Tea as a Dance

Tea and meditation are each tools we employ to get to where we want to be. While both processes can be seen as destination enough, it’s also a delight to notice the effects the simple act of (self) reflection has on our other works. The Devil may be into details, but so is the other guy/gal/etc.

Tea as a form of meditation

Tea meditation calls to life this ability to notice, and in turn our ability to choose what to notice and what to let go of.

Tea is a form of liquid meditation — of Taichi.

It informs and enhances our push hands-esq relationship with the world. As with the Taichi form of play-fighting, movement through life is as much a battle as it is a dance. To make life into a dance — or a game as my calligraphy master friend would often suggest — is among the best of ways.

And, when in doubt, have another cup and watch how the world changes both within and without.

We are, at times, both commanders and vessels of life’s experience, and as such it pays to choose wisely what you fill it with.

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The story of the name "Cloudwalker Tea"

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Cloudwalker derives its name from Taoist adepts living atop sacred mountains in ancient China. These monks spent their lives perched on craggy peaks, practising martial arts and meditation with the ultimate goal of achieving enlightenment - the union of heaven and earth. To the people living in the valleys below, they appeared to be walking upon the clouds.

Tea drinking in Asia has its roots firmly planted in both the sacred and the mundane worlds. It is a drink that can at once warm the body and soothe the soul; improve health and bring one to meditative states which far surpass the limits of the body.

As we sit and take tea, allowing our minds to drift away with the clouds of steam that rise above our tea pot, we come to understand more of what it might have been like to live upon one of those legendary mountains. As we continue to connect with the flow of water and the fluttering aroma of our tea, we are able to carve out ever larger chunks of the sacred within what often seems a profane world.

We at Cloudwalker invite you to join us in cultivating the consciousness of tea. As we practise this ritual of water and leaf, we come to find that the benefits of drinking tea extend far beyond the walls of our tea room or the edges of our kitchen table. We realize that tea has come to permeate every aspect of our lives.. In such moments we realize, with a broad smile, the truth of the ancient adage that tea and Zen are of one flavor.