Tea Ceremony

Join Vanessa for Tea Ceremony Workshop on Saturday 11 July from 2-3.30pm
Tea is all about reciprocity; we give back to Self when we Commune with Tea.
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“Tea tempers the spirit, harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens the thought and prevents drowsiness.”
— Lu Yu, The Classic Art of Tea
“If you ask Zen people they will say tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.”
— OSHO
To Sit in Ceremony is to Sit in Silence, to practice mindfulness and to learn how to be better at both receiving and, somehow, emptying. We MUST first empty to receive. Like a physical Yoga Practice, Tea is considered “the great connector,” and when we Sit Together, we commune. We commune with Self and Other. Letting go of tension, we begin to also dissolve barriers and when this is allowed to happen, we inevitably make space for clarity.