"The simplicity, in practice, in Zen is about living wholly and without reminder. It’s not an adding something onto it. It’s not doing one’s activities while in some superstate. It’s doing the activities wholly and completely with the whole of yourself unified, so you’re not thinking about your facebooks while chopping spring onions."

A life of tea is a life of self cultivation. And what  every artist in any craft discovers eventually is that beyond the  skills, beyond the techniques, beyond even talent, and then of course,  beyond the instruments and tools and medium, is the artist herself. 

- Wu  De

In this episode we discuss the ways to improve our tea and our practice. Brew yourself a bowl of tea and join us!

"The reason why tea is a Shen tonic is because it quiets the mind, it opens the heart, it moves energetic stagnation out of the body, and in doing those three things it brings a person into greater alignment with who they really are. In that state of calm awareness, of clarity and emptiness, the Shen can inhabit us and we can see our purpose and our path more clearly." - Colin Hudon (Qing Yu)

In this episode we explore the connections between Chinese medicine and tea.