Thursday, November 19, 2020 - City greenery: Central Park & MoJoosh reflections.

A few steps inside of Central Park, this morning I sat on a bench and sipped from a cup of English Breakfast tea. The park, like the city, was quiet, and the air was cool and crisp. A woman in a teal coat and black denims walked by and spoke “It’s pretty chilly out!” I looked out over the park and smiled, “A little.” She laughed, “A little?” Then waved goodbye.

A few moments later, knowing that I’d be heading down to Park Slope and interviewing MoJoosh’s founder, Ting, in a few hours, I enjoyed my first tea meditation: no setting a timer or anything; no counting breaths. Just stay silent and calm, and watch the trees and the leaves and the sky in the distance, and don’t do anything else until the cup of tea that you’re drinking from is empty. Or as Ting would put it, “You can forget about yourself and follow the tea.”