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Korean Philosophy & Pedagogy: Grounded Practices for Liminal Classrooms KoreaMaria Tea Time Workshop | February 2026 Teaching often happens in between—between languages, institutions, expectations, cultures, and selves. This February Tea Time workshop offers a calm, inclusive space for educators and community members to pause in that “between,” and to reflect together through conversation rather than lecture. Drawing on Korean philosophical traditions and everyday pedagogical practice, the gathering blends short readings, gentle sensory grounding, dialogue, and an embodied calligraphy practice. No prior background in philosophy is required. Rigor emerges not through instruction or performance, but through shared attention, listening, and reflection. 📍 Location:   동구 인문학당 🕑 Time: Saturday, February 28, 2:00–4:00 pm ☕ Format: Tea, conversation, quiet practice A Note on the Worksheet Here is the quiet worksheet that will be shared for those who wish to sit with the ide...

KoreaMaria Tea Time Workshops (2026) Quarterly | Community‑rooted | Reflection‑centered KMTTW are gentle, place‑based gatherings for educators, artists, activists, and community learners who want to slow down and think together—carefully, relationally, and in conversation with Korean philosophical traditions. These workshops are not lectures or training sessions. They are reflective spaces rooted in Jeollanam‑do, nourished by tea and dialogue, and oriented toward ethical pedagogy, cultural inquiry, and lived professional practice. Purpose To foster grounded, reflective professional development rooted in place , Korean cultural values , and pedagogical inquiry —accessible to local educators and community members across Jeonnam. KMTTW hold space for people who work with others—teachers, facilitators, artists, NGO workers, and learners—to reflect on how and why we teach, guide, care, and create. What to Expect Tea‑centered, small‑group gatherings Short shared readings or framing texts S...

Week 4: The Voice Within Introduction This week invites you to turn toward voice—not as something to perfect or project, but as something to listen to . The voice we explore here is not only spoken language. It is breath, vibration, tone, silence, and the inner knowing that forms before words. In the rhythm of the 6-Week Gentle Arc of the Threshold Practices: A Seasonal Circle for Sensory Healing and Meaning-Making , Week 4 arrives at a tender place. Having already attuned to body, scent, color, and sensation, we now pause at the threshold between inner experience and expression. This is a space where many of us carry hesitation, history, or fatigue. Here, voice is approached gently, with choice, care, and curiosity. The practices offered—affirmations, vocal toning, and chakra chanting—are invitations, not requirements. You may speak aloud, hum softly, whisper, or simply listen. You may find resonance in sound, or in the quiet between sounds. All forms of participation are valid. What ...

  Save the Date 🌱 The Afterword Circle Reflections with Art, Place & Transition Quarterly Gwangju Art Discovery Circle 🗓 Friday, April 25 🕑 2:00 pm 📍 Downtown Gwangju (exact starting point shared soon) Spring Theme: Emerging Selves This spring gathering begins with a slow walk among the Gwangju Folly sites—public artworks that live in-between form and question, permanence and change. We will move gently through outdoor follies, pausing for quiet witnessing, a short poem, and personal reflection on liminal space, transition, and becoming. What to expect Meet-up near a downtown art site Slow, optional walking (alone or in pairs) Quiet reflection through journaling, mapping, or brief poetry Circle time at a nearby café, tea house, or picnic spot Optional sharing (always an invitation, never a requirement) A simple closing ritual (stone, seed, folded note, or tea toast) No art background needed. No pressure to speak. Just showing up as you are ...

February 틈 Reflective Practice Gathering 2026 Year in RP: An Introduction to the Series 틈: Where Thought Finds Breathing Room February 2026 — Who Gets to Rest? February 7, 2026 Saturday at 2pm | Gwangju 📍 DX Café February Reflective Practice Gathering Who Gets to Rest? February often arrives heavy. The year is in motion, energy is uneven, and rest can begin to feel conditional: something postponed, justified, or quietly rationed. In teaching and care-facing work, rest is rarely neutral. It is shaped by culture, hierarchy, gender, precarity, and invisible labor. This month’s 틈 gathering turns gently toward those questions. Not to solve them, but to notice how they live in our bodies, habits, and professional lives. This gathering is hosted as part of my own ongoing Reflective Practice. Others are welcome to join if the pace, tone, and intention feel supportive. Guiding Theme Who Gets to Rest? Rather than offering self-care strategies, February’s reflection invites attention to: how we...

  Week 3: Scent + Color as Prayer Introduction This week invites you to listen through the senses — not as stimulation, but as devotion. Scent and color have always been quiet forms of prayer. They orient us without argument, guiding attention through warmth, brightness, shadow, and tone. Before language, before explanation, the senses know how to bow, how to linger, how to clear space. You are invited to work slowly this week, choosing only what calls to you. Create a small scent altar or carry a fragrance as companion. Take a color walk and let one hue find you — in the street, the sky, a shop window, a memory. Gather discarded materials and turn them gently toward beauty, practicing the art of seeing value where it’s been overlooked. Citrus, lavender, and sandalwood offer different ways of arriving — energy, trust, depth — but there is no hierarchy here. One scent, one color, one simple gesture is enough. Let your senses become your compass. Let beauty guide without demanding me...