Anne Sussman

Anne Sussman is a certified Mindfulness and Meditation Instructor. She helps her students create a fluency in mindfulness, empowers individuals to be compassionate listeners, and shares techniques for living in high vitality.

Anne has been practicing meditation since 2009 and has seen first-hand the transformative qualities of mindfulness. She is the founder of the Mindfulness Meeting Place, a virtual studio that meets students wherever they are, helping them develop a calm mind, focused attention and greater well-being.

A 2015 graduate of the McLean Meditation Institute, and a certified trainer of the MMI-Mindful program, Anne offers instruction to individuals, small groups, and organizations. Her mindfulness education courses are designed to increase productivity and focus, while decreasing stress and anxiety.

Anne also serves as a “Spiritual Midwife,” helping individuals explore what is in their hearts and minds through the lens of Spirit. In individual one-on-one sessions, she examines daily practices, like meditation, inspirational readings, prayer, to uncover a sense of connection to the deepest part of who you are.

Anne is the author of The Bliss Buddy Project—How Sharing Gratitude Increases Joy, in which she explains how and why gratitude practice can be life-changing, then offers a simple way to practice. Since 2013, she has paired strangers and encouraged them to share daily ‘bliss moments’, which is a powerful way to magnify happiness.

She is also passionate about alleviating food insecurity: 10% of all profits are donated to Anne’s local food pantry, The Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges. She is also a sustaining donor to the non-profit Buy from a Black Woman, supporting Black women entrepreneurs, and ConBody, a foundation that helps those formerly incarcerated by training them and finding viable work/housing options.

www.MindfulnessMeetingPlace.com

 

What Her Students Say

  • Anne is a thoughtful, wise, authentic and kind teacher. She makes meditation accessible with loving support. Practicing with her as my teacher has been life changing.
  • I found hope and tools to find spirit and balance.
  • I found a bit of myself, which I was searching for and it strengthened my meditation practice and understanding thanks to Anne and the Center.
  • The combination of Anne’s teachings and the mindful beauty of the center created one of the most loving, restful and personal meaningful retreat experiences I’ve ever had.

Events with Anne Sussman

Changing Aging for Women 50ish and Beyond
April 9 - 11, 2026

RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER We live in a society that offers us only the “Declinist Paradigm” for aging. It’s time to change that! As Women, we are often defined by our roles in relation to others: mother, wife, daughter. But many of those roles begin to change as we age. When these external ways of defining ourselves begin to shift, spiritual practice can help uncover what we know to be true, that our soul is eternal. Let’s age with grace, joy and resilience, even in the face of the change that inevitably comes. Anne is an inspiration as a teacher…

Inner Transformation: Be Present at Every Moment
April 9 - 14, 2026

RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER   Beloved meditation teacher Anne Sussman returns to the Dharmakaya Center with two sequential programs: APRIL 9-11: Changing Aging for Women 50ish and Beyond APRIL 11-14: Journey Within Silent Retreat Attending both provides a rare opportunity to spend six days under Anne’s loving guidance, learning how to shed stress and self-judgement, and be present with every moment of joy in life. “Anne was nothing short of extraordinary—insightful, authentic, and approachable (and funny). Her gentle guidance helped us navigate the inner journey with wisdom and care. Each day was beautifully structured, yet spacious enough to allow for…

Journey Within Silent Retreat
April 11 - 14, 2026

RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER Words have energy—and the power to stir something deep within us. So does the profound peace that comes from wordless silence. This retreat will explore the yin/yang of both, combining “spiritual listening” with Noble Silence. There will be meditations and journaling, woods walks and mindful eating, and daily explorations of the weight of the written word, all within the embrace of silence. “The concept of a silent retreat invited real fear—confirmation that I needed to take the leap. I will be forever thankful that I did. Anne weaved this beautiful tapestry of wisdom throughout the retreat,…

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