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Tea & Mindfulness, GGF 8/2
Description
Discover the art of slowing down in this peaceful and grounding Tea & Mindfulness retreat at Green Gulch. Designed to help calm the overstimulated mind, this experience blends tea ritual with practical mindfulness techniques to cultivate connection, clarity, and inner stillness.
In a welcoming and relaxed setting, you’ll explore how simple, intentional practices—like preparing and enjoying a cup of tea—can bring mindfulness into everyday life. We’ll guide you through accessible tools, mindful conversation, and grounding rituals to support your personal practice. Included will be an afternoon contemplative hike for those who are able.
By the end of the retreat, you will not only have new knowledge about the history of tea, its connection to Buddhism, and how tea is made, but but also personal mindfulness practices.
Fee Information
- Benefactor $197
- General: $158
- Current SFZC Members: $142
Jody Beavers
Jody Beavers is a tea educator who loves sharing the world of loose leaf tea with others, highlighting the many different types, its health benefits, the way tea brings people together in community, and tea’s historical ties to mindfulness and Buddhism. He has guided tea workshops all around the Bay Area at San Francisco Public Library, museums, schools, offices, restaurants, and out of his Mission District home.
Emily Linders
Emily Linders is an ecotherapist and contemplative wilderness guide. Over 15 years of formal meditation practice and wilderness-based youth development work inform her work as a nature-based psychotherapist under the oaks of Sonoma County.
Kika Hellein
Kika Susan Hellein has been a residential practitioner since 2013 at Tassajara, Green Gulch, and her home temple, Berkeley Zen Center. She has served in many administrative temple positions, including ino (zendo manager) and shuso (head student) at Green Gulch, where she currently lives.