Tea As Daily Retreat

New dates for End of Year Retreat: 29th, 30th & 31st Dec 2025

An average adult is said to make 35,000 decisions per day. Modern living swirls us into constant planning, wanting, and doing; we inevitably feel overwhelmed, fatigued, disconnected, or unwell. Tea as Daily Retreat is a practice of self-love, creating boundaries from the ceaseless demands of the mind and finding restoration through stillness and simplicity.

Unlike most tea meditations, Tea as Daily Retreat does not treat meditation as a means to acquire stillness, nor does it feed into the spiritually materialistic idea that meditation will give us something. Instead, it is an act of deduction - a gradual process of slowing down, shedding layers of noise, and returning to simplicity. Through the mindful tea ritual, we approach meditation in its dynamic form: getting used to the mind, observing its movement, and becoming intimately aware of its ever-changing nature. Ultimately, such intimacy with our mind enables us to transcend any challenges in life into ease or delight. Thus, one lives fully. 

The 35-minute practice invites you to solitude daily, or as often as possible, where tea becomes an intimate vessel for presence, a quiet guide in learning to release, let go, and, ultimately, find rest. Generally, it will be guided as the following:

• Setting Intention & Aspiration (2 min) 
• First Meditation & First Brew of Tea (10 min)
• Second Meditation & Second Brew of Tea (10 min)
• Third Meditation & Third Brew Of Tea (10 min)
• Dedicating Merit (3 min)

End of Year Retreat:

29th, 30th & 31st Dec 2025 6 pm GMT

Please note that this is a virtual event. Upon order confirmation, you will receive the Zoom link and a calendar invite. Given the nature of the practice, which addresses the here and now, there will not be a recording. We invite you to join us live at a time that suits you. 

*If you are participating in our tea facilitator training, you must complete 100 hours of practice before proceeding to the Mentor level.