Relax and Rejuvenate With a Tea Lifestyle

Tea Here Now demonstrates how tea and the simple act of preparing a cup of tea can give drinkers a taste of enlightenment. Acknowledging the thirst for wisdom so many of us look for to enrich our daily lives, Tea Here Now offers tea teachings, ancient and modern, to quench that thirst. The authors show us how tea helps us cultivate a contemplative approach to life by providing ritual and ceremony, fostering feelings of warmth, hospitality and kinship with others, while it augments an enhanced appreciation of nature. This book offers inspiration and practical instructions for creating a personal tea ritual by adapting the spirit of the traditional Way of Tea to a contemporary Western setting.

Written for everyone who wishes to infuse uncomplicated spirituality and mindfulness into his or her tea drinking, the book explores the health benefits, spiritual practices, and lifestyle-enhancing properties associated with tea, in the process creating a practical guidebook for the “tea lifestyle.”

Topics include:

• history and legends of tea
• information on tea types
• techniques for brewing the best cup
• spiritual and meditation practices that complement and enhance tea drinking
• practical ideas for carrying the spirit of tea into all aspects of one's life
• and traditional and new rituals to bring meaning and enjoyment to tea drinking.