The oldest and simplest form of tea practice is ‘bowl tea’. Adding hot water to tea leaves with the tea drunk from a bowl cupped between our two hands. This practice can be a kind of quiet medicine, a bridge to help us connect through our senses to a state of mindful awareness.

Preparing, drinking and sharing tea in this way offers a new perspective on meditation.

A flowing practice that can be a helpful launch pad for those of us who find other forms of meditation too rigid or hard to access. Our tea can act as a supportive object of meditation on which to rest awareness and the practice can be adapted to support meditation at home.

Chan-cha-yi-wei or “Zen and tea are one flavour” - are words that often adorn scrolls in tea spaces across East Asia.

Each ‘Quiet Medicine’ session includes preparing and drinking ‘bowl tea’, alongside gentle physical movements to ground us before a period of seated meditation. Sessions may also include simple breath work and journaling.

No experience of meditation needed. Caffeine free tea options are also available. Seating on floor cushions, yoga mats and stools available.

Cost: £20 per person. *non - refundable

Maximum 20 people per session.

Dates for 2025:

Sunday 12th January, 15:30-17:00

Sunday 2nd February, 15:30-17:00

Sunday 16th March, 15:30-17:00

tinyteahouse is a tea studio within Everybody Studio run by James Thirlwall. James is the ‘Quiet Medicine’ facilitator. He is an educator who uses tea rituals to help people connect with tea, with self and with others. James spent a decade as an acupuncturist before a career as a tea sommelier creating tea programs for the world’s leading hotels and wellbeing centres. He is the tea practitioner for The Bothy by Wildsmith and has been lucky enough to use tea meditations to support retreats with Lama Rod Owens, Bamford Haybarn and The Dreaming.