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25th Mar 2022

Clearing, ep 3 of 3

Our theme for the month of March is "CLEARING." Given the deep weight the world is carrying at the moment, it feels like an appropriate place to pause and just consider how we practice peace within ourselves. How we deescalate from within. How we clear and make space for listening, restoration, grieving. So, we'll be spending March contemplating the practice of clearing with our tea and with our inner quiet. Come sit with us and be in community.

We're back after a little spring break last week! And today, our monthly guest, jess young chang, joins us to lead a contemplation about clearing as both a form of letting go (a verb) and also a space (a noun). jess is currently pursuing her Master's at Harvard Divinity School, with a focus on the nature of the body and the Divine in both Tantric and Christian traditions. She is also a yoga teacher, as well as women's health advocate, from Chicago, IL. You can reach Jess at http://www.adevotedyogi.com/.

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Tea & Contemplation is hosted by Suzette (‘Sooz’) Hammond - tea educator, tea contemplative practitioner, and founder of Being Tea - and Adam Grossi - artist, writer and yoga teacher. They are both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.


Tea & Contemplation is recorded as a live studio audience session, every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees of the live session get to participate in our lovely group discussion and sharing circle afterward (which is unrecorded), for communal support in the practice. So if you like what you experience here and think you might also enjoy practicing with community, please join us!


Tickets to join live sessions can be found at beingtea.com/teaandcontemplation.


Finally, just to note: This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time "tip jar" gifts as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly supporter which includes tickets to our live weekly sessions. Just visit our support link at buymeacoffee.com/teaandcpodcast.

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About the Podcast

Tea & Contemplation
Tea & Contemplation is a podcast + practice space for exploring our inner world, through the lens of tea and yogic philosophy.


June 2022 update: This series is now retired in weekly format, after running for over a year and a half, but we're leaving these lovely archive sessions up for your enjoyment. For future new podcasts and projects with tea meditation, subscribe to Being Tea's newsletter, available at https://beingtea.com/


Every episode begins with a real time guided meditation with tea, followed by discussion on this month's themed topic of exploration. Your hosts are artist, writer and yoga teacher, Adam Grossi, and tea educator and founder of Being Tea, Suzette Hammond. This podcast is for anyone who is curious about meditation and is craving quiet thinking time and space to process emotions.


NOTES FOR PREPARING THE TEA:

- We use the bowl method, a versatile and very accessible traditional method for enjoying tea, for every session.

- Just a pinch of loose leaf tea + hot water in an open mug or small bowl with no strainer necessary. (This appears on the podcast cover art.)

- We brew tea together during the session in real time, so simply just have your kettle heating just before you come sit down for practice and you’ll be all set.
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About your hosts

Adam Grossi

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Adam Grossi is a visual artist, writer, and a yoga teacher. He uses “he/him” pronouns. Adam’s work is a combination of creative and therapeutic methods that draw equally on tradition and intuition. In addition to co-hosting Tea & Contemplation he leads yoga classes and workshops, and co-hosts a weekly Drawing Party on Zoom with artist Tim Nickodemus. He is on the faculty of the psych-sensitive teacher training program at Room to Breathe. In 2014 he published his first book, Wind Through Quiet Tensions, which explores the therapeutic potential of yoga in relation to his lifelong journey with bipolar disorder. Adam lives in Chicago, never far from the lake.

Suzette Hammond

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Suzette Hammond (‘Sooz’) is the founder of Being Tea and an award-winning tea educator, professional sensory skills trainer, and tea contemplative practitioner. Sooz uses "they" and "she" pronouns. Their nearly two decades of teaching experience includes working with leading tea companies, corporate clients, trade organizations and non-profits across the US and internationally, as well as teaching online. Sooz is also a certified trauma informed yoga and meditation teacher, and has been teaching tea meditation since 2010, blending together two deeply therapeutic physical and philosophical traditions. She is the recipient of a World Tea Award for Best Tea Educator. Sooz lives in Chicago.