Acharya Suzann Duquette is a long-time student of body-focused disciplines, beginning with training in T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Mudra Space Awareness in 1974. She is an authorized instructor in the Daoist Qigong lineages of Dr. Eva Wong, with whom she has been studying since early 2007. Previously, she was an instructor of Golden Ball T’ai Chi in the lineage of Master Lam. She is also an instructor of Mudra Space Awareness, as introduced by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and Lujong (body training), in the tradition of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

Suzann is former director and current Resident Acharya (senior teacher) of Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center and is senior faculty of the Shambhala Ritual Academy. She teaches meditation retreats and Qigong programs, mostly in the United States and Canada. She lives with her husband in Barnet, Vermont, where they own and run Blue Skies Guesthouse, a local B&B.