Tea & Contemplation

Tea & Contemplation is back from our October break! Our November theme is Dismantling Discipline. We are in a time when people are trying SO hard, all the time, and it never seems to be enough. And this conflict gets refracted and twisted around in our practice spaces, too - an area in our life where acceptance, curiosity, and nurturing are supposed to be the guiding principles. Not rigidity. So what can we do? Can we move away from dominance and more toward dedication? Let's sit with tea and our breathing, and talk together.

This week's session: "The Myth of Discipline." Where did we learn that hardness, and subjugation were the means for how we define what it means to be disciplined?

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

*PROGRAM NOTE*: Tea & Contemplation is on break this October, as Sooz and Adam are offering a 4-week special series, "Creating a Personal Practice." (This series is offered live on Zoom, Oct 16 - Nov 6, 2021. Tickets are available on both our websites.) So this month, we'll be posting some "Best of T&C" episodes from 2020 that just might be new to you! Tea & Contemplation returns to its regular schedule on Nov 5th.

This week's episode : "Elevating the Habitual: Does this count?", from November 2020, picks up right after last week's "Small Sips" session.

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

*PROGRAM NOTE*: Tea & Contemplation is on break this October, as Sooz and Adam are offering a 4-week special series, "Creating a Personal Practice." (This series is offered live on Zoom, Oct 16 - Nov 6, 2021. Tickets are available on both our websites.) So this month, we'll be posting some "Best of T&C" episodes from 2020 that just might be new to you! Tea & Contemplation returns to its regular schedule on Nov 5th.

This week's session : "Small Sips: The Rhythm of Nourishment" from November 2020

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

*PROGRAM NOTE*: Tea & Contemplation is on break this October, as Sooz and Adam are offering a 4-week special series, "Creating a Personal Practice." (This series is offered live on Zoom, Oct 16 - Nov 6, 2021. Tickets are available on both our websites.) So this month, we'll be posting some "Best of T&C" episodes from 2020 that just might be new to you! Tea & Contemplation returns to its regular schedule on Nov 5th.

First up is an episode exploring the panchakosha, an ancient and lovingly accessible framework (more than 2,000 years old), used in yoga and meditation for contemplating the dimensions of the self. Over the next 3 sessions, we'll be exploring how to leverage this revered map as a way to locate our selves amidst the flux.

This week's session : "Coming Home in the Heart-Mind."

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

*PROGRAM NOTE*: Tea & Contemplation is on break this October, as Sooz and Adam are offering a 4-week special series, "Creating a Personal Practice." (This series is offered live on Zoom, Oct 16 - Nov 6, 2021. Tickets are available on both our websites.) So this month, we'll be posting some "Best of T&C" episodes from 2020 that just might be new to you! Tea & Contemplation returns to its regular schedule on Nov 5th.

First up is an episode exploring the panchakosha, an ancient and lovingly accessible framework (more than 2,000 years old), used in yoga and meditation for contemplating the dimensions of the self. Over the next 3 sessions, we'll be exploring how to leverage this revered map as a way to locate our selves amidst the flux.

This week's session : "Craving Stability & Embracing Change."

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

*PROGRAM NOTE*: Tea & Contemplation is on break this October, as Sooz and Adam are offering a 4-week special series, "Creating a Personal Practice." (This series is offered live on Zoom, Oct 9 - Nov 6, 2021. Tickets are available on both our websites.) So this month, we'll be posting some "Best of T&C" episodes from 2020 that just might be new to you! Tea & Contemplation returns to its regular schedule on Nov 5th.

First up is an episode exploring the panchakosha, an ancient and lovingly accessible framework (more than 2,000 years old), used in yoga and meditation for contemplating the dimensions of the self. Over the next 3 sessions, we'll be exploring how to leverage this revered map as a way to locate our selves amidst the flux.

This week's session : "Introduction to the Kosha Model."

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

Our September theme is Nourishing Energy. Our sense of energy is so dynamic. At times we may feel full of a zest for life, brimming with vitality, and at other times we might find that, despite eating well and getting plenty of sleep, we can't seem to escape a feeling of depletion and exhaustion. This is especially common heading into the autumn season, when many routines and schedules shift all over again. Clearly, energy is a complex field, and in this month's sessions, we'll explore how we can navigate it skillfully.

This week's session :

"Can you share?" Do we have the capacity to offer nourishment to others? And if we do, how might we go about fostering each other's energetic nourishment? This week's practice features the return our regular guest and dear friend here in the tea space, Jessica Young Chang. Jess is currently pursuing her Master's at Harvard Divinity School, with a focus on the nature of the body and the Divine in both Tantric and Christian traditions. She is also a yoga teacher, as well as women's health advocate, from Chicago, IL. You can reach Jess at adevotedyogi.com or on IG @jessyoungchang.

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

Our September theme is Nourishing Energy. Our sense of energy is so dynamic. At times we may feel full of a zest for life, brimming with vitality, and at other times we might find that, despite eating well and getting plenty of sleep, we can't seem to escape a feeling of depletion and exhaustion. This is especially common heading into the autumn season, when many routines and schedules shift all over again. Clearly, energy is a complex field, and in this month's sessions, we'll explore how we can navigate it skillfully.

This week's session :

"What are we harvesting?" It sometimes feels as though our present experience is the inevitable result of circumstances, but the truth may be more slippery. A popular way of expressing this in contemplative practice is the analogy of seeds - the seeds that we nourish within ourselves. What role are we playing in what is arising within us? What do we choose to harvest and fill ourselves with?

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

Our September theme is Nourishing Energy. Our sense of energy is so dynamic. At times we may feel full of a zest for life, brimming with vitality, and at other times we might find that, despite eating well and getting plenty of sleep, we can't seem to escape a feeling of depletion and exhaustion. This is especially common heading into the autumn season, when many routines and schedules shift all over again. Clearly, energy is a complex field, and in this month's sessions, we'll explore how we can navigate it skillfully.

This week's session :

"Fields to Tend." Our heart-minds are capable of holding a seemingly infinite array of subjects, feelings, and thoughts. What responsibility do we have to ourselves to edit, streamline, and focus our attention? Within the field of our awareness, what are we holding close, what are growing, and what needs to be released?

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast

Our September theme is Nourishing Energy. Our sense of energy is so dynamic. At times we may feel full of a zest for life, brimming with vitality, and at other times we might find that, despite eating well and getting plenty of sleep, we can't seem to escape a feeling of depletion and exhaustion. This is especially common heading into the autumn season, when many routines and schedules shift all over again. Clearly, energy is a complex field, and in this month's sessions, we'll explore how we can navigate it skillfully.

This week's session :

"How We Draw Energy." Is energy magic? An unknowable force, beyond our control? Probably. But, our relationship to it is something that we can assess, tweak, and notice tangible results. Let's talk about how we build energy and draw nourishment into our being.

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast