April Can Be Cruel
“The trees are coming into leaf /Like something almost being said,” writes the poet Philip Larkin. It is spring here in the Northeastern United States, and many other places as…
Keep reading“The trees are coming into leaf /Like something almost being said,” writes the poet Philip Larkin. It is spring here in the Northeastern United States, and many other places as…
Keep readingIn this part of the world, they say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. This year this is true. There were high winds and…
Keep readingThis is the still time. The Winter Solstice has just passed. In the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the shortest day and the longest night. The word solstice is derived from…
Keep readingToday, as many of us prepare in one way or another for Thanksgiving, can we reflect on what it means to be a pilgrim. We can let go of an…
Keep readingThe practice of presence takes resolve. But the resolution that is required is more willingness than will. The Latin root of resolution is made of two parts–go back (re) and…
Keep readingIn 20 short, gem-like chapters, meditation teacher Tracy Cochran invites us to explore living fully in the present moment as a revolutionary practice.
Tracy Cochran is a writer and meditation teacher. She is the author of Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself.