Slow Tea — A Listening Practice

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About this audio practice

A guided audio session that pairs with a cup of tea — slow, deliberate, listening practice. Recorded in a tea house in Uji.

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Photon Mag Curator

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I came back changed in the way that matters — slowly, quietly.

Travira chose well for me. I trust them now.

The kind of attention to detail you only notice afterwards.

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Why slow

Travira makes a small number of offerings, with small groups and long timescales. Slow, for us, is not a marketing word. It is the only honest way we know to do this — to give a thing enough room to change you.

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