A Few of Our Favorite Things
This week’s Way of Tea Wednesday is a little different. Instead of our usual format, we’re pausing to share a few of our favorite things: simple ways to connect with...
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...
Enchanted Forest Bath Salts: A Winter Ritual to Slow Down
Enchanted Tea Forest Bath Salts A Winter Ritual to Slow Down and Reconnect During the busy winter season, it’s easy to move through days without truly resting, without giving ourselves...
A Bright Moment in a Glass: Oolong Citrus Mocktail
Oolong Tea Mocktail A Bright, Uplifting Sip for Gatherings When the holiday season begins to fill with gatherings, rich foods, and long evenings together, it’s refreshing to have something light...
Quiet Inside, Open Outside: Meditation and the Art of Gathering
As we enter Water season, nature encourages us to turn inward—days shorten, energy retreats, and the world slows, inviting quiet reflection, stillness, and a deeper awareness of our inner life....
Turning Ever Inward: Early Winter and the Path of Reflection
In Five Element theory, winter begins earlier than in Western calendars—often around early November, rather than the solstice in late December. This timing reflects the natural rhythms of the earth,...
Late Autumn: Presence, Patience, and Integration
This Week in Practice This week, we turn to boiled tea, one of the oldest and most unhurried methods of brewing in our tradition. Unlike modern tea practices that emphasize...
Exhaling into Release: Metal Moving Toward Water
As Metal season comes to its close, I’ve been reflecting on the subtle exhale that exists between one season and the next—the space where refinement is released, tension softens, and...
Finding Clarity and Release through Wu Wei
As the air cools and the season deepens, we enter a time when nature itself invites stillness, reflection, and gentle surrender. Autumn carries a quiet wisdom—an invitation to release what...
Returning to Presence and Elemental Wisdom: Seasonal Tea Club Autumn 2025
Last weekend I spent two glorious days hiking in the mountains and learning about wild medicinal herbs from a master herbalist. I thought I had a decent grasp of the...