Surrender and Truth
Love is not sentiment, but an organizing force within the human nervous system — restoring coherence, safety, and integration when all suffering is laid bare at its feet. It is the foundational principle upon which all life is built, and from which all healing emerges.
Nigel Lott teaandzen.org
Tea & Zen is an institute of advanced contemplative and relational practices, informed by decades of experiential inquiry into psychophysiology, trauma imprinting, nervous system regulation, and the dynamics of human consciousness. They emerged not from abstraction, but from walking through devastating suffering, studying the mechanics of nervous system regulation and
We cannot rationalize our trauma out of existence. We can only release it, by feeling it fully, by crying it out, by letting the energy return to the flow. Like a baby, we must cry out, not just when the need arises, but whenever we are called to release the
It is a simple place: a home, a garden, a room where one can sit without being watched by clocks or expectations. Birds move through the air. Wind passes through leaves. Tea cools in a cup. Nothing here is arranged to impress. Everything is arranged to allow. The work that
Settle yourself gently. Allow the body to rest just as it is. There is nothing to improve in this moment. Nothing to solve. Let the breath come and go without effort. Feel the quiet rhythm of being alive. Bring to mind something you are holding tightly right now. It may