ConnectiviTEA: Tea Lovers Unite! – Traci Levy, Tea Infusiast

Traci will share the guidelines for participation–emphasizing comfort of participants and their ability to reject/choose from the prompts shared. All participants in a group, for example, must consent to a discussion prompt in order for the group to use it, etc. (The prompts aren’t generally controversial, but some–like drawing on family background drinking tea–could be sensitive to some participants.)
Traci will lead a short grounding practice, using a tea metaphor, to help people feel calmer.
Traci will divide participants into groups of people, encouraging them to group with people they don’t know or that they barely know–usually groups of three, but with some flexibility for size of audience. She’ll explain the format.
Prompt cards will be shared with each group. Groups will be invited to choose and rank the top three prompts they would like to use. Then, they’ll be guided to start by discussing their first choice. After a certain amount of time, they’ll be encouraged to move to their second choice. Depending on how long the groups are taking, we’ll either move to the third prompt or go straight to the closing part.
Everyone will rejoin together. Participants will be invited to share experiences, thoughts, and questions.
We’ll close with a short, guided graTEAtude practice.