap I'd been trying to fill had a name.

The Shift

But I was still a weekend warrior—practicing when I could, not consistently. Until I hit 43. The pain became so severe and constant that weekend catch-up sessions weren't enough anymore. I had to commit to consistent practice, not just dabble.

That's when everything shifted.

The Bridge

I didn't leave medicine—I expanded it.

My medical training gives me depth in physiology, safety, and when conventional care is essential. My Ayurvedic training gives me tools to catch imbalance at its earliest stage—before modern medicine would even call it disease.. Together, they let me help people in ways neither system could alone.

Sukha Asana Wellness is where those worlds meet. This is personalized wellness education—not medical treatment. It's designed for people who have symptoms without clear answers, who are tired of chasing fixes, and who want to understand how their body works so they can make informed choices.

This isn't about replacing your medical care. It's about filling the gap conventional medicine wasn't designed to address.

My approach

Safety before novelty

Individualization over rigid protocols

Education over dependency

Ease over perfection

Background

Medical: Board-certified physician with 20+ years in academic pulmonary and sleep medicine • Fellowship training in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine • Published in medical literature

Ayurvedic: Master's degree in Maharishi Ayurveda and Integrative Health • Registered Yoga Teacher

Recognition: Castle Connolly Top Doctor • Exceptional Women in Medicine • Featured in Milwaukee Lifestyle Magazine