Tea Time

Tea is special.

I think of it as another window into a time where things were simpler much like I feel about garbeling herbs, or hand crafts at night while talking to friends around a fire.

I need SLOOOOOOW practices. My body and mind need time to expand - to absorb and assimilate the things in my life that I am growing from.

We need space to re-write our stories as we gain deeper understandings about ourselves and life and others.

This is why we call stories "yarns."

Tea is like a yarn.

I am weaving a story as I check in with my body to blend a tea for myself.

What do I need today? How do I feel? What would feel good?

The story of my week, my day, my sleep, my pain and my joy. It's all distilled into this little check-in ritual.

Things can feel overwhelming and so meta today- in this rapid-fire over connected world. Sometimes it is so massively impossible to process.

But when I just reduce it down to how do I feel in this moment; in this tiny little expression of care for myself, it helps slow the spinning and reminds me that I can work on and only be responsible for what I can touch and hold and be present for in my daily interactions.

So, have some tea with me? What does tea mean to you?