There will be space for being, resting, feeling energy, and simply lying there with shiny eyes and a dumb smile on your face.

This will be the bit when everyone gets it: that nothing means much, and everything is immensely beautiful.

“It calmed me down then it carried me into a Zen-like experience”

Fiona

“I can't believe tea can do this.”

Claire

“I could feel my whole body literally vibrate with energy”

Mairead

You will return home more relaxed than you can possibly imagine; feeling fully well and at ease - and with the knowledge (and some of this rare tea) to have your own ceremonies at home.

Gaia is the co-founder of the Hill and teaches F**k it and other workshops on the subject of liberation and dissolving. During the week she will also be using her renowned intuitive touch and abilities with energy.

After the success of Gaia's Tea Ceremonies, at The Hill and in the UK, she now is running a full week around the tea for the first time this year.

For those of you who have experienced one of her ceremonies, you'll know that this is no ordinary tea: and that this will be no ordinary week. In fact, the rare Chinese teas that Gaia uses are more adequately described as 'Liquid Energy' than 'Tea'.

This week will combine three elements to create a beautiful experience:

- the rarest, most astonishing Chinese teas you'll ever come across

- the blissful environment that is The Hill That Breathes

- the wonder that is YOU.

In ceremonies, Gaia's teas have often been called 'liquid energy'. Their effect is astonishing. Each tea has a different energy and creates different experiences. One of her green teas clears the head and promotes creativity. The White tea gets everyone beautifully zoned out. The Oolongs are magical: people become deeply calm and gently defocused, like in meditation, while energy pulsates around the body.

She even has a 'happy' tea.

During this week Gaia (who has studied the powerful energetic effects of tea with two Chinese masters over the last few years) will make these teas for the group, on low tables in the beautiful dome, surrounded by the woods.

As minds liquefy, thoughts disappear, relaxation and ease arise, and different states are experienced, it will be natural (and unavoidable) to move from sitting sipping tea, to lying down on the cushions, just being; a state of simple contentment arising in everyone.