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Kagetsu Koshukai, Beginner’s Perspective

By Admin in Uncategorized
August 6, 2012
August 6, 2012

Hello fellow Tea Lovers! It’s Karla and I apologize for my long absence from the blog. I recently completed my Masters in Teaching and have been busy, busy, busy with school, student teaching and a continuing job search. Here is a lovely picture of what Oregon looks like when the sun is coming through the …

kagetsu, Karla, mindfulness, practice, timing

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Appropriate Dress

By Admin in blog post
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012

I have some new students and they were asking last week what is appropriate to wear to okeiko? What is appropriate to wear to a chakai?

The short response is kimono is always appropriate to wear in the tea room. I almost always wear kimono, whether I am teaching, or receiving a bowl of tea …

chakai, chanoyu, mindfulness, study, training

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Michael Kenna in Hokkaido

By Admin in blog post
February 7, 2012
February 7, 2012

I took the photo above rather in tribute to Michael Kenna. He is one of my favorite photographers. He first came to my attention about 15 years ago, and I have been following his career ever since. He works exclusively in Black and White film. His photos are a meditation just to look at …

appreciation, artists, meditation, mindfulness, spiritual path

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Issoan Tea School Calendar

October 21, 2018
- Hakone Dai ChakaiHakone Dai ChakaiThe Daichakai is one of the most important and enjoyable tea events in the greater Bay Area: important in that it brings together tea practitioners of different tea traditions and enthusiasm of its participants. The hope is that all who practice tea will desire to attend in order to share tea with their fellow practitioners at one of the few sites where this type of events is possible outside of Japan. Hakone Estate and Gardens
  21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070 Map
October 23, 2018
- Chado Class
  7:00 pm - 9:00 pmChado ClassTime: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  Weekly Chado class: Beginner through Intermediate. Issoan Tea School
  17761 NW Marylhurst Ct.
  Portland, OR 97229 Map
October 25, 2018
- Introduction to Chado Class
  7:00 pm - 8:30 pmIntroduction to Chado ClassTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Introduction to Chado class
  10 weeks
  The essence of Japanese culture is contained in Chado, the way of tea. Students in this class will learn the etiquette of how to be a guest at a tea ceremony, the basic order of the tea ceremony and how to whisk green powdered matcha ceremonial tea. Students will also participate in 6 Japanese tea ceremonies from informal to semi-formal tea gatherings. An overview of Japanese arts and how the tea ceremony has influenced Japanese culture will be presented. Students will learn about tea ceramics, Japanese gardens, calligraphy, kimono dressing, and incense ceremony. They will also be introduced to zazen meditation and discuss how to put tea practice into every day life. The Jasmine Pearl
  Darjeeling room
  724 NE 22nd Ave.
  Portland, OR 97232 Map
October 27, 2018
- Meito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy ExhibitionMeito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy ExhibitionMore to come More to come
October 28, 2018
- Meito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy ExhibitionMeito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy ExhibitionMore to come More to come

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Michael Kenna in Hokkaido

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