Acharya Suzann Duquette è stato uno studente di Shambhala per più di 40 anni, a cominciare dalla prima estate dell'Istituto Naropa. She has been a leader in Shambhala since the mid-1980s, including Dorje Kasung Gesar Arm Commander and Director of Karmê Chöling. On Shambhala Day 2011, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche appointed Acharya Duquette as Rupa Acharya. In this position, she is responsible for strengthening and furthering sacred ceremonial and liturgical forms of Shambhala, including the training of umdzes and chöpöns. È un membro della facoltà principale della Shambhala Ritual Academy, which focuses on this training. On Shambhala Day 2016, the Sakyong appointed Acharya Duquette one of 13 Werma Acharyas, who take as their focus the Scorpion Seal teachings and assemblies. Acharya Duquette is also a Daoist-Qigong instructor in the lineages of Dr. Eva Wong e un'insegnante Mudra Space Awareness.
Currently the Resident Acharya at Karmê Chöling, Acharya Duquette teaches, ispira la pratica e lo studio della comunità, ed è la facoltà principale del Mukpo Institute, un programma residenziale per la pratica e lo studio approfonditi. Con suo marito Jan Enthoven, Acharya Duquette also owns and operates Blue Skies, un bed and breakfast vicino a Karmê Chöling.
Acharya Suzann Duquette’s teaching schedule:
2017-01-07, Santiago, Qigong (Chikung) Niveles 1 y 2
2017-01-14, Santiago, Conciencia del Espacio Mudra y los Cinco Skandhas
2017-01-27, Toronto, Rigden Weekend: Unconditional Confidence
2017-02-11, Karme Choling, (con: Acharya Suzann Duquette, Acharya Samten Kobelt, ) Warrior Assembly
2017-03-03, Karme Choling, (con: Acharya Suzann Duquette, Shastri Ethan Nichtern, ) Weekthün: A Week of Meditation
2017-03-03, Karme Choling, (con: Acharya Suzann Duquette, Shastri Ethan Nichtern, ) Weekthün: A Week of Meditation
2017-03-17, Karme Choling, Mudra Space Awareness
2017-03-25, Filadelfia, Daoist Qi Gong Level 3
2017-04-07, Boston, (con: Acharya Suzann Duquette, Andrea Dukas, Timothy Quigley, ) Regional Shambhala Ritual Academy II – Save the Date
2017-04-24, Karme Choling, QiGong Levels 1-3
2017-08-09, Karme Choling, Rigden Natural Confidence
2017-09-29, albania, Mudra – Body and Space Awareness