Pausing Into Awareness & Honoring the Earth Element
Pausing Into Awareness Our lives are full of motion, obligations, and distractions. Pausing — even briefly — gives us a chance to notice what is happening within and around us....
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Aligning with the Wood Element: Seasonal Tea Club Spring 2022
Welcome to the Living Tea Seasonal Tea Club for Spring 2022. As nature awakens with vibrant growth and vitality, we honor the Wood Element, symbolizing new beginnings, expansion, and creative...
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Leaning Into Spring: Creativity, Chaxi, and the Wood Element
Something shifts in spring, not just in the light or the temperature, but in the quality of what wants to move through us. There’s an energy that’s been quietly composting...
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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...
Stepping Beyond the Familiar: Embracing New Teas and the Earth Element
This Week in Practice: The Comfort Zone of Tea — and the Surprise of Discovery It’s human nature to find something we enjoy and stick with it. When it comes...
Make Your Tea Practice Bigger Than Yourself
Reflections on Generosity, Earth Energy, and Connection In the quiet moments of tea, it’s natural to turn inward—tuning into breath, sensations, and the stillness that grows as the leaves steep....
Way of Tea Wednesdays - July 30, 2025
Five Weekly Items to Support a Life of Tea 1. Tea Practice: Taste as a Gateway to Mindfulness For many of us, the experience of tasting tea is unconscious and...
Weekly Five: Way of Tea Wednesdays - July 23, 2025
The best weekly reflections for living a life of Tea 1. Tea Practice This week in seasonal ritual The Alchemy of Fire and Water In Tea, everything begins with water....