Being Tea

Being Tea is a different kind of learning space for a different kind of learner. Everything I offer is online (I also teach in person, in non-pandemic times), and developed for welcoming folks who have felt intimidated elsewhere learning tea, or that they somehow just don’t belong.

All of my classes are trauma-informed, inclusive, and rooted in psychologically-sensitive pedagogy. This is very different from academic, didactic, dogmatic style teaching that enforces “sameness” on everyone.

I’m an award-winning tea educator, working with professionals and tea lovers alike. My own practice is informed by nearly two decades of immersion in the professional / trade world of tea, from garden to cup, as a teacher specializing in experiential learning techniques.

Tea is so much more than a beverage – it is an ancient culture, a way of life, and a contemplative teacher. Tea touches all of your senses, supporting body, intellect and emotion. A tea practice teaches us to be vulnerable as we sit in the present moment, and witnesses our being listened to.

Tea is a living study and distinctly benefits from relationship-style learning. Tea is also a philosophy, and one that can serve us very well in stressful, intense times. This is how I teach tea, and this is how I listen to Tea.