Christie Bartlett, Founding Director of Ursaenke Society, San Francisco talks about the history of Urasenke, why tea gatherings matter today, and the ripple effect of “peace through a bowl of tea.”
- What is a “tea gathering?”
- Spontaneity through structure and the art of tea
- Slowing down time, appreciating fleeting moments
- Sipping tea to free the mind, cleaning tea utensils to clean the heart
- The role of a tea gathering in creating world peace
Check out the tea in this video… Matcha.
* Special thanks to Toshiko, for making the tea!
[...] and rituals for heating water for tea can of course be found in Japanese tea ceremony. If you were to be a fly on the wall watching a Japanese tea master prepare for a gathering, you [...]
wonderful footage, I would love to see you revisit the Japanese tea Ceremony again and discuss the process a little more. Beautiful photography and discussion.
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