Florence Meleo-Meyer, MS, MA, LMFT has been a student and practitioner of meditation and contemplative practices for more than 50 years. Over decades, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and trained MBSR teachers and teacher-trainers worldwide through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Mindfulness Center, School of Public Health, Brown University.  

Florence encourages cultivation of the deepest understanding of MBSR as a path of love, healing, and transformation. She is a leading contributor to the development of materials and best practices for teacher training in the field of MBSR and Mindfulness-Based Programs (MBPs).  She currently supports the developing work of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative, a network of MBSR teacher training institutes, worldwide.

With an intention to care for others, she has taught mindfulness to clinical, and professional populations in the fields of medicine, psychology, education, and business as a public health initiative. She is among the leading teachers at the Center for Mindfulness, and, with her colleagues, continues to contribute to relieving suffering, strengthening awareness and compassion and inspiring remembrance of our interbeing. 

Experiencing the liberating power of relational meditation with Greg Kramer in 2003 led Florence to study, practice, and teach Insight Dialogue. She offers Insight Dialogue retreats internationally, and has developed the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program with Gregory Kramer and Phyllis Hicks. Florence is a coauthor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety and contributor to Resources for Teaching Mindfulness, An International Handbook. A licensed family therapist, she lives in Massachusetts near her three married children and six grandchildren.