DECADENT DEATH

Decadent Death is a journey into the depths of Being. In this experience, we are given the opportunity to get to the root of our suffering and liberate ourselves from karmic cycles for good. As we shed old stories and skins, we remember who we are and why we are here. We are invited to reclaim our power and own our sacred role within community.

Now more than ever, we need leaders to remember who they are and why they came here. This is a space for the leaders of tomorrow to self-initiate themselves into their power and their purpose and network with likeminded and hearted leaders.

Structure:

⟢Live gatherings over zoom on Saturday mornings at 9am PST (11/23, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21). Recordings sent out within 24 hours.

⟢Decadent Death Telegram Chat: In between our calls, you are invited to join our group telegram chat where I will share contemplations, intuitions, and answer any questions that may arise during your Decadent Death experience.

𖦹 ADD ON: Those in need of deeper, 1-on-1 support have the option of adding 1-on-1 sessions with me for $228/hour or monthly support for $1026/month

𖦹 ADD ON: A hand-packed nourishment package lovingly and intuitively curated by Sarah. Nourishment will include some combination of tea, herbs, incense, books to support your journey (add on option available at check out for $200)

Are you ready to step into your power and your purpose?

Reserve your spot using the link below. Spots are limited.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air.  We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea - use code TERRANOVA for 15% off your first order!

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air.  We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air.  We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close.”

- Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Coming together in community to share and be witnessed in our grief is one of the most ancient community healing rituals. Whether you are feeling your way through a recent loss or one from decades ago, you are invited to come and share what’s on your heart and be held by community.

This is a complimentary gathering for both our Creator Membership and Community Membership.

If you are not a member yet and would like to join the Terra Nova community, Sign Up on Substack

The Salon is a private social gathering where members of the Terra Nova community come together to openly discuss art, literature, philosophy, spirituality, and music.

Each month a different community member hosts The Salon and facilitates discussion around a particular focus.

MONEY!!! We love to love it. We love to hate it. Let’s get real about one of the least comfortable things to talk about.

Bring your money worries, questions, shame, guilt, your debt, whatever you got. Let’s air out our secrets and bring some light to the shadows. Let’s bring some levity into a topic that can be overly serious.

I will share my honest journey with money, which has been a long and winding journey. My Scorpio sun, moon, mercury, and pluto all in the 2nd house of MONEY and self-worth - it’s been a big theme in my life.

I’m not promising any answers, but I do hope to bring some new perspectives into the space and dig a little deeper into how we relate to and exchange money.

If you have any specific questions you’d like me to contemplate beforehand, you’re welcome to email me.

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive 50% off of The Salon. Please use the discount code found under the Substack Gatherings section at checkout. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for The Salon, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

HUMAN DESIGN ANONYMOUS

Calling all human design addicts…

Kodie and Sarah met through the human design community. Over the last few years of friendship, we’ve dove deep into the magic and mysteries of the human design system. Every gate, line and center…analyzing all the people on our fractal. Seeing these energetics play out in real life with astounding precision.

But then we reached a point where we became frustrated with the system and annoyed at ourselves for getting stuck in the patterns. We can see them - great. But now what?

Then, we realized…

Human Design is about cultivating awareness. But awareness is not enough. Seeing these energetic patterns play our is not enough. It’s what we do once we are able to see clearly - that is the juice of “the work”. This is the life changing part of the work. That is how we truly take responsibility for our lives and our role in this world.

That is how we begin to shape our realities - to become Creators of our world.

Awareness it the first step. Embodiment comes next.

Topics we discuss:

• the moon as lock, key and doorway

• the red vs. the black and the true potential of the design side

• moving from awareness to embodiment

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air.  We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON

Exploring the energetic tides of the Moon and other celestial bodies from within.

✷ You are done riding the energetic roller coaster of the lunar tides and are ready to reclaim your sovereignty.

✷ You are looking to anchor the spiritual knowings of your mind into a somatic awareness of your own body.

✷ You are ready to detach from the outer authority of esoteric systems and learn the language of your own energy.

The moon can be a key to our personal liberation or it can be the cyclically revolving cage that keeps our solar light hidden. We get to decide how we interact with the driving force of the moon. Whether or not we get dragged along the emotional tidal waves of the moon's force is ours to choose. And the first step is feeling it in our body and reflecting on the patterns that drive our subconscious behaviors.

If we choose to liberate ourselves from this cage, we begin to anchor into a deeper knowing of the light we share into the world. This key accesses the door to deeper, more subtle layers of our subconscious world. We begin to hear the whisperings of our body. We begin to identify the inherited programs of our genetics and free ourselves from generational baggage. 

We can loop old patterns over and over or we can begin to spiral upward towards our integrated actualized selves. The moon gives us a key to the locked door of fully coming home to our light.

Hosted by Terra Nova’s community reflector, Kodie Smiley

6/3 reflector on Cross of Dominion

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Terra Nova Community Members receive $20 off lifetime access to MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air.  We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

HUMAN DESIGN ANONYMOUS

Calling all human design addicts…

Kodie and Sarah met through the human design community. Over the last few years of friendship, we’ve dove deep into the magic and mysteries of the human design system. Every gate, line and center…analyzing all the people on our fractal. Seeing these energetics play out in real life with astounding precision.

But then we reached a point where we became frustrated with the system and annoyed at ourselves for getting stuck in the patterns. We can see them - great. But now what?

Then, we realized…

Human Design is about cultivating awareness. But awareness is not enough. Seeing these energetic patterns play our is not enough. It’s what we do once we are able to see clearly - that is the juice of “the work”. This is the life changing part of the work. That is how we truly take responsibility for our lives and our role in this world.

That is how we begin to shape our realities - to become Creators of our world.

Awareness it the first step. Embodiment comes next.

Topics we discuss:

• the moon as lock, key and doorway

• the red vs. the black and the true potential of the design side

• moving from awareness to embodiment

MEMBERS: Terra Nova community members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the coupon code found under the Substack Gatherings section at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

NON-MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our membership but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

Sound baths are portals to your true self. Through the gentle, soothing and nourishing waves of frequencies your body, mind and soul are being guided back into their original state without you having to do anything but lay there and receive. It is a deeply sensual, magical, healing and relaxing experience - a chiropractic attunement for your energetic body. Each sound bath begins with a welcoming practice, followed by a sound experience and ends with an integration practice. Bring your journal and get comfortable and cozy.

For an optimal listening experience, Cora recommend’s using headphones or connecting your computer to a speaker.

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for this experience, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air. We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy gaiwan or teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

The Salon is a private social gathering where members of the Terra Nova community come together to openly discuss art, literature, philosophy, spirituality, and music.

Each month a different community member hosts The Salon and facilitates conversation around a particular topic.

On September 14th, Alison Skoff will host The Salon, diving deep into Saturn’s secrets.

Generally speaking Saturn’s darker persona is universally recognized in the mainstream. He is known as malefic. Words like restriction, discipline, unyielding, inflexible, rule-bound tend to make one feel a sense of contraction. 

Yet, he also carries the gift of the initiator who, for the cost of our authenticity (which as a social planet, Saturn demands in service our our individual and collective evolution), offers us greater consciousness, self-understanding and eventually freedom. 

Join us in The Salon as we take a new look at how Saturn is serving our evolution and how turning towards Saturn may unlock deeper layers of freedom.

If you are unfamiliar with your Saturn placements, pull your astrology and human design chart and bring them to The Salon.

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive 50% off of The Salon. Please use the discount code found under the Substack Gatherings section at checkout. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for The Salon, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.

Join the Terra Nova community for our opening ceremony. We will begin with a meditation, tune into the frequency of Terra Nova, share our intentions for opening up this space, and open up the space for any questions. The opening ceremony is complimentary for both our Creator Members (paid) and Community Members (free).

5:00 pm PDT/6:00 pm MDT/8:00 pm EDT

If you would like to join the Terra Nova community, Sign Up on Substack and click the link below to join us for the opening ceremony.

MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON

Exploring the energetic tides of the Moon and other celestial bodies from within.

✷ You are done riding the energetic roller coaster of the lunar tides and are ready to reclaim your sovereignty.

✷ You are looking to anchor the spiritual knowings of your mind into a somatic awareness of your own body.

✷ You are ready to detach from the outer authority of esoteric systems and learn the language of your own energy.

The moon can be a key to our personal liberation or it can be the cyclically revolving cage that keeps our solar light hidden. We get to decide how we interact with the driving force of the moon. Whether or not we get dragged along the emotional tidal waves of the moon's force is ours to choose. And the first step is feeling it in our body and reflecting on the patterns that drive our subconscious behaviors.

If we choose to liberate ourselves from this cage, we begin to anchor into a deeper knowing of the light we share into the world. This key accesses the door to deeper, more subtle layers of our subconscious world. We begin to hear the whisperings of our body. We begin to identify the inherited programs of our genetics and free ourselves from generational baggage. 

We can loop old patterns over and over or we can begin to spiral upward towards our integrated actualized selves. The moon gives us a key to the locked door of fully coming home to our light.

Hosted by Terra Nova’s community reflector, Kodie Smiley

6/3 reflector on Cross of Dominion

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Terra Nova Community Members receive $20 off lifetime access to MOUNTAIN ON THE MOON.

GONG FU CHA - 功夫茶 - the Chinese art of preparing tea.

Tea is steeped into the foundation of Terra Nova.

I fell in love with the practice of artistically preparing and drinking tea in 2021, around the time the Terra Nova vision first came through my body and started brewing in my consciousness. In fact, nearly all of the founding members of Terra Nova came into my life through tea sits that lasted all day at West China Tea.

Steep after steep, the tea began to breathe Life into the vision. We sat around the tea table at my home in Austin and spoke our wildest dreams into existence. Our words and laughs lingered in the incense filled air. We dared not only to imagine our visions for Terra Nova, but tuned into the sensations of it, as if we were already there, experiencing it for ourselves. Terra Nova is the frequency that naturally arises around the tea table. A space where all are invited to freely express themselves and be received and loved on by the community.

That’s the power of tea. It brings us into the present moment through a luxurious journey through the senses. It is simple and profound. Words don’t have to be exchanged, but there is without a doubt an exchange happens when you share a cup of tea with someone. You are connected by the leaf, which naturally reminds you of your inherent connection to all Life. For me, what matters, is how it makes you feel. Not just the tea itself, but the experience of steeping in presence with a friend, admiring the beautiful tea wares, the sounds of the water boiling, the steam on your skin, the heavenly scent of incense burning…

Join the Terra Nova community for our bi-weekly tea ceremony. We begin every sit sipping three rounds of tea in silence and then move into conversation and connection. If you are new to tea, no need to acquire a fancy teapot (although they are quite fun). You can begin with a small bowl or cup, some loose leaf tea, and some hot water. If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the practice of Gong Fu Cha, we recommend starting here.

Our favorite tea purveyors:

West China Tea

Living Tea

Hidden Peak Teahouse

Grass People Tree

Song Tea and Ceramics

“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

CREATOR MEMBERS: Terra Nova Creator Members receive complimentary access to all gatherings included in their membership. Please use the code found under The Hearth on Substack to use at checkout to waive the drop in cost. Reserve your spot at the link below.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS: If you’re not ready to join our paid membership, but would like to join us for tea, you may purchase a drop in pass at the link below.