“What tea do you drink for different phases of the cycle?”

A question I get asked often:
“Do you drink certain teas at different times of your cycle? Do you stick with one tea, or switch it up daily?”

The answer:
It varies. If I really want to get to know a certain type of tea, I'll sometimes sit with one type of tea for the whole month, for a deep, enriching experience. I've also sat with the teas that relate to each phase of the menstrual cycle/ cycle of life, as I am in that phase to better understand the embodiment of my cycles as it relates to nature. I also base tea type on season and elemental influence of each type. And recently, day to day I have been body testing at the beginning of the day to see what tea my body wants instead of using logic.

My love for tea is so deep because it is cyclical just like me. It is an intuitive experience & a knowledge that is passed down from teacher to student & tea leaf to body + spirit. She has held a space for me to deepen my relationship to my womb, with the richness that the earth provides.

To understand, there must be education + embodied practice. They go hand in hand for the most enriching, deepened experience in your body & spirit. Without education, there is no foundation of lineage. Without embodiment, there is no felt sense of true connection.

The union comes through discipline + flow. My life has become clear through a way of life. In modern culture there is no way of life to follow. I believe that is why there is such confusion & disease. To be in right harmony with nature & self, to follow this way, is to live harmonious life.

~Meg Carolee Pearl @shethroughtea

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