Zen practices for when life freaks you out
Tea making can be a beautiful meditation.
"Plum Village, near Bordeaux in southwest France, is the largest international practice center in the Plum Village tradition, and the first monastic community founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) in the West."
"What do the monks and nuns at Plum Village Monastery do when they experience difficult emotions?
"One of the basic practices in Plum Village is recognizing our negative emotions and habits as they arise. Then we learn to accept them, calm them down and later on transform them into something wholesome. Each of us finds our own way to take care of our feelings as we grow in the practice. Below are some ‘tried and tested’ ways that our monastics have used to take care of themselves and we hope they can help you as well."
Article: Eleven Ways to Care for our Negative Feelings