Why Tea We Need Tea Now More Than Ever
The ground is shifting beneath us. Fear, frustration, and exhaustion press in on many of us, and the weight of what’s happening in the world can feel constant. Yet even...
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Wintering: Presence, Patience, and the Way of Tea
The turning of the calendar can make it feel like something is required of us. Decisions. Definitions. Declarations of who we’re becoming next. The world seems to ask us to...
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Holding Fast Against the Wind: Winter, Water, and the Wisdom of Being
It’s October 16th. I sit in the dining room of a weathered Cape Cod house that gazes out over an ashen bay, its shingles silvered by years of salt and...
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The Five Elements
This blog explores the Taoist Five Elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—as a living map for aligning with the seasonal rhythms of nature and life itself. By observing natural cycles of...
The Work of Sitting, the Gift of Presence
There’s a moment in tea practice when the mind stops trying to do something with the tea. The tasting quiets. The evaluating fades. What’s left is a kind of simple...
Three Bowls and a Fresh Look at the Five Elements
Slowing down creates the space to notice what usually passes unseen. When life is moving quickly, so much of what shapes our days happens just below the surface—small habits, quiet...
The Five Elements
This blog explores the Taoist Five Elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—as a living map for aligning with the seasonal rhythms of nature and life itself. By observing natural cycles of...
Holding Fast Against the Wind: Winter, Water, and the Wisdom of Being
It’s October 16th. I sit in the dining room of a weathered Cape Cod house that gazes out over an ashen bay, its shingles silvered by years of salt and...
Wintering: Presence, Patience, and the Way of Tea
The turning of the calendar can make it feel like something is required of us. Decisions. Definitions. Declarations of who we’re becoming next. The world seems to ask us to...
At the Threshold: Reflections for the Turn of the Year
Tonight, the Western calendar turns its page. While the Chinese New Year won’t arrive for several more weeks—closer to the first stirrings of spring—the Gregorian year ends now, in the...
The Pause That Connects Us
As the year draws toward its close, the world feels both quiet and restless. Snow softens the landscape while lights, music, and the rhythm of preparation pull us outward, reminding...
Staying with the Darkness: Lessons from Water and Winter
“When one stays in the darkness long enough, one begins to see.”— C.G. Jung Winter invites us into a different rhythm. The light recedes, the world quiets, and life moves...