Life Of Tea
By Global Tea Hut
Life Of TeaMar 23, 2022
Tea Wayfaring 04 Jasper Hermans
In this episode Jaanus talks to Jasper Hermans about his interesting job in a social enterprise, about experiencing interbeing through tea and how his life has changed since recently becoming a father and the life lessons he has learned in the process.
Album mentioned:
Here Be Dragons by Oded Tzur
Book mentioned:
Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966 by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine
In this episode, Jaanus and Andy Taylor discuss the Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine, tea & life lessons.
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Tea Wayfaring 03 Stephen & Tracy McCarty
In this episode Jaanus talks to Stephen & Tracy McCarty about rainbows, raw vegan cheesecakes and maintaining a tea practice as parents and while running a magical gift shop.
Stephen and Tracy are long time Global Tea Hut members and both of them have also been featured in the magazine. They are kind and lighthearted people who love bringing joy to people’s lives.
Musical artists mentioned in this episode:
Constance Demby - Skies Above Skies
Steven Halpern - Spectrum Suite
Paul Horn - Inside The Great Pyramid
Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music
Georgia Kelly - Seapeace
Books:
Zen Roots by Red Pine
Mother of Knowledge: The Life of Ye-shes mTsho-rgyal by Nam-mkhai sNying-po
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Tea Wayfaring 02 Andy Taylor
In this episode of Tea Wayfaring Jaanus talks to Andy Taylor about his Traditional Chinese Medicine practice and how tea is connected to it.
Books mentioned in this episode
Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine
by Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold
The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine
by Ted Kaptchuk
Tea music
Winged Victory For The Sullen
Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jyxAm1QcmL0ABYQNjGaeR?si=18b127c4c7a24370
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Tea Wayfaring 01 Cade McConnell
The first episode in the Tea Wayfaring series is an interview with Cade McConnel about his unique process of cooking and serving food to people and how his tea practice is connected to it.
The energy of Tea fuels some great work in this world, and we are honored to share some of the stories of wonderful people in the global tea community, about the work that they do and how it all connects to tea.
Books mentioned
Soulcraft - Bill Plotkin
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
Monk - Yoshihiro Imai
Music for tea sessions
Void VII by Chihei Hatakeyama
Transitoriness by Nobuto Suda
Journey Through Mind by Holloway
Connect with Cade
https://www.om-cade.com/
https://www.instagram.com/om_cade/
Carving Out Time For a Creative Hobby
Grab yourself a bowl and find out what Shen Su has to say about why having a hobby in your life to express creativity is beneficial and how to find the time for it.
Tea Above The Clouds
"...I’ll sit with that bowl of tea and look at those leaves and it will remind me of how life can be lived.” -Katrine Friis Olsen
We had the good fortune to discuss life, tea and zen with an airline pilot. Put on a kettle and join us!
Zen And Science Part 2
"Every day before I go to work I have a silent tea session. The idea behind this ritual is that it’s meant to remind me to be always making tea, to be focused, to be in that state of mind. And in that sense Zen and the practice of it is conducive to good science work" - Neil Barrie
Join us for the second part of the discussion between Wu De and particle physicist Neil Barrie on Zen and science.
Zen And Science part 1
"When you are in harmony with Nature, when you are in harmony with what is happening, you cease to suffer" - Wu De
New podcast episode just out! Join us this time for a conversation between Wu De and particle physicist Neil Barrie on the similarities and differences of the Zen and scientific world views.
Giving Back
"You come to realise that it is not the thing that you do that is important but rather the energy you put into it.”
- Frederik Wallin
Join us this time for a discussion on the life lessons that are found in service and in giving back to the community.
Manifesting Simplicity: Zen And Tea Part 2
"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."
- Wu De
In this episode we explore the relationship between Zen, Tea and simplicity.
How To Improve Your Tea
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!
Walking The Talk: How To Live A More Sustainable Life
In this episode we discuss the meaning of sustainability and how we, as chajin, can live a life more in harmony with the environment. Also be sure to check out an exciting announcement at the end of the episode!
Cultivating Optimism
Creating A Vision
In this episode we discuss how to create a vision that suits the world as opposed to expending our energy constantly trying to create a world that suits our vision.
Creativity
In this episode we discuss chaxi, cooking, art and creativity.
Organising A Tea Retreat
How To Get Back Up
In this episode we discuss how to pick yourself up after you have fallen down.
Building A Tea Community
In this episode we discuss the rewards and challenges of building a tea community in a big city.
The Extended History of Tea Part 2
In our tradition we start with leaves in a bowl tea. Put some leaves in a bowl, add hot water and sit with it in quiet. As the intuition develops, knowledge will come later, easily.
The Extended History of Tea Part 1
Vision, Devotion And Surrender
Living Tea
- Wu De. In this episode we discuss one of the most fundamental aspects of Cha Dao - living tea.