June Crow began her study and practice of Buddhism in l968 when she met Suzuki Roshi, an Abbot of the Soto Zen School of Japanese Buddhism. During an intensive meditation training session at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, she met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche of the Tibetan Kagyu and Nyingma Lineage and became his student and a meditation instructor and teacher of the Buddhadharma. She has also studied with Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and more recently with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.