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WELCOME TO CHADAO CIRCLE
YIN - STEPPING INTO THE FEMININE WAY (WEEKS 1-6)
YANG - BUILDING STRONG KNOWLEDGE (WEEKS 7-12)
12 WEEKS ~ 12 SESSIONS
THERE WILL BE 6 ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL TEA CEREMONIES AND Q&A TO DEEPEN THE PRACTICE
(DATES AND TIME TO BE CONFIRMED)
YIN ~ STARTS 16 JUNE 2022
YANG ~ STARTS IN AUTUMN 2022
THURSDAYS 7PM UK TIME
DEEPENED
You can choose Yin or Yang. Or both. Or if you would like some extra support with 1-2-1 private sessions, and extra support in messaging and communication please choose Mentorship Yin and Yang. The information on what each part presents can be found below.
Day of the week and time when we gather is set to Thursdays but are subject to change as life can take over.
All session will be recorded and can be watched afterwards of you are not able to join that specific time
TEA for this course IS included in the price and will be sent to you.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
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JUST YIN OR YANG
~ for those who are interested in doing just one part or doing one part first (YIN) and then deciding whether to do another next (YANG)
YIN + YANG
YIN ~ STEPPING INTO THE FEMININE
YANG ~ BUILDING FOUNDATION IN TEA KNOWLEDGE
~ 12 weeks of 1-2 hour tea gatherings
~ each Yin week is dedicated to a certain theme for us to contemplate and become aware of - in Tea and Life
~ each Yang part offers different topics that will help you gain a strong foundation in the knowledge on Tea.
These classes will include lots of practical tips with regard to each topic.
~ additional practices for each week based around presence, feminine energy, embodiment and self love and acceptance
~ message support throughout
MENTORSHIP PACKAGE - YIN AND YANG
~ Yin and Yang
~ Four 1 hour private 1-2-1 sessions with me - this will be a guided journey tailored specifically to you based on WHERE YOU ARE in order for you to build a deep relationship with tea, cultivate presence and understanding on what is required in order to serve Tea to yourself and others.
WHAT YOU WILL POTENTIALLY GET FROM THIS COURSE:
While the below is what this course has the potential to activate and give, I am a firm believer in the process rather than results. In our fast paced society everything is result oriented and the results need to be right HERE and NOW, otherwise whatever we are doing is deemed to not be working. We take a 4 (6, 8, 10) week course, and expect to be transformed by the end of it, or our life changed, or us becoming experts in whatever we were learning. But life doesn't work this way. To be truly transformed requires dedication and commitment, our whole life needs to become a continuous practice. To become an expert requires 10,000 hours of YOUR OWN practice. And there is no way around it. Just your own effort, dedication, devotion and practice.
So what you will get out of this course is directly proportional to how much time and attention you will invest in it, how much effort and practice you will put in the next 12 weeks.
I will give you information (probably too much of it), and I will show and explain to you the form. And you will learn all of that.
But what brings magic to the Tea Ceremony, magic that transforms, that brings inner joy, is something that I can only point you to, but the actual magic is cultivated though your own daily consistent, dedicated effort and practice.
Otherwise Tea Ceremony will be mere beautiful movements and mental knowledge, it will be devoid of the magic that is possible.
And if you do, then:
- you will learn how to start your own tea practice, how to perform your own tea ritual
- you will learn practicalities of Tea Practice/Ceremony and also small nuances that make the whole difference.
- you will learn how to listen to the Tea and how to cultivate your own relationship with this incredible beautiful medicinal Plant.
- you will discover that Presence and Intention are two vital ingredients in the Tea Ceremony. Presence in Tea - STAYING WITH TEA - is one of the main foundations of tea.
- you will discover that Tea Ceremony is a bridge to your Life as Ceremony, a bridge that is missed in so many spiritual practices. Hence tea practice will enhance your life – make it richer, fuller, more joyful, and your life practice will deepen your tea practice. You will see that there truly is no division between both
- you will discover and experience that true joy is derived from deep PRESENCE with what is arising in life, not from events , people or objects that taking or not taking place in it. Whatever ordinary experience presents is going to be perceived as magical.
- you will be inhabiting your body more, the division between mind and body will be smaller – after all our life’s journey is the one towards embodiment and even in enlightenment, when we wake up to who we truly are, to the spirit, the next stage is to always return to embodying our humanness - messy, joyful, painful, beautiful.
- you will marvel at beauty more – as one tantric master said, the level of your awakeness is measured by how often you stop throughout the day to marvel and wonder at beauty that life is!
- you will feel more in love with life, with all its ups and downs
In this course we will put the seed into the ground, and if you continue to pay attention and practice they will give fruit one day. They will.
YIN – STEPPING INTO THE FEMININE WAY
In the world dominated by the masculine, it is more important than ever to really be in our Feminine – a receptive, present, being, feeling, connected state. This part is designed for you to step into The Feminine in relation to Tea and start experiencing it more and more within your own being.
In this part you will learn how to start your own tea practice, your own tea ritual, how to listen to Tea, how to cultivate your relationship with Her, how to meditate with Tea.
In this part we will be exploring how through our Tea Practice we can create moments of deep connection and why they are incredibly important if we want to live life more fully, with joy and passion, with deep intimacy.
The more we pause and deeply listen, the more grace, compassion and gratitude will fill our souls.
Each week there is a certain theme, a certain angle that we will explore in our tea session, and then throughout the whole week we will contemplate and take that theme into our life – I call it Life Practice. It is ongoing and constantly presents so many opportunities to go deeper, and it does not require us to dedicate long stretches of time to practice. But only if we are aware and present. Each week our awareness will be directed to noticing certain things arising and manifesting. And the group field will be helping greatly with that - what I found personally is that it intensifies and speeds things up that usually are much slower to manifest. Each of these themes are incredibly important in your practice of TEA.
These practices are drawing from different traditions that touched me personally -Dzogchen, Zen, Ch’An, tantra. In all of these practices CONSISTENCY and REGULARITY is the key.
Each week we will meet for an hour or two and although it might be just one hour, I would recommend to block two just in case.
THEMES (these are subject to change)
1. DEEP LISTENING/ RECEIVING
LEAVES IN A BOWL TEA CEREMONY
HANDLING OF THE BOWL
FOUR VIRTUES OF TEA
2. THE IMPORTANCE OF GAZE
3. SAVOURING – LIVING LIFE THROUGH SENSES
4. ACCEPTING YOUR SHADOW - BEING WHOLE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT IN TEA
5. BODY~DESIRE~PASSION
6. SLOW LIVING
COST FOR YIN ~ £255
* includes TEA and all booking fees
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Payments are also available through Paypal, Direct bank transfer or with Revolut - please DM me.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
YANG - BUILDING FOUNDATION IN TEA KNOWLEDGE COURSE
Quite often for the Feminine to flourish and spread her wings there also needs to be a solid foundation in the Masculine – form, mind, information, methods. For when there is at least some foundation in all this sea of information, there is a certain sense of stability, strong ground, from which the bird of the feminine can push from and fly. The Yang part is designed so that those who are not particularly familiar with the tea terminology, types of tea, processing, teaware and all the other elements in the tea ceremony. But there will also be some important nuances and my personal experience from travelling to tea regions that could be useful not only to beginners.
Most of this information can be found online. But if you are similar to me and personal transmission of embodied leadership and experience is important and useful to you when receiving knowledge - then this Yang part is for you. And in these days when EVERYTHING can be found online – all information one can imagine - this personal energy, this personal guidance is becoming even more important.
COURSE TOPICS:
1. THE STORY OF TEA – JOURNEY OF THE LEAF
Covering history of tea, tea ceremony, its journey throughout the centuries to now.
Side Handle Teapot - Tea Ceremony
2. 7 GENRES OF TEA. LIVING TEA
Types of tea, processing methods, and what makes tea a living tea.
3. WATER/FIRE/TEAWARE - ELEMENTS
4. CHAXI – TEA STAGE/MUSIC/INCENSE
What is Chaxi. How to create it. What to take into account.
5. TYPES OF TEA CEREMONIES.
Bowl Tea, Gongfu, boiled tea, whisked tea, senchado
How to know the right way to serve tea. Which tea to serve according to the mood, season, time of the day.
6. TEA AS MEDICINE
Is tea medicine? What makes it medicine? In which way?
Can it cure ailments?
We will explore various aspects of tea as medicine.
We will also explore The Leaf itself - what makes it so special.
COST FOR YANG ~ £255
*Includes Tea and all booking fees
PLEASE BOOK HERE
Payments are also available through Paypal, Direct bank transfer or with Revolut - please DM me.
Payment plan is available.
MENTORSHIP PACKAGE ~ YIN AND YANG
This option combines both Yin and Yang packages, messaging support and four 1-2-1 mentorship sessions tailored specifically to you based on WHERE YOU ARE in order for you to build a deep relationship with tea, cultivate presence and understanding on what is required in order to serve Tea to yourself and others. You can choose to have these sessions during the course or after the course finishes.
COST: £1033
*Includes Tea and all booking fees
PLEASE BOOK HERE
Payments are also available through Paypal, Direct bank transfer or with Revolut - please DM me.
Payment plan is available.
“There were a million reasons why I simply couldn’t join Lera’s tea course: a rough patch at work, problems in a relationship etc. For once, I managed to ignore the noise and just go for it. Thank Cosmos I did!
The tea course (both the yin and yang modules) far exceeded my already high expectations. History, theory and practise harmoniously complementing one another proved hugely inspiring. As usual, Lera stroke the right balance between keeping things flowy while providing a frame to shape the course into an extraordinary experience. It was an unforgettable ride I sincerely hope to go on again.”
“ loved absolutely everything about Lera’s Chadao Tea course! And I miss it enormously!
I am so happy that Lera has become my guide into a magical Chadao, The Way of Tea, world. I couldn’t wish for a better teacher!
I loved how Lera divided the course into a Yin and Yang parts. It made so much sense. They totally completed each other and walked hand in hand.
There is no day passing by without me remembering Lera’s wisdom that she shared with us. Her words, thoughts, her experience of life through Tea is absolute gift. It changed my life. And I think the lives around me as well:)
And I am so happy for having Tea back in my life but in a complete different way. She was always there for me I just had to look inside me.
Thank you Lera! I can’t describe with words how greatful I am that I met you! ”
“I feel enormous gratitude for the last 6 weeks tea journey. It was truly a gift to sit with Lera and to learn from her, to be guided by her into the world of tea, that was so unknown to me before.
The course has allowed me to embody even more gentleness, feminine flow and stillness. I was reading Tara Brach at the beginning, and the tea practice has helped me to simply embrace what is and to sit with it. I felt deep connection, love and presence during the sessions with you. I had moments of tears simply for the beauty I could feel. ”
“After longing to indulge in the realms of tea for sometime, I’m overspilt with gratitude to have participated in Lera’s profound tea course. She has opened up doorways to this vast world with such warmth.
Taken on a journey through yin and yang, silence and sharing, aliveness and lineage; I now carry more awareness of his ancient path. Greeting each other in the evenings with tea was sheer pleasure. Connecting to the leaf, the senses, opening up to life without the mask. The Yang classes brought tangible knowledge: information on how to begin simply. Yet effortlessly weaving in advancements; satisfying the artist, healer and scientist within.
I’m so grateful to Lera for sharing her deep well of knowledge. Her presence, refinement, kindness; her unique journey with tea … I can’t wait for more! I wholeheartedly recommend this incredible woman to you”
“I just want to say thank you from my heart, for guiding us in the most beautiful way. This journey has been both informative and nourishing, there were so many teachings and points that struck a chord for me. I am forever grateful for all that you have shared and for sparking a light within me to continue this practice.”
“Tea drinking in its most simple and pure form.....thank you so much Lera for sharing tea with us the past few weeks. I miss our yang and yin sessions immensely.
Although tea has been with me all my life, I feel that this is just the beginning. Thank you Lera for sharing your tea wisdom - your tea course was perfect 🙏🏻”
“Dear Lera (tea friend and teacher) and everyone,
I didn’t end up sharing this evening, but wanted to say how happy I am to have joined the course... It was exactly what I needed for this mid winter, just beginning of spring.
I did not expect to be so looking forward to having bowls of tea in silence. I’ve done so without missing a day since the beginning, and I feel I will be continuing brewing, trying new teas and learning the ways of the tea... 🍵
Thanks as well for your words around presence... some practices I found really eye opening! Pearls of wisdom, thank you 💚”
“The Chadao course held with T-lovers was such a beautiful journey to learn not only about the magical world of tea but also brought me a deeper awareness on the Art of being mindful and slowing down.
Lera shares in the yin and yang sessions so much knowledge about it’s history but also a practical approach on how to bring tea rituals with intention into our everyday life.
Thank you Lera for guiding me to connect with tea, with silence, with space and above all with myself.”
“This experience of deepening connection to ChaDao with Lera was unsurprisingly, very beautiful. As someone with an established tea practice, I found the yang element of the programme a refreshing way to revisit my foundations and form - adding depth and texture to the way I work with and relate to tea. The yin aspect was gentle and expansive - an invitation to drop deeper into the meaning and magic of this powerful medicine.”
“Thank you so much Lera and everyone. I have loved the yang sessions but the yin practice has been a treasure over the last six weeks and so resonant with other paths I am following at the moment.”
“This course far exceeded my expectations. So many personal revelations from this practice that has now become a way of life. Lera guided us through these teachings in such a thoughtful and considered way, holding the space beautifully and touching on subjects that are so relatable to everyday life. This is more than just a course on Tea Ceremony- highly recommend.”
“For me taking part in this course was exactly what i needed in my life. You covered all life in Tea course. I sometimes wonder off my path and feel a bit lost, confused and feel like i need guidance and support in my journey and this gave me the sense of belonging and being in right place and right time exactly where I am. I am grateful that you shared you’re experience and knowledge and thoughts and it felt real. It also helped me to overlook and understand few practical things i missed out before . I also loved homework, which i did in very random sequence and I was tapping into all things Tea in my life more and with even more presence and awareness.”
“I’m still trying to figure out the Yin. It took for me longer to calm down and breathe. I finally getting used to it. Yin is very soft and proud. I respect the tea ceremony entirely. But sometimes was hard to do it. Realisation of pain, blockages and anxiety during tea was the most important insight for me. And of course the healing part is coming after this realisation.”
“The Yin part of the course was amazing, perfectly paced, gentle but delving deeply into subjects with time to digest and practice each week. I loved the homework suggestions keeping us on track and Lera is a wise guide in this Chadao journey.”
“it was such a lovely course - so deeply insightful and such a beautiful way to see tea and learn about her wonders and how to appreciate her and her wisdom and healing powers”
“Well done! Was a bit skeptical that ZOOM would do your presentation justice. Pleasantly surprised.”
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