Opening Minds and Hearts in the Midwest
Cultivating Cultural and Intellectual Humility Through Contemplative Practices
Dr. Tracy Ochester
Tracy is the Heart-Mind Coordinator for the Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness and a clinical psychologist. She is a certified Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) teacher and mentor and a trained MBRP, MSC and yoga teacher. She’s also engaged in Compassion Cultivation (CCT) and Nonviolent Communication(NVC) Training as well as trainings in social and ecological justice, trauma informed yoga, and embodied activism. She co-teaches “Dying into Life: A Yearlong Experiment in Renewal, Self-Compassion, and Courage” through the Community for Deepening Practice and “Cultivating a Multicultural Lens in the Compassion Classroom: Live Online Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging“ course through the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. Some of her favorite experiences include enjoying the companionable silence that naturally emerges among loved ones, floating in the water under a blue sky on a hot sunny day, and learning through listening, reading, writing, and teaching. Email Tracy
The “Show Me State” is named after the indigenous Missouria (Niúachi) People of the River Mouth tribe who continue to call this place home. Now more than six million people live within this 19th most populous state in the US. Missouri is known for many things, but maybe most famously for its Jazz music and barbecue. It is home to the Mark Twain National Forest, Taum Sauk Mountain, Table Rock Lake and Bennet Springs from which more than 100 million gallons of clear, cool water gush forth each day.
