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Students who practice Chanoyu are asked by their teachers to think of gomei or poetic names for tea utensils. Many students think it is a chore or silly to come up with names for your... More »
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At the Friends in Tea conference, the tea space was improvised, so there was no mizuya to prepare for chakai . Thanks to our resourceful mizuya cho , Jan, she set up a temporary space... More »
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keiko to wa ichi yori narai ju wo shiri ju yori keru moto no sono ichi In training for chanoyu, you go from one to ten and return to the original one again. This is... More »
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No matter how many times we have done temae , it is always good to pay attention to what we are doing. One of the things Christy sensei emphasized in koshukai is the precision with... More »
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One of my sensei in Japan once said that Chado becomes the yardstick with which you measure your life. I didn’t know what he meant by that, and to be sure it is like the... More »
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In a previous post I explained the t hree guidelines for the study of chado - Do, the way; Gaku, the knowledge, and Jitsu, the practice. Jitsu – the practice of chado. We get... More »
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I apologize for not posting more this month. Time got away from me and I will be posting again more often. Here are 25 things I have learned in my journey along the path: 1.... More »
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When Christy-sensei was here for koshukai (intensive workshop) she mentioned that Chado is not about the numbers. Which led me to think about numbers in my study of tea. When we find our place and... More »
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For students following the way of tea, everything is done right handed. Wiping, purifying, whisking, picking thing up with chopsticks, scooping water or tea, all are done with right hand. How disorienting it must be... More »
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One of the habits that I used to have is to offer excuses for things I did or did not do. For example, if I was late for keiko (tea class) I would blame it... More »
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