#Repost @beingtea (@get_repost) ・・・ hey, new followers lately - welcome! it occurred to me i've never done an "introduction" post, so here we go! -- 1) i'm suzette (sooz), Being Tea is my company of one, and i am a tea trainer, educator and project consultant. i teach on location, nationally and internationally, and now also online through patreon. my assignments can sometimes get really weird. -- 2) my absolute favorite topic to train on is professional tasting (cupping), because this stuff can get really deep. it informs, makes connections, becomes a foundation of practice, and in its own way, i believe it heals. i've taught cupping skills workshops, beginning and advanced, at tea festivals for over a decade, and i make every single class different. i plot them all year long, haha! -- 3) i've worked in tea professionally as an educator, full time, for 15 years. i received one of the biggest honors of my career this year, winning the World Tea Award for Best Tea Educator. -- 4) i've often been told one of my most distinctive/memorable features is my huge laugh. 5) and my sometimes charming, sometimes defiant hair. -- 6) @jonathanlamantia is my pea-in-a-pod partner of over 16 years. he's an artist, illustrator of creepy, weird, moody horror. -- 7) oh, hello! this is a luff. we keep a herd of plush buffalo as pets. they are "luffabo", or "luff" for short, and have a whole backstory all of their own. 8) and at least one is with me on the road, always. -- 9) i LOVE food and beverage culture. i am also exploring sobriety. i have depression and alcohol does not help. so i have been sober for over a year now. -- 10) i believe in tea for supporting mental health, and am developing a program called Tea Mindfulness Therapy. i teach courses in this online and in studios, including Tea Meditation + Journaling, and Tea Ceremony, Deconstructed. -- ✨THANK YOU✨ for your support and for letting me share a little backstory here 🙏🍵 . . . #beingtea #livemoretea #tea #introductionfriday #tealife #meettheteacher #introduction #teaeducation #luff #sobriety #healthyliving #selfcare #workfromhome #timefortea #selfemployedlife #freelance #teatraining #cupping #patreon #greentea #chi (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnudhALBMlj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hl9toid90w2r
