Calming Tea Meditation with a Still Life

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Announcer: This is a Getty
podcast.
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[Rising, meditative music]
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Lilit Sadoyan: Today we’re
discovering a charming
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still life painting of
a tea set from the 1780s
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by Jean-Étienne Liotard.
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[Theme music begins]
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Welcome to Our Museum
Mindfulness Meditation
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podcast, or OMMM.
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Part art history and part
meditation, we use works of
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art from the Getty collection
as inspiration for mindfulness
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and deep reflection.
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Hi, I’m Lilit Sadoyan.
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I’m a longtime meditation
practitioner and museum
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educator at Getty.
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Thanks for joining me
as we bring mindfulness
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out of the gallery and
into our daily lives.
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Today, we’re taking a moment to
pause with mindful tea drinking
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as we explore an 18th-century
still life painting of a tea
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set by Jean-Étienne Liotard.
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This episode begins with a
breathing exercise to help
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relax your body and mind.
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We’ll then give a bit of
history and context for
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the still life, and we’ll
close with a tea meditation.
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This series is also available
as an audio podcast.
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If you’d like to step away
from a screen for a few
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minutes, listen on your
favorite podcast app.
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Now, if you’re
ready, let’s jump in.
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[Gong chimes and slow,
meditative music begins]
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Go ahead and find a comfortable
meditation posture, whatever
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that means for you today.
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Maybe you’re sitting, lying
down, something that allows
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you to feel relaxed yet alert.
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And let’s start by taking a
few deep breaths together.
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In through the nose.
[inhales]
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Out through the mouth.
[exhales]
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Deep breath in.
[inhales]
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Deep breath out.
[exhales]
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One more inhale.
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And exhale.
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And just let your breathing resume
its natural rhythm as we
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explore today’s work of art.
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[Bells chime]
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Imagine that a small tea
party has just concluded.
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All the porcelain
ware and utensils are
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collected on a tray.
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On the left stands a
tall, round teapot.
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Moving clockwise from there,
and just inside the inner edge
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of the tray, are a lidded vase,
perhaps for extra tea leaves;
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two tea cups in deep saucers,
one half full with a spoon,
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the other turned over with its
spoon precariously resting on
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the edge of the saucer; a large
bowl holding a third teacup,
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saucer, spoon, and presumably
cold tea or used tea leaves
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hidden from view; a bowl of
sugar cubes with an elaborate
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pair of silver tongs positioned
across the top; a creamer, and
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three more cups and saucers
with spoons, the first of
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which is tipped on its side,
and the second two of which
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are completely upside down.
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At the center of the tray
is a dish of buttered bread.
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One piece sits on the rim,
half eaten, and looking
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closely, we find a couple
more bread crusts discarded
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about, one between the teacups
closest to the viewer, and
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another even closer, curiously
outside of the tray along the
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bottom edge of the canvas.
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For all the disarray seen in
this painting, the composition
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is also meticulously arranged.
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Organized chaos.
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The canvas is divided
horizontally into two nearly
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identical halves, with a simple
dark olive green background
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for the wall, and deep reddish
brown for the surface upon
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which the tray and tea set rest.
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The sparseness of the background
draws our focus to the textures
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and arrangement of the objects.
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Each and every item in
this painting has its place
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and purpose for inclusion.
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Everything, save a small bread
crust, fits within the tray.
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But Liotard exposes different
angles of the cups, saucers,
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and accessories, which
gives us a fuller view
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of the objects featured.
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Even the spoons rest at
odd, but intentional angles.
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They all appear before us
as if on a stage, like a
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spotlight is shone upon them.
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Liotard’s attention to
rendering different surfaces
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is likewise striking.
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The objects reflect the
light in their unique ways.
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The gleam of the highly polished
silver spoons, the light amber
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of the half consumed tea and
slightly refracted spoon inside
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it, the opaque and unevenly
spread butter on the bread,
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the rounded porcelain ware,
and even the faux lacquer tray,
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whose floral pattern can just
barely be discerned in the
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space between the porcelain,
but also whose polished dark
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surface subtly reflects the
porcelain objects as well.
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I often consider both the
compositional and personal
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perspectives of this painting.
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We’re looking down upon
it from a high viewpoint,
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but whose perspective do
we, the viewer, embody?
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The presumably elite members
of the upper class who have
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just enjoyed the tea and bread?
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Or the servant who’s
left to clean it up?
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The highly illusionistic style
in which Liotard painted this
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work makes the painting feel so
three-dimensional that one can
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almost mistakenly pick up the
painting instead of the tray.
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What Liotard captured here is
the aftermath of human presence,
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a kind of intimate sociability
which is implied and not shown.
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It’s an image of some time
that has already passed.
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Similarly, it’s almost
impossible for me to see each
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piece of porcelain or cube
of sugar in this painting
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without thinking of the
human networks of global
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trade that made it happen.
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The tea set is composed of
luxurious Chinese porcelain.
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It was the type of porcelain
created for export and decorated
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in the Mandarin or image
pattern, which depicted courtly
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figures in Mandarin dress and
leisurely scenes of daily life.
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While the tea set was imported
from China, the tray has
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been identified as painted
tin or tôle, which was an
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inexpensive version made
to imitate Asian lacquer.
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In 18th-century Europe, tea
drinking and Chinese porcelain
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were at the height of fashion.
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The tea itself was also
imported from China.
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Tea first arrived in France
via Dutch traders in the 17th
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century, but because of its
high price, it was a status
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symbol almost exclusively
used by the aristocracy.
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By the following century when
this painting was made, tea
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drinking was all the rage among
the middle and upper classes.
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[Slight music plays]
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Born in Geneva in 1702,
Jean-Étienne Liotard first
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trained as a miniature painter.
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He later moved to Paris, but was
rejected by the Académie Royale,
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so he spent a large part of his
life traveling throughout Europe
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and the Mediterranean painting
portraits of the upper class.
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He became best known for
his strikingly realistic
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renderings in pastel.
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While he lived to be 86,
Liotard only began painting
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tea and coffee sets in the last
couple decades of his life.
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Today, only five of these
kinds of paintings are known.
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One of the most fascinating
aspects of this present painting
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is that Liotard was not only
a painter of paintings, but
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a painter of porcelain too.
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He sometimes painted on
porcelain which he made himself.
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And although the porcelain
represented here is from
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China, we have a meta
moment in this painting.
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A painting of porcelain that
is itself painted, with the
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added layer of Liotard’s
artistic understanding
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and embodied knowledge
as an enameler himself.
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The painted objects also
seem incredibly tactile, like
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they’re asking to be touched.
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The handleless cups need to
be picked up and held in the
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palm of the hand, the tiny
spoons and tongs delicately
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positioned between fingertips.
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Even the width of the
tray appears proportioned
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to the comfortable reach
of outstretched arms.
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So let’s accept this invitation
and practice the same kind
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of awareness and presence
with a tea meditation.
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A tea meditation offers
numerous benefits for the
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mind, body, and spirit.
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It combines the principles
of mindfulness with the
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calming ritual of tea
preparation and drinking.
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Take a moment now to prepare
for our tea meditation.
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You can press the pause button
while you boil water, prepare
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your cup, and select your tea.
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And after you pour the hot
water into your cup and brew
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your tea, find a space where
you can sit comfortably and
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without interruption, and
come back to this meditation.
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[Gong chimes and
slow, meditative music begins]
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Take a moment now to set
yourself up for restfulness.
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Find ease in your body and
establish a sense of comfort,
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whatever you need today.
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We’ll begin by taking a
few deep breaths together.
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If you feel comfortable, I
invite you to close your eyes.
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Use this time to go inward.
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Let’s start by taking a deep
breath in through the nose.
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[inhales]
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Out through the mouth.
[exhales]
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Deep breath in.
[inhales]
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Deep breath out.
[exhales]
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Inhale.
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Exhale.
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Now just let your breathing
resume its natural rhythm.
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There’s no need to force
or extend the breath.
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Let your body do what
it does very naturally.
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And gently bring your attention
to the ways that the breath
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moves in and out of your body.
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Notice the sensation
around your nostril.
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The temperature and the
texture every time you
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breathe in and breathe out.
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Notice the rise and
fall of your chest.
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And if your breath is
deeper than that, again,
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no need to force it.
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Soft belly.
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Feel your abdomen
swell and subside.
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[Silence]
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If your mind starts to
wander, that’s okay.
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It’s completely natural.
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But when you notice that
your mind has drifted off,
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gently bring your attention
back to your breath.
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[Silence]
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Notice the pace.
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Notice the sensation.
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Notice yourself
breathing here and now.
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Take a moment now
to set an intention.
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There’s nothing to achieve,
just something to gently
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orient your attention towards.
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It may be an intention
to slow down.
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To pause.
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To be present.
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To practice gratitude.
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Whatever is coming
up for you today.
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And if your eyes are closed, I
invite you to gently open them.
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Bring your full attention
to each movement.
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First, notice any impulse
you may feel to reach
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for the cup right away.
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Just observe that urge.
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Practicing non-doing
may feel unfamiliar.
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Just let it be without judgment.
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Notice the feeling of patience.
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Let your hands just
rest where they are.
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Look closely at the
tea in your cup.
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Its hue, its clarity.
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The way light reflects
off of its surface.
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Watch the steam rise
and dissolve into the
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air in delicate strands.
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Notice the cup itself.
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Look at it with a sense of
wonder and be aware of any
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thoughts or memories that arise
when you look at this object.
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See if there’s a sense of care,
respect, or appreciation for
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this important object that
shares the space with you.
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Now reach for the
cup and pick it up.
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Let your grip be gentle.
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Sense the warmth spreading
through your palms and
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fingers as you hold it.
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Let the feeling of
appreciation settle in.
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Slowly bring the cup
closer and pause.
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Take in the aromas. [inhales]
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Notice the temperature on your
inhale as you smell your tea.
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Notice if the fragrance
brings up any memories here.
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Acknowledge them and
gently guide your attention
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back to your breath
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When you’re ready,
take your first sip.
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Notice how the tea
feels in your mouth.
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Feel its texture, its heat,
the way it moves down your
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throat when you drink it.
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See if you can even feel
it move down your chest.
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Notice what lingers,
and stay with the
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experience sip after sip.
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Just be fully present
in the here and now.
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Just this sip, just this breath.
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Allow things to unfold
at their own pace.
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Know that in this stillness,
there’s nowhere else
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to be, nothing else to
do but to be here now.
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See what you can
quietly let go of here.
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Let your body be at ease now.
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Let the breath be effortless.
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See if you can be fully present
with one thing at a time.
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Give it your complete
and undivided attention.
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Just this tea, just this moment.
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And as you sit here, you may
notice that the world feels
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slightly quieter, that it has
slowed down because you have.
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Taking this time to just
be present with your
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tea, a simple exchange
between you and the tea.
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As you enjoy your tea,
continue to hold the
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sense of quiet presence.
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Notice what has shifted,
however subtle or obvious.
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Maybe it’s the slowing down
of thoughts, softening in
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the body, or simply having
arrived in the here and now.
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And see if there’s a sense of
gratitude here, anything you
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appreciate, even in a small way.
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Gratitude can begin with
something as simple as
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this tea, the warmth in
your hands, the time you’ve
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given yourself to pause.
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You have carved out the
time for yourself here.
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Let’s return to our breath and
close our practice by taking
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a full deep breath together.
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Inhale.
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Sigh it out.
[exhales]
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Thank you so much
for joining me.
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[Meditative music
slowly fades out]