Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, PhD, is a professor and past Chair of Religious Studies at Naropa University and a prominent Buddhist scholar. She is also author of Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism. She travels and teaches in North America, Europe, and Asia, teaching meditation practice, Buddhist philosophy, tantric Buddhism, women and Buddhism and inter-religious dialogue. During the spring of 2008 she was a guest teacher at Florida International University. More recently, she has been teaching across North America a workshop called "Romantic Fantasy, Everyday Disappointment: Meditation and Relationships."