Offerings
Tea Talks: Seeing New Choices
This one-hour Tea Talk is a demonstration of how I prepare tea to experience spaciousness in the midst of busy-ness. Supplemented by a reading from the Tao te Ching, intimate family stories, tea lessons in my business decisions, and followed by Q&A, we will examine how this practice is applied to making calm and strategic choices in personal and professional areas of life.
You will be introduced to my favorite tea and watch my steps in steeping. We'll enjoy a moment to ourselves set to music and apply tea lessons to daily decisions. To be clear, I am not a professional tea purveyor or sommelier, just a humble, at-home tea enthusiast. So while you will be introduced to loose leaf tea steeping, it is not meant as a lesson in tea origins, craftsmanship, ceremonial methods, or flavor notes, but rather applying tea lessons to life. It is a great practice for those who haven’t clicked with sitting meditation, Taiji or Yoga, but crave centered moments in your day - along with a good cup of tea!
Based on principles of spaciousness and Yin Yang philosophy, I incorporate my own stories of making new choices: anything ranging from where I buy groceries to birthing new creative work, this Tea Talk offers an alternative way of working to the non-stop, back-to-back days - a calm oasis in busy lives that invites curiosity and joy through the simplicity of leaves transforming hot water.
Details
This presentation can be adapted and tailored for a variety of settings, in-person or online, a weekend morning reflection or a professional workshop with your team.
It touches upon many workplace initiatives: employee wellbeing, time management, effectiveness, sparking innovation, or strategic decision making, diversity and inclusion.
It is offered at a sliding scale fee from $550 to $1250 depending on your team’s size and budget. Discounted fees are available for nonprofit organizations or volunteer-based professional associations.
Tea Talk Teaser
This short video provides a glimpse of what you will experience during the Tea Talk.
After the tea steeping demo, I talk about the applications of tea lessons to our daily choices in work and life for those desiring to shift from the “constant grind” to making un-rushed, daily choices that are thoughtful and impactful as an overall approach and strategy.