Tea & Contemplation

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18th Jun 2021

Keeping Time, ep 3 of 4 - "The Elasticity of Time"

Our June theme is Keeping Time.

A rather strange sensation to arise during 2020 / 2021 (strange in that it feels somehow comforting that so many people are experiencing this feeling) is our changing awareness of time. How we are feeling the concept of “time” in often radically different ways now than we previously understood it. This month is about exploring our relationship to time through various lenses, such as its elastic nature (“too much” or “too little”), the feeling that we are left behind or out of sync, and how we listen to the insight of slow.

This week's session :

This week is "The Elasticity of Time" - how we have the ability to shift our perception of how we feel about time in any moment. We can do this consciously/willingly, such as allowing enjoyable moments to linger or unpleasant moments to go faster. We may also do this unconsciously or even as a response to a traumatic situation. Knowing this very human perceptual quality that we all have when it comes to time, how does this alter your beliefs about the boundaries of time in your day?

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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 –both based in Chicago, IL. You can connect with Adam on IG @adamgrossi and Sooz on IG @beingtea.

Tea & Contemplation is broadcast live on Zoom every Friday morning at 8am CST. Attendees for the live session are invited to participate in our private group sharing/healing circle (which is unrecorded), for community support.

This podcast is supported entirely by listeners like YOU! You can make one time donations as a thank you anytime, or become a monthly member and even attend the live sessions with us each week.

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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

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

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.