Tea Hut Courses

Over the years, we have collaborated with many beautiful people in our tea ceremonies and workshops around the world. Wu De and Dave Melladew teamed up in the autumn of 2017 to offer a Tea, Zen and Qigong retreat here in Taiwan. We head up into the mountains near the Center—to an area called Nan Zhuang, which is coincidentally where we hope to build Light Meets Life. For seven days, participants meditated, drank lots of tea, practiced Qigong, had acupuncture treatments, took Chinese herbs and listened to these two experienced teachers lecture on these three topics, weaving their teachings through each other. The week was extremely successful, and everyone left a bit brighter than when they’d come, uplifted in body, mind and spirit. Wu De and Dave both reported that they inspired each other. Participants also felt the cooperative efforts of the two, and the way their teachings wove together seamlessly. It was a great retreat, and we knew that it would be historic and way under-attended, mostly due to financial and geographical limitations. We had the foresight to record Wu De and Dave’s discourses, remastering them and offering all the Zen and Qigong discourses for each day in one set. The tea lectures are not included as Wu De did not want to record the tea classes, much of which were hands-on and, he feels, demand that participants be there in person. Still, the Zen and Qigong lectures are rich enough for you to listen, learn and maybe even use in your own personal retreats at home.

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