|
|
T E A T I M E
Loving Help for Lightworkers
Ah, tea time. Explore the history and medicinal uses for tea, learn to follow your inner divine guidance and fluff your aura in Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Professor Trelawney's Divination Classroom, try your hand at the ancient art of tea leaf reading and more ...
|
 Good Day and Welcome,
Welcome to Tea Time with 'tween. Thank you for coming. If you have joined us for a cup of tea from 'tween's Library, how lovely and thank you! We here in America are always so g0-g0-go, buzzing here and there in our day-to-day lives that we forget all about ways to relax and contemplate life. I have often felt we should re-evaluate our priorities and reincorporate ways to relax. The good news is we are beginning to adapt to some of the more eastern methods of relaxation with yoga and tai chi and you should see all the coffee shops (offering tea, too) here, wow. Hopefully this is a reflection that we are trying to become more zen like.
However, it would behoove us to take a lesson from our British, Russian, Asian and Indian friends and take time for tea; I mean really do it - take tea. Let us not lose another precious moment ... |
 |
|
|
|
| Besides, what better time to meet and greet with friends socially, or for something completely different take time alone and enjoy our own company for a change. |
| Tea for Two & Two for Tea ... |
| When sharing tea with friends we share the day's lovely or sad moments, laugh and perhaps shed a tear or two. |
 |
|
|
 |
| Let us also remember the many health benefits of drinking tea. Herbal, black and green teas are Mother Nature's remedy for our maladies. A soothing cup of tea neutralizes 'free radical' agents, which can damage cells and lead to disease. Flavonoids, (contained in tea) also have a role in preventing heart disease by lowering cholesterol. And some property in tea appears to help the brain 're-deploy' from one task to another refreshing the parts even caffeine cannot. Click here for examples. |
|
|
There is a burgeoning worldwide (web) tea market out there with beautiful, incredible teas from around the world, plus tea cozies, pots, and accessories ... even teacup candles. |
|
Don't forget the ever-important delectable edible teatime accessories: delicious scones, cookies and breads; jellies, curds, and clotted creams. Yum! |
|
|
Tea-friendly places to visit. And, look,
the tiny teacups hide famous tea quotes! |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Ahh, now ... you have savoured your cup of darjeeling tea, nibbled a lemon curd-dipped cranberry walnut scone, and have taken a moment to contemplate life. Hmm. To complete the moment, consider the ancient art of tea leaf reading. |
| Like identifying shapes in an azure blue sky's clouds, tea divination gives us a chance to gaze into our emptied cup with our thoughts focused on a single question. |
Allow for one spoonful of tea and sediment at the cup's bottom.
- Think of your question
- Swirl your cup gently
- Tip over onto saucer
- Right the cup and whatever is nearer you is your immediate future, toward the bottom of the cup is further into the future.
Do you see a symbolic answer in your cup? |
|
|
|
Lastly, how about a wild trip through the world of Harry Potter to Professor Trelawney's Divination Class where she will guide you with her cosmic insight into your future.
 Have a question you wish to ask Professor Trelawney?
She will be happy to answer any questions!
(If she's in the mood, that is.)
Click here to go to
Muggle.net
to ask your question.
And hurry back to
'tween's Tea Room!
|
|
"In my own hands I hold a bowl of tea; I see all of nature represented in its green color.
Closing my eyes I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart.
Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become a part of me."
- Soshitsu Sen, Grand Master XIV, Urasenke School of Tea
 |
|
|
|
