Who is this course for

This course was created to help anyone looking to deepen a ceremonial tea practice. The curriculum was designed for those who have been practicing Cha Dao at home for some time and feel ready to take their training to the next level. We filmed it live at the Village Tea Hut in California with a small group of students who felt ready to take it. This should lend the course a sincerity and depth that will be inspirational for experienced tea people. We hope that this course provides you with a volume of new material and training, from context to practical aspects of tea that you can work on at home. 

We recommend finishing the Intro to Cha Dao course before taking this one, as this course assumes that much of that information is known to you.

Watch all the videos at your own pace, in your own home. 

There is no schedule: pause and take notes, pick up later, learning in your own way!

What you will learn

  • Strengthen the foundations of Cha Dao: wisdom and hospitality
  • In depth training on how to be a “tea apprentice,” a “cha tong”
  • Refine aspects of your ceremonial form, learning the next layers to practice
  • Investigate the motivations, attitudes and spirits that inform healthy practice
  • Learn to deepen our harmony with Nature, ourselves and others
  • Expand the basics of tea, which apply to all brewing methods
  • Deepen our understanding of tea, including blending for ceremonies
  • Water the roots of integration, further incoporating tea into daily life

What you get

  • Twelve lessons, divided into context (Heaven) and practical (Earth)
  • An introduction recorded on site to get you started
  • Bonus videos of our tea ceremonies held during the course to observe and learn from
  • A one-hour meditation instruction to deepen your meditation practice at home
  • Supplementary reading materials

Meet your teacher

For more than twenty-five years Wu De has dedicated himself to the study of Cha Dao and Zen in all their forms. Aaron Fisher was born in a very small town in Ohio and grew up practicing martial arts, which first introduced him to Eastern practices. In college, he studied anthropology and Asian philosophy. At that time, he also began a meditation practice, which ultimately led him to India upon graduation. After a few years in India, he traveled Asia, eventually settling in Japan and then Taiwan, where he has continued his studies of meditation and tea ceremony to this day. “Wu De” is his dharma name, given when he committed more deeply to Zen practice.