Cycling intervals, homework assignments, planner items: Emily Schaldach raced through her life checking off her list. When Emily’s grandmother invited her to a silent meditation retreat in the woods of Colorado, she reluctantly accepted. Compelled to sit still for a few days, Emily saw herself in a way she hadn’t yet envisioned.

Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  •  A Thousand Kinds of Gold by Publish the Quest  •  Up Early by Bradley Carter  •  Snowmen by Kai Engel  •  Drifting by Cordelia Zars  •  Delivered by Brendan O’Connell  •  Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.