New Moon Tea Ceremony
Jan
12

New Moon Tea Ceremony

Join us for a 1 hour tea meditation at the Forest Tea House, a private residence in Forest Hills, Tennessee. Address will be provided upon registration. Tea is an ancient meditation: a practice that can help you find connection, clarity, peace and community.

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Full Cold Moon Tea Ceremony
Dec
27

Full Cold Moon Tea Ceremony

Join us for a 1 hour tea meditation at the Forest Tea House, a private residence in Forest Hills, Tennessee. Address will be provided upon registration. Tea is an ancient meditation: a practice that can help you find connection, clarity, peace and community.

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The Ritual Workshop: Align with your dreams & your highest truth.
Aug
17

The Ritual Workshop: Align with your dreams & your highest truth.

In this class, you will explore the science behind ritual as a powerful tool to cultivate life in alignment with your dreams, truth and dharma.

$55

The life you live is a direct reflection of the habits and practices that you keep. In this class, you will explore the science behind ritual as a powerful tool to cultivate the life you love and deserve.

You will learn the 6 types of daily rituals and how to weave them seamlessly into your life. Also, discover your limiting beliefs and where they came from as well as your greatest dreams and desires which can align you on your path.

Ritual anchors you on your path, connects you with yourself and aligns you with your greatest passion, purpose, potential, prosperity and peace.

You will:

-Receive and work through The Ritual Workshop journal

-Learn the 6 types of ritual

-Explore neuroplasticty, Quantam Physics, family lineage, visioning, goal setting and how to practice

-Be guided in a deeper connection to Nature & Self

-Be guided in 2 mediations to align you on your path

-Receive a daily ritual tracker

-Understand how to use ritual tools such as incense, stones, cards, teas and other botanicals to connect you with your dreams.

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Botanical Libations & Tea Mocktails!
Aug
3

Botanical Libations & Tea Mocktails!

Join me in the kitchen to craft potent alcohol- free botanical libations!

$75

Join me in the kitchen to craft botanical libations! Using functional botanicals like CBD, activated charcoal, matcha, turmeric, we will concoct intriguing ice, colorful spritzes, unusual plant and flower garnishes and botanical riffs on classic cocktails like the negroni and the old fashioned. You will receive all recipes to keep and experiment with!

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Eight Types of Tea: Beyond white, green, oolong and black.
Aug
1

Eight Types of Tea: Beyond white, green, oolong and black.

The British lineage of tea teachers will tell you that there are 4 types of tea (white, green, oolong and black) and that they differ by processing technique alone, but we know that Tea is far more complex than that! Dive deep with me & learn the 8 types of tea!

$45

In this class, you will learn the 8 types of tea, all originating from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

Like people, each tea is unique, but categorizing types by processing technique, plant variety, origin and culture helps us to understand their taste, energetics, steeping parameters and effect and impact on our lives. Dive into the lessons of the leaves with me as we explore the 8 types of tea!

You will:

  • Gain a greater appreciation for the many styles of tea and understand why they look, taste and feel the way that they do

  • Find out the truth about tea typing!

  • Be bale to draw your own conclusions on tea types, styles and nomenclature

  • Know the impact of origin, culture and genetics on a tea— not just manufacturing techniques!

  • Understand why you are drawn to some tea types more than others

  • Be able to wisely choose which tea to steep for which occasion, or for which intention

$45

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The Ritual of Tea: How to begin a personal tea practice.
Jul
28

The Ritual of Tea: How to begin a personal tea practice.

The Ritual of Tea is a life changing meditation, a practice grounding you in health and harmony of body, mind and spirit.

$55

In this class, you will learn how to create a personal tea ritual, a meditation to cultivate moments of stillness, beauty, clarity and peace. We will explore tea as a divine plant, not only an uplifting beverage. We will understand the tea alchemy of earth, water, wind and fire and the 4 tenants of tea, how to create sacred space & ceremony and how to source and use ritual teas and tools. Various steeping methods will be covered as well as intuitive steeping.

You will:

  • Receive The Ritual of Tea Guide 

  • Find out why tea was revered as a goddess in ancient times

  • Explore setting sacred space and creating ceremony

  • Learn the 4 tenants of tea ceremony; the ethos behind the practice

  • Be guided towards a deeper connection to Nature & Self

  • Understand the British & the Buddhist lineages of tea

  • Experience the magic of tea to transform your life

  • Learn to create a personal tea ritual

  • Learn what makes a tea ceremonial and how to identify and taste ceremonial teas

  • Understand open vessel steeping and how to steep tea intuitively as a practice of presence

  • Learn various steeping methods & tools

$55

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Tea Steeping Workshop: Liberate your inner tea goddess!
Jul
20

Tea Steeping Workshop: Liberate your inner tea goddess!

Learn to intuitively steep any type of tea with confidence!

$75

Learn to intuitively steep any type of tea with confidence and without the need of teabags, metric or superfluous accessories. We will explore the alchemies of earth, water, air and fire and you will come to know: Water (temperature, type and mineral content (TDS)) Fire (gas, electric, conduction and wood burning), Air (external temperature & environment), Earth (tea leaf styles and the benefits and drawbacks of various types of clay and other materials for teaware).

You will learn how to chose a tea and a steeping vessel for every season, gathering or mood.

We will cover concepts such as The Agony of the Leaf, open vessel steeping and you will understand the design and functionality of different kinds of teaware including the tea bowl, gaiwan, shiboridashi, houhin, side-handle and western style teapots.

You will:

-Understand the alchemies of earth, water, fire and ether to steep a transformational cup each time

-Come to sense water temperature by sound, sight and touch, rather than relying on a thermometer

-Hone your intuition by tapping into your senses, with awareness, to steep based feeling rather than metrics

-Learn to calibrate steeping time, water temperature and amount of tea to adjust the taste of your tea

-Session steeping vs casual steeping

-Buddhist lineage vs the British lineage of tea

-The Agony of the Leaf and open vessel steeping

Recommended class pairing:

Eight Types of Tea

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Summer Solstice Gathering 2023
Jun
24

Summer Solstice Gathering 2023

WOMEN”S GATHERING: Join me to celebrate the Summer Solstice on the longest day of the year at West Glow Farm in Kingston Springs, Tennessee!

Come enjoy a day of Ceremony, Movement, Meditation, Music, Nature, Foraging, lake and river swimming, sun bathing, and fresh, vibrant food and tea!

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Evening Elixirs: Ease into dreamtime with potent alcohol-free concoctions.
Jun
7

Evening Elixirs: Ease into dreamtime with potent alcohol-free concoctions.

Ease into dreamtime with nourishing herbs, teas and other functional botanicals.

$75

Tea and herbal infusions are wonderful alternatives to alcohol in the evening as well as a powerful way to gain insights during dreamtime and to unwind before sleep. Herbal and tea based elixirs also offer the body a daily dose of essential nutrients. Here, I share my favorite evening herbs and recipes to help you unwind, connect, nourish and balance yourself each evening. Join me in the kitchen to create new evening rituals.

You will:

Learn how to make Moon Milk

Learn how to make Golden Milk

Learn how to make relaxing , alcohol- free spritzers

Learn which herbs and other nootropics and functional botanicals help you to:

-Access and retain clear dreams and intuition

-Unwind and sleep

-Heighten your sense of pleasure

-Digest & ease

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The Ritual of Tea: How to begin a personal tea practice
Jan
21

The Ritual of Tea: How to begin a personal tea practice

12-1:30 PM CST - LIVE ON Zoom

(Recordings will be made available if you have to miss the class)

The Ritual of Tea is a life changing meditation, a practice grounding you in health and harmony of body, mind and spirit.

In this class, you will learn how to create a personal tea ritual, a meditation to cultivate moments of stillness, beauty, clarity and peace. We will explore tea as a divine plant, not only an uplifting beverage. We will understand the tea alchemy of earth, water, wind and fire and the 4 tenants of tea, how to create sacred space & ceremony and how to source and use ritual teas and tools. Various steeping methods will be covered as well as intuitive steeping.

You will:

  • Receive The Ritual of Tea Guide 

  • Learn to create a personal tea ritual

  • Learn which teas to steep and how to identify them

  • Understand open vessel steeping and how to steep tea intuitively as a practice of presence

  • Learn various steeping methods & tools

  • Explore setting sacred space and creating ceremony

  • Know the 4 tenants of tea

  • Be guided towards a deeper connection to Nature & Self

  • Understand the British & the Buddhist lineages of tea

  • Experience the magic of tea to transform your life!

$45

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The Ritual Workshop
Jan
21

The Ritual Workshop

10 AM - 11:30 AM CST live on zoom

Recordings will be made available should you miss the live class

Join us for an exploration of the art, science and power of ritual virtually. A zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration.. Learn more here.

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