The Art of Life In Winter: Winter Seasonal Tea Club 2020
In the quiet of a snow-covered morning, a simple cup of tea offers a gateway into the season’s wisdom. This latest offering from the Tea Club marks the beginning of...
From Root to Radiance: Transitioning from Wood to Fire
As the seasons shift from spring to summer, so does our energy — moving from inward growth to joyful outward expression. Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist wisdom, this...
Face Everything Avoid Nothing: Seasonal Tea Club Spring 2025
As winter thaws into spring, we enter a season of emergence, vitality, and growth. Rooted in the wisdom of the five elements, this reflection explores the wood element’s connection to...
Shamanic Wisdom and Tea Rituals for Summer: Seasonal Tea Club Summer 2021
"The human heart is the center of a territory with no boundaries."Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée The boughs of the Subalpine fir, Blue Spruce, and Ponderosa Pines grow heavy with...
Living in Rhythm with Fire: Seasonal Tea Club Summer 2018
Welcome to the Summer Seasonal Tea Club, a curated offering that invites you to align with Nature’s rhythms through the quiet, joyful ritual of tea. Rooted in ancient Taoist wisdom...
Wood Element Journal Prompts for Forgiveness
As spring brings the energy of growth and renewal, the Wood Element invites us to reflect on the power of forgiveness. In this post, we explore how letting go of...
Moving from Outward Expansion to Inner Depth: Seasonal Tea Club Autumn 2024
The seasonal shift to Autumn invites us to slow down and reflect. Transitioning from the vibrant yang energy of summer into the grounding earth element of late summer, we prepare...
Clarifying One's Vision, Purpose, and Path to Achievement: Seasonal Tea Club Spring 2024
As winter yields to spring, we enter the season of Wood, marked by vibrant growth, vision, and transformation. This transition stirs life and creativity, encouraging us to move forward with purpose...
Outward Expansion of the Fire Element: Seasonal Tea Club Summer 2024
As we transition into summer, we enter the Fire season— a time of outward expansion, warmth, and joy. This season calls us to connect deeply with others, cultivate open-hearted relationships,...
What are the Five Elements?
If you’ve read the Seasonal Tea Club, attended a Living Tea event, or followed us on Instagram, you’ve heard something about the Five Elements. This is the philosophy that guides...
Autumn and the Metal Element: Aligning with the Cycles of Life
In the Five Element framework, Autumn is associated with Metal. In this season of the harvest, we imagine the scythe that cuts the grain from the stalk: Metal separates what...
What is the Late Summer Season?
In the Taoist Five Element framework, Late Summer is its own, fifth season. It is the center point: when yang mellows and transforms into yin, when Summer has fully ripened...