About Susan
Susan Curtis has lived in Montana since 2000 where she practices primary care internal medicine with a uniquely holistic and integrative approach.
She has developed and taught Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs at both the Missoula VA and Providence Saint Patrick hospital. Susan is an alumni of the University of Washington (undergraduate, medical school and medical residency) and still has a strong connection to the Pacific Northwest. Susan is also a trained life coach and integrates mindfulness and body awareness into coaching sessions to help people connect to their own deepest wisdom.
She lives in Missoula, MT with her family. When not practicing medicine or teaching mindfulness, you can find Susan hanging out with her kids, backpacking in the mountains or knitting alpaca mittens.
Montana Mindfulness Institute
…was founded by Susan Curtis in 2015, catalyzed by her journey with ovarian cancer and the desire to live more fully in alignment with her true vocation. Susan is a physician, mindfulness teacher and life coach. Her over 20 years of meditation experience have roots in the Zen and Vipassana traditions, in addition to her extensive mindfulness teacher training and certification through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Susan’s has taught mindfulness classes in the medical setting as well as in the community.
As a physician, Susan has always placed emphasis on spiritual and emotional wellbeing. She has a strong desire to bring the healing benefits of mindfulness meditation into the medical setting in a way that is accessible to everyone. Teaching mindfulness is another way to meet people where they are and help catalyze the deepest kinds of transformation and healing.