The Way of Tea for Your Health with Michelle Racich

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Education

4.4 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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#453: Today Shann has the pleasure of introducing you to Michelle Racich. Michelle is a board certified Asian Bodywork Therapist who maintains a Zen Shiatsu clinical practice at Heart of Zen. She is also teaist who brings 38 years of martial arts, qigong, and Zen background to her training in Chado, the way of tea. Michelle and her husband Doug own Plum Blossom Tea Company tea shop and tasting room, where they sell whole leaf organic teas, offer gong fu style tea tastings and host private Japanese tea ceremony. During our private tea ceremony, I was surprised by the experience. I was tasting tea in a whole new way. Savoring and experiencing the different flavor profiles of each steep. “A cup of tea is a cup of peace.” – Soshitsu Sen XV Points Covered in our conversation: Michelle's inspiration to learn Chado - The way of tea and how that turned into creating Plum Blossom Tea. How drinking tea supports people who often suffer from anxiety. Where Michelle's tea comes from and what makes it extraordinary. How Zen Shiatsu practitioner can support people who are suffering. Plum Blossom Tea Company tasting room and retail tea shop offers premium matcha, Asian teas, and teaware. Come learn how to properly whisk a bowl matcha or how to enjoy an aged pu’er Visit Michelle in person or online to expand your tea awareness and to purchase your favorites.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Anxiety Slayer I'm Shan van der Leek and this episode is brought to
0:10.4	you by the Anxiety Slayer Academy.
0:12.8	Visit anxiety Slayer.com
0:14.5	to download our free anxiety Slayer starter course.
0:17.5	Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Michelle Rassich.
0:26.0	Michelle is a board certified Asian body work therapist who maintains a Zen Chiatsu clinical practice at Heart of Zen.
0:34.6	She's also a teas who brings 38 years of martial arts,
0:39.2	Chigang, and Zen background to her training in Chado, the way of tea.
0:45.2	Michelle and her husband dug on Plum Blossom Tea Company, a tea shop and tasting room
0:50.8	where they sell whole leaf organic teas, offer gung-fu style tea tastings
0:56.0	and host private Japanese tea ceremonies.
0:59.0	And let me just tell you, I've had the pleasure
1:02.0	of experiencing a tea ceremony and I absolutely loved it and
1:06.9	then also Michelle and I've been working together now I think it's been about a year in
1:11.7	her shiatsu practice.
1:13.1	So I'm very grateful to her for so many reasons
1:16.6	and happy to introduce you to her today.
1:20.6	Hello Michelle, welcome to Anxiety Slayer.
1:23.0	Hi, Shan, thank you for inviting me to join this conversation today.
1:28.0	It's so good to have you here and I'd love to begin our conversation talking about your inspiration to learn Chado, the way of tea, and how that turned into creating plum blossom tea.
1:43.0	As you know, most of our paths are not linear.
1:49.0	Chahado inspiration probably began with the start of my martial arts studies about 38 years ago.
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