TEA SCHOOL
Tea is the Teacher – Let Tea Drink You, Savor You, and Sit With You

SACRED CHA DAO – THE WAY OF TEA

Tea is a gateway to inner growth, healing, and the subtle mysteries of existence. It is a gift from nature to help us learn the flow of nature and the language of life. In this school, we teach tea as a vibrational medicine for self-cultivation, health, and plant medicine. Tea is a plant that helps humans have a visceral experience of both their humanity and their divinity and how to move through this life embracing both as sacred.

My program includes both the internal and classical external arts of Chinese tea. You will learn the profound art form of making tea, how to serve it, and how to use it in a way that will teach you endlessly about yourself and the world we inhabit. We also offer advanced deeper study into the energetic and healing qualities of tea, tea as sacred medicine, tea as plant spirit medicine, and tea as a tool for self-cultivation to serve your creative growth. The aim of our classes is to give people the tools to make tea their own living art.

The tea school is set up so you may engage at any level of depth that is calling you. There are many aspects and dimensions to learning the sacred arts of tea, so we approach the study from many different sides. The goal is to give you an innate, global understanding of this profound art. This is a socratic school of learning, so come to a few sessions, do your own work at home to integrate, and come back with questions about your evolving practice.

Even though we have group classes, like any real art, this is a highly personal path to follow and I work with people as individuals. This is a school of personal cultivation where people come to develop their being through art. See below on options for engaging with tea school .

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Ongoing Weekly Classes

Ongoing Weekly Class- we offer ongoing weekly classes where we explore tea as vibrational and cultivation medicine in all its aspects - tea, tea ware, tea ritual, and internal aspects of cha dao.

Mondays 930-1030am $45

Wednesdays 10-1130am. $45

To sign up for a class email me at teamonkpo@gmail.com.

Special Monthly Classes

Special Monthly Tea Classes- We offer many monthly classes to inspire and broaden your understanding of the art of the. See below for some of our class offerings. Run on a rotating basis or upon request. Events are posted on https://linktr.ee/teamonkpo

To sign up for a class email me at teamonkpo@gmail.com.

Private Tea Class

Private Tea Class- Private tea classes can be arranged at any time to work with you individually and can cover any aspect of the art of tea and personal cultivation. $125- 1 hour session.

To sign up for a class email me at teamonkpo@gmail.com.

Private and Group Zoom Classes

Private and Group Class Zoom Sessions- I also offer Zoom sessions and classes to those who cannot be here in person. The first session is an orientation and transmission of this lineage. $150 and the following sessions are $100/hour for a 50-minute session. Group Sessions are held at least twice a month, limit of 10 per class, $50. Tickets are available on the Events page.

To sign up for a class email me at teamonkpo@gmail.com.

“The Art of Tea is one of Listening.
Each tea is a particular energy and plant spirit, they are constantly talking to us, if we only have the ears to listen.
This tea school is dedicated to the art of hearing Nature: Plant Nature, Your Nature, Nature, the Tao.”

SOME OF OUR OFFERED CLASSES
on special request

The following are a few of the classes offered. These are also available on request for private or private group sessions.

RARE TEA JOUNREY

A session devoted to very rare aged teas from our collection. These are powerful teas and each a journey in itself. Usually this class is mix of discussion, meditation, and laughter- both light and profound.

GONG FU CHA

Here we study the ritual and art of Chinese tea ceremony. There are both internal and external aspects for this art to achieve grace, power, flow and potency .

PUER CLASS

A class devoted to drinking and understanding puerh tea. We draw from the tea schools vast collection of young, aging and old teas.

TEA AND POETRY

A night devoted to ecstatic tea, reading and writing poetry.

TEA, PLANT, SPIRIT

Learn how to work with tea as a plant, spirit, medicine to support your life and growth. This plant has an amazing healing intelligence that will meet you where you are, each and every day.

TEA AND MEDITATION

In this clsss we drink rare teas which facilitate presence and stillness. Each tea is followed by a short meditation period and then discussion.

THE ART OF CHA DAO

Tea is an art form, and is ever responding and being illuminated by the current energies of life. Learn to make this art form your own.

ANTIQUE TEA WARE

Explore antique tea ware from our vast collection. Each peice of tea ware will shift the expression of energy , flavor , aroma and personality of a tea.

FULL MOON TEA JOURNEY

We celebrate the full moon each month with teas that drop us into the poetry of life and its nature cycles. Our session includes tea, chocolates, incense, music and poetry from old masters.

TEA AND TAO

An exploration of the energies of the tao through the energies of different teas. We explore the ying/yang, elemental energies and ba gua energies of teas.

Five Elements Tea

In this class we drink ecstatic teas, eat chocolate, write a poem after each tea to reflect what it has opened up inside and read classical poetry from Asia.

TEA AND PRESENCE

Tea is the medicine of presence. In this class we learn through embodied experience about what this state is and how to deepen it and bring it into our lives.

THE ILLUMINATED PRESENCE

A journey devoted to ecstatic teas which light the spirit within and discussions on inner spirit and cultivation.

FULL MOON TEA CEREMONY

Aligning with the energies of the current moon through rare teas, chocolate, poetry and mediation .

TEA AS PLANT, SPIRIT MEDICINE :

A class devoted to connecting to the spirit of each tea- including short meditations and discussions .

THE ART OF GONG FU CHA

Studying the internal and external arts of tea ceremony.

TEA FOR CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS

Rare teas and discussion of energetics of teas that help illuminate principles of that art

THE ART OF TEA

Tea practice is a true art which must be brought out from within and ever responsive to the creative energy of life. Here we explore what this means and how to make the art of tea a living practice for you.

TEA AND TAO

Using tea to understand, in an embodied way, the energies of the Tao. Yin, Yang, Elemental Energies, and the movement of energies are all explored

TEA AND CULTIVATION

A class devoted to understanding how to use tea as a support of all kinds of cultivation practices.

TEA AND PRESENCE

Using tea to cultivate presence and an embodied experience of presence through tea.

RARE TEA JOURENY

In this session we drink exceptionally rare and potent aged teas. These sessions are filled with wonder and grace

TEA AND CHI

An exploration of the different types of chi found in teas, and how to use them to support life.

ANTIQUE TEA WARE CLASS

An exploration of antique pots and cups from our vast collection, in order to understand the energetics and impact on the tea.

PUER CLASS

Exploring the complex field and energetics of puer- sheng, shou, new and aged.

TEA AND POETRY

In this class we drink rare teas, sit with them and then compose a poem to reflect the sprit or inner journey of the tea as we move into the ecstatic realm.

CHARCOAL TEA CEREMONY

A session where we use a charcoal stove to heat water which changes the energy and expression of the teas.

THE I CHING AND TEA

Using tea to understand the energies of the I Ching and using the I Ching to understand the energies of tea

THE EMPTY BOWL- TEA AND MEDITATION

A Meditation oriented class where we drink teas and meditate with each one, followed by discussion.

TEA AND MEDITATION

TEA SCHOOL
Tea is the Teacher – Let Tea Drink You, Savor You, and Sit With You

SACRED CHA DAO – THE WAY OF TEA

the clouds....

the waters....

ways to engage

“The Art of Tea is one of Listening.
Each tea is a particular energy and plant spirit, they are constantly talking to us, if we only have the ears to listen.
This tea school is dedicated to the art of hearing Nature: Plant Nature, Your Nature, Nature, the Tao.”

SOME OF OUR OFFERED CLASSES
on special request

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TEA SCHOOL Tea is the Teacher – Let Tea Drink You, Savor You, and Sit With You

SACRED CHA DAO – THE WAY OF TEA

the clouds....

the waters....

ways to engage

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“The Art of Tea is one of Listening. Each tea is a particular energy and plant spirit, they are constantly talking to us, if we only have the ears to listen. This tea school is dedicated to the art of hearing Nature: Plant Nature, Your Nature, Nature, the Tao.”

SOME OF OUR OFFERED CLASSES on special request

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Get in touch

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

TEA SCHOOL
Tea is the Teacher – Let Tea Drink You, Savor You, and Sit With You

“The Art of Tea is one of Listening.
Each tea is a particular energy and plant spirit, they are constantly talking to us, if we only have the ears to listen.
This tea school is dedicated to the art of hearing Nature: Plant Nature, Your Nature, Nature, the Tao.”

SOME OF OUR OFFERED CLASSES
on special request