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Tea & Contemplation

Tea & Contemplation

By: Being Tea + Adam Grossi
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 Tea & Contemplation is a podcast + practice space for exploring our inner world, through the lens of tea and yogic philosophy. June 2022 update: This series is now retired in weekly format, after running for over a year and a half, but we're leaving these lovely archive sessions up for your enjoyment. For future new podcasts and projects with tea meditation, subscribe to Being Tea's newsletter, available at https://beingtea.com/ Every episode begins with a real time guided meditation with tea, followed by discussion on this month's themed topic of exploration. Your hosts are artist, writer and yoga teacher, Adam Grossi, and tea educator and founder of Being Tea, Suzette Hammond. This podcast is for anyone who is curious about meditation and is craving quiet thinking time and space to process emotions. NOTES FOR PREPARING THE TEA: - We use the bowl method, a versatile and very accessible traditional method for enjoying tea, for every session. - Just a pinch of loose leaf tea + hot water in an open mug or small bowl with no strainer necessary. (This appears on the podcast cover art.) - We brew tea together during the session in real time, so simply just have your kettle heating just before you come sit down for practice and you’ll be all set.Copyright 2024 Being Tea + Adam Grossi Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Spirituality
Episodes
  • Call to Grow, ep 4 of 4 - "Tree"

    Call to Grow, ep 4 of 4 - "Tree"
    Apr 23 2021

    Our April theme is Call to Grow.

    As we emerge from our guarded shelters this spring, what are we reaching for? What do we do with this complicated feeling, of longing to grow, to support, to provide? How might our own human life cycle mirror that of our tree friends, in spirals and attunement toward the light? As we look deeply into the nature of our questioning, we see that the seed of new possibility is always present, and that not all circles and spirals are forms of repeating past mistakes. Come join us, as we grow from seed to forest, together.

    This week's session :

    This week is "Tree." Recognizing that we carry both our younger seed and sapling selves as well as our full grown potential - all in the same moment every day - and how this shapes our understanding and worldview of the forest around us.

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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.

    Check out: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast
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    39 mins
  • Call to Grow, ep 3 of 4 - "Sapling"

    Call to Grow, ep 3 of 4 - "Sapling"
    Apr 16 2021

    Our April theme is Call to Grow.

    As we emerge from our guarded shelters this spring, what are we reaching for? What do we do with this complicated feeling, of longing to grow, to support, to provide? How might our own human life cycle mirror that of our tree friends, in spirals and attunement toward the light? As we look deeply into the nature of our questioning, we see that the seed of new possibility is always present, and that not all circles and spirals are forms of repeating past mistakes. Come join us, as we grow from seed to forest, together.

    This week's session :

    This week is "Sapling", and features 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, where she became friends with Adam and Sooz. Jess appears frequently on Tea & Contemplation as our honored guest to lead the themed discussion.

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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.

    Check out: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast
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    40 mins
  • Call to Grow, ep 2 of 4 - "Germination"

    Call to Grow, ep 2 of 4 - "Germination"
    Apr 9 2021

    Our April theme is Call to Grow.

    As we emerge from our guarded shelters this spring, what are we reaching for? What do we do with this complicated feeling, of longing to grow, to support, to provide? How might our own human life cycle mirror that of our tree friends, in spirals and attunement toward the light? As we look deeply into the nature of our questioning, we see that the seed of new possibility is always present, and that not all circles and spirals are forms of repeating past mistakes. Come join us, as we grow from seed to forest, together.

    This week's session :

    This week is "Germination," what creates the conditions for us to take that first step into the next stage.

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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.

    Check out: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast
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    42 mins

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