Lama Tsomo is a spiritual teacher, author, and co-founder of the Namchak Foundation, which preserves and shares Tibetan Buddhist practice in accessible, contemporary ways. She holds an MA in Counseling Psychology and is the author of Why Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling? An Introduction and Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Practice and coauthor of The Lotus & the Rose: A Conversation Between Tibetan Buddhism & Mystical Christianity and the newly released Taking a Breath meditation journal.