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hey friends,
I’ve just opened this fundraiser to raise some money for my step father John’s cancer treatment and surrounding expenses.

for the few that may know, John is the closest figure I’ve had to a father. he gifted me a world of compassionate understanding and truly did model what it was to care for others growing up. he is a very selfless man who I consider to be someone who saved both mum and I and gifted us the privilege of stability when we needed it the most.

at this current time, he has been navigating life for some years with prostate cancer and within the last year, faced deeper complications that require treatment and care.

he will be commencing treatment for the entirety of November and will require excess funds for temporary accommodation as he is required to relocate from the countryside and base in the city for the duration of his daily treatments.

all funds raised will go towards paying off medical bills & accomodation.

I’ve opened this gofundme & will be donating 25% of all orders through the shop to this cause.

anything raised over the limit will be allocated to a cute gift to boost his spirits. you can leave a note and your name if you’d like and I’ll make a sweet community letter for him.

link in bio

love,

hey friends,
I’ve just opened this fundraiser to raise some money for my step father John’s cancer treatment and surrounding expenses.

for the few that may know, John is the closest figure I’ve had to a father. he gifted me a world of compassionate understanding and truly did model what it was to care for others growing up. he is a very selfless man who I consider to be someone who saved both mum and I and gifted us the privilege of stability when we needed it the most.

at this current time, he has been navigating life for some years with prostate cancer and within the last year, faced deeper complications that require treatment and care.

he will be commencing treatment for the entirety of November and will require excess funds for temporary accommodation as he is required to relocate from the countryside and base in the city for the duration of his daily treatments.

all funds raised will go towards paying off medical bills & accomodation.

I’ve opened this gofundme & will be donating 25% of all orders through the shop to this cause.

anything raised over the limit will be allocated to a cute gift to boost his spirits. you can leave a note and your name if you’d like and I’ll make a sweet community letter for him.

link in bio

love,

hey friends,
I’ve just opened this fundraiser to raise some money for my step father John’s cancer treatment and surrounding expenses.

for the few that may know, John is the closest figure I’ve had to a father. he gifted me a world of compassionate understanding and truly did model what it was to care for others growing up. he is a very selfless man who I consider to be someone who saved both mum and I and gifted us the privilege of stability when we needed it the most.

at this current time, he has been navigating life for some years with prostate cancer and within the last year, faced deeper complications that require treatment and care.

he will be commencing treatment for the entirety of November and will require excess funds for temporary accommodation as he is required to relocate from the countryside and base in the city for the duration of his daily treatments.

all funds raised will go towards paying off medical bills & accomodation.

I’ve opened this gofundme & will be donating 25% of all orders through the shop to this cause.

anything raised over the limit will be allocated to a cute gift to boost his spirits. you can leave a note and your name if you’d like and I’ll make a sweet community letter for him.

link in bio

love,

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

with an ember glow I announce …𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is out now

tea | imagery | music | words
all expressed to be felt together.

may you find the heart of these images in the reflections of your tea
for its sound to enrapture & imbue emotion, give guidance to its corpus revere.

the biggest love to my team & my family for supporting me and this vision through all.
the most potent takeaway I have from the two years it’s taken to bring this to life is the beauty of what it to be held by you and to hold you in return. I love you with everything. my words could never.

to those who have tickets to this weekend, thank you. I feel blessed to be able to share all these layers and languages in the way it was intended to be received.

love
🤍

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is my attempts to articulate the dysphoria of intergenerational asian diaspora through imagery, sound, word & tea.

this collection is my interpretation of my own processes and feelings coming up against the experiences, narratives and feelings of abandoning culture and the push, pull, fury & grace of the journey back up the mountain to cultural reclamation.

the main sources of inspiration and contemplation ponders

:: the rejection and abandonment of culture in the face of western frameworks

:: the impacts of colional conditioning. feeling
too Asian, too white- never quite fitting respectively anywhere but between.

:: the rediscovery of culture, relearning culture and the interplay of deep knowing and imposter syndrome.

:: the confusion of diaspora growing up criticised and oppressed for culture, finding a means to survive through assimilation and the realities of the fragmentation of self as the modern world starts to assume ownership and glorification of culture, cultural practice and way.

:: neo colonialism through western spirituality. cultural appropriation & romanticism.

:: the power and recognition of creating language, space and community for these themes and feelings to be explored.

:: the beauty of coming together in joy and sorrow of our collective sufferings and redemptions.

there is a deep seeded heartbreak within this collection, as true as the bright tearful eyes of hope. if tea is to be the medicine of our people, than ever relevant may it be in uncovering truths of the experience of our modern age. may tea be the tempest as it is the harmony.

———

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔
twelve teas, six images, one full length album & a body of words
available Friday April 11

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is my attempts to articulate the dysphoria of intergenerational asian diaspora through imagery, sound, word & tea.

this collection is my interpretation of my own processes and feelings coming up against the experiences, narratives and feelings of abandoning culture and the push, pull, fury & grace of the journey back up the mountain to cultural reclamation.

the main sources of inspiration and contemplation ponders

:: the rejection and abandonment of culture in the face of western frameworks

:: the impacts of colional conditioning. feeling
too Asian, too white- never quite fitting respectively anywhere but between.

:: the rediscovery of culture, relearning culture and the interplay of deep knowing and imposter syndrome.

:: the confusion of diaspora growing up criticised and oppressed for culture, finding a means to survive through assimilation and the realities of the fragmentation of self as the modern world starts to assume ownership and glorification of culture, cultural practice and way.

:: neo colonialism through western spirituality. cultural appropriation & romanticism.

:: the power and recognition of creating language, space and community for these themes and feelings to be explored.

:: the beauty of coming together in joy and sorrow of our collective sufferings and redemptions.

there is a deep seeded heartbreak within this collection, as true as the bright tearful eyes of hope. if tea is to be the medicine of our people, than ever relevant may it be in uncovering truths of the experience of our modern age. may tea be the tempest as it is the harmony.

———

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔
twelve teas, six images, one full length album & a body of words
available Friday April 11

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 is my attempts to articulate the dysphoria of intergenerational asian diaspora through imagery, sound, word & tea.

this collection is my interpretation of my own processes and feelings coming up against the experiences, narratives and feelings of abandoning culture and the push, pull, fury & grace of the journey back up the mountain to cultural reclamation.

the main sources of inspiration and contemplation ponders

:: the rejection and abandonment of culture in the face of western frameworks

:: the impacts of colional conditioning. feeling
too Asian, too white- never quite fitting respectively anywhere but between.

:: the rediscovery of culture, relearning culture and the interplay of deep knowing and imposter syndrome.

:: the confusion of diaspora growing up criticised and oppressed for culture, finding a means to survive through assimilation and the realities of the fragmentation of self as the modern world starts to assume ownership and glorification of culture, cultural practice and way.

:: neo colonialism through western spirituality. cultural appropriation & romanticism.

:: the power and recognition of creating language, space and community for these themes and feelings to be explored.

:: the beauty of coming together in joy and sorrow of our collective sufferings and redemptions.

there is a deep seeded heartbreak within this collection, as true as the bright tearful eyes of hope. if tea is to be the medicine of our people, than ever relevant may it be in uncovering truths of the experience of our modern age. may tea be the tempest as it is the harmony.

———

… 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔
twelve teas, six images, one full length album & a body of words
available Friday April 11

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

i’ve been receiving a lot from the commitment to this space that this practice and this community has asked of me.

something to ground into, cultivate focus and sensitivity amidst the ever storming seas of my past year.

i’ve found a fortuitous responsibility in holding consistency for a community of beautiful people, as my internal landscapes have drifted, reshaped and collapsed in beneath the waves of intrapersonal devesation.

it’s strangely beautiful to access such coherent throughlines of love and mental sharpness
in dance with deep pain and lethargy

learning my way through this teahouse
has taught me worlds
within worlds
within worlds

how to care
how to tend
how to surrender
to embolden
how to rest
how to serve
to receive

in the heart of such honest suffering

i’m grateful to have discovered such meaning that ever expands and falls into itself
through the spectral grief of becoming.

every sunrise beside millewa has been quaint and sacred. a frail uncoiling of old pains, finding solace in the sweeping song of reeds and morning wildlife
learning harmony amidst trembling waters

a dancing flower
cascading shadows between fickle glimmers of light reminders—
mortal, harrowing, some right cheerful in the face of encompassing adversary

harmony teaches
in the act of listening

may I remember to listen

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

1 year of a space of subtle bodies.

from some moments in-between.

never could I have imagined the beauty and holding this space has provided. thank you for everything.

🤍

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

to coincide with the teahouse’s first birthday, I am very, very excited to share that we are hosting a new series of workshops + an immersion throughout February and March!

understanding tea
is a series of contemplative and practical workshops designed to refine learnings,
solidify discipline & open one all to the deeper nuances of what a life in communion with tea can bring.

please take a moment to read about them below in the comments below 🤍

comment “cha” for pre-sale access & bundle discounts.

I rest here, tired
observing the dust
caking onto the inside of the window
render stains adorning 20 year old tatami laid out in the sunken cave where we meditate.

I realise a shift in the way I embrace the wabi in every detail left unfinished- rather than a constant stream of thoughts to tend and to finish

a single drop of tea so poetically sinking into the fibres of the chabu.

makes sign that I am here

staring through the crack in the wall
where the light starts to bleed in.

I’ve often stood by the acknowledgement that this space would be nothing but a room of clay & wood without those rest within it.

to stop and reflect on this contemplative little teahouse these past days has felt special.
there are many of you that held both me and this space of subtle bodies up while we were finding form again and again.

there were 46 people that came and helped in various shapes & sizes throughout the build. and a over a dozen of you just now who have seemed to have found refuge here enough that you’ve started to become vital pillars holding the foundations that we’ve built.

there is no way we would have made it into form, through the winter, through dad’s illness & the limitation of my inner beliefs-
through this all and back to my own emotion finding process just now
without you.

to feel life in this space exceed me, my vision and my outpouring is quite possibly one of the warmest things I’ve experienced this year. learning solace in the hearts of all those that have become community pillars, advocates for this practice, this space and this commentary of our environment.

words have felt elusive for some months now
but please know, I’m dearly grateful.

thank you 🤍

cha • a space of subtle bodies

A clip from last week @subtlebodies.space new event series - Reverie.

The soil of this space is so fertile - oscillate toward it if you’re as thirsty as we are for a womb like void, experimental music, reimagining the ‘gig’, meeting with tea, meeting with tea in the vaster and varying ways.

Played an improvised journey through the album - sometimes converging into songs, sometimes eddying around a motif, sometimes deconstructing the whole thing - felt the most Mis it’s ever felt.

@n0less and @bqzrjx - two amazing rivers to coalesce with.

Playing for gong fu tea is dreams - dreaming of more and more spirallic ways to play in fertile liminal. ✨✨✨

Thanks to @m.ridley_ for the clip 📹

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

we serve tea for our BIPOC community every Friday evening
(blak, indigenous & people of colour)

it’s truly a cornerstone of my week personally. a point of meditative solace in a community of colour as we grow deeper wells of internal & collective understanding to flesh out a language articulate enough to convey what we commonly experience, feel & think.

I have learned the importance of creating a space of reverence and culture that is respectively of culture, by culture and for culture. to discern & dispel the gentrification of wellness & of cultural practices led by capitalism in disharmonious dance with individual focused, whitewashed spirituality

to better more give permission to the reclamation of spiritual spaces,
places of respite
as people of colour.

allow conversation, find strength in story
and hope in the grief of our shared oppressions.

to me, BIPOC night is all these things
boiled down into the reflection of a simple bowl of tea.

for those who relate who have yet to join us for BIPOC night tea, we’d love to welcome you

reverie returns this week to the teahouse
for its second rendition of cosy, timeless void.

our friend @jessiemonkmusic is performing & experimenting live. @michaelajbear and I will be serving gong fu tea at our new 360 tea bar.

we hope for you to find rest in this space, find kind reminders, capture and articulate what you’re feeling. access a quell, a calm.

this week, we’ll be raising money for my step father’s cancer treatment expenses.

•••

5pm - 7pm • time for a nap, some tea & your desired contemplative modality
7pm - ? • Jessie Monk & band

a contemplative modality may include a book, your knitting, a brooding idea, a pondering feeling or just yourself.

learn more about reverie in our faq attached to the last slide

🤍

reverie returns this week to the teahouse
for its second rendition of cosy, timeless void.

our friend @jessiemonkmusic is performing & experimenting live. @michaelajbear and I will be serving gong fu tea at our new 360 tea bar.

we hope for you to find rest in this space, find kind reminders, capture and articulate what you’re feeling. access a quell, a calm.

this week, we’ll be raising money for my step father’s cancer treatment expenses.

•••

5pm - 7pm • time for a nap, some tea & your desired contemplative modality
7pm - ? • Jessie Monk & band

a contemplative modality may include a book, your knitting, a brooding idea, a pondering feeling or just yourself.

learn more about reverie in our faq attached to the last slide

🤍

reverie returns this week to the teahouse
for its second rendition of cosy, timeless void.

our friend @jessiemonkmusic is performing & experimenting live. @michaelajbear and I will be serving gong fu tea at our new 360 tea bar.

we hope for you to find rest in this space, find kind reminders, capture and articulate what you’re feeling. access a quell, a calm.

this week, we’ll be raising money for my step father’s cancer treatment expenses.

•••

5pm - 7pm • time for a nap, some tea & your desired contemplative modality
7pm - ? • Jessie Monk & band

a contemplative modality may include a book, your knitting, a brooding idea, a pondering feeling or just yourself.

learn more about reverie in our faq attached to the last slide

🤍

it’s ambivalently strange to be in the desolate throes of suffering while actively holding a social presence to maintain a teahouse. the pits of dispair that crave a corner, a den, a semblance of solitude meets the hustle etho demands to share and remain open with some shade of honesty and integrity, if I am to share at all.

it’s hysterically absurd to be feeling foundations crumble as I’m building pillars to house moments upon moments of beauty. yet here we are

I’ve learnt a lot about what I value, who I have time for, what I’d rather be doing.

I keep remembering action and care go hand in hand. that community hustle & support is important well beyond the boarders of your own clique. that tea and its space is a gentle force so eloquently staunch yet holding amidst the most confronting of circumstances. that one can grab the bull by the horns and lull it into softness.

and ever greatly, I’m enamoured daily by the realisation that I couldn’t do any of this without my people. thanks if you’ve been around. I’ll get around to replying to the rest of you soon

weird times
beautiful
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