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-====== Tea Yoga ======
+====== Tea Yoga 茶熏瑜伽 ======
-Tea Yoga, as the name suggested, consists of both tea and yoga. But that is far from being sufficient as Tea Yoga. Tea Yoga, from a certain point of view, is a way of xxxx, i.e. practicing both your heart and body, achieving both inner peace and physical health. Tea Yoga has deep roots in the xxx in Buddhism and Taoism, which involves a lot of meditation, soothing the inner harmony.
+茶熏瑜伽是中国传统茶熏疗法与印度瑜伽相结合的养生方法，通过茶气熏面，深度清洁体内毒素，净化身心，静心放松，再配合瑜伽导引伸展舒畅，提升心智，进入深层的冥想禅定境界。
+Tea Yoga, consisting of tea facial steam and Yoga, is a way of mental and physical cultivation, for the inner peace and bodily health. It involves breathing concentration, meditation and physical exercises, and has deep roots in the philosophies and practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism.
+Technically, Tea Yoga starts from tea facial steam, with yoga afterwards. Tea steam opens the skin’s pores while deeply cleansing and rejuvenating the skin. With breathing concentration and meditation, it also helps to soothe, tranquilise and purify the mind. Then through exercise, breathing and meditation, yoga controls the body and mind to further harmonise the inner spirit with the environment, achieving enlightenment and deep tranquility.
-Starting from the physical part can help to make it easily appreciable.
 ===== Equipment of Tea Yoga =====
-  * A ceramic or china bowl, large enough to fit the practitioner's face in. A bowl with 25-cm diameter would be suitable for most people.
+  * A ceramic or porcelain bowl, large enough to fit the practitioner's face in. A bowl of diameter 25 cm is suitable for most people.
-  * A large towel, a bath towel would be suitable for this purpose.
+  * A large towel to trap the tea steam, a bath towel would be suitable for this purpose.
-  * Some Tea, according to practitioner's preference.
+  * Some tea (Green tea, oolong or black tea), according to the practitioner's preference.
-===== Procedure of Tea Yoga =====
+Place：
-==== Steaming your face ====
+A quiet room with good ventilation.
-Regardless of the kind of skin you have, whether sensitive, dry, oily or combination, regular cleansing and steaming the face will help remove more impurities effectively. Spas have long offered facial treatments that include steaming the face to open the skin pores so that blemishes can be cleared. After steaming the face, moisturizing the skin will allow the skin to remain hydrated and protected properly.
+Time:
-=== Instructions ===
+The time for tea yoga depends on the practitioner's preference. Before sleeping or after waking up is generally fine, but NOT in the following circumstances: within 1 hour after meal, after alcohol or in a bad mood.
-  * Begin by cleansing the skin with a non-abrasive soap such as glycerin or a gentle chamomile soap that contains no fragrances that can irritate the skin.
+Table and Posture:
-  * Boil the water and add the lemon slices in a large bowl. Place the bowl on a flat surface such as a counter top or table.
+The height of the table should be appropriate, so that the practitioner can easily lay the forearm on it with relaxed shoulders and arms. The practitioner can either sit up straight on the floor or on a chair.
-  * Drape a large towel around your head to trap the steam that will rise from the boiling water. Stand carefully over the bowl of hot water, while draping the towel around your head. Steam will rise to the face.
+===== Procedure of Tea Yoga Practice =====
-  * Keep your eyes and mouth closed. If you choose to add other essential oils or other herbs to the hot water, they can release into the air and may be irritating to the eyes.
+==== 1) Facial steam with hot tea 茶熏得气 ====
-  * Steam sensitive skin for no more than 10 to 15 minutes. Adding lavender, ylang ylang or Roman chamomile is appropriate for sensitive skin.
-  * Steam dry skin for up to 15 to 20 minutes as tolerated but not much longer than that. Adding lavender, Clary sage or rose essential oils are appropriate for dry skin.
-  * Steam oily skin for 15 to 20 minutes also but not to the point of discomfort. Adding lavender, tea tree oil and lemon essential oils are appropriate for oily skin.
-  * Steam combination skin that is partly dry and partly oily or perhaps somewhat sensitive, for no more than 15 minutes. Again, gauge according to your sensitivity. Adding lavender, tea tree, rose geranium or Clary sage is appropriate for combination skin.
-  * Dry your face with a towel after steaming. If you have blemishes this is the time to use sterilized tools that are designed to extract them. Do not use your hands as they may infect the blemish. Moisturize your skin according to its type and apply sunscreen to protect it.
+  * Begin by cleansing your face with a non-abrasive soap such as glycerin or a gentle chamomile soap that contains no fragrances that can irritate the skin.
+  * Boil the water and make tea in the large bowl. Place the bowl on a flat surface such as a table.
+  * Drape the large towel around your head to trap the steam that rises from the boiling water. Adjust the distance between the face and the water surface at your convenience. Steam will rise to the face.
+  * Keep your eyes and mouth closed.
+  * While steaming the face, focus on your breath and meditate.
+  * Steam skin for up to 15 to 20 minutes.
+  * Dry your face with a towel after steaming.
+  * Drink the tea according to your preference.
+==== 2)导引呼吸
+==== 3)仙女补气
+==== 4)静坐观想
+==== 5)相应冥想
+==== 6)还归原处
-The above are the superficial bit, which can easily be observed bit of Tea Yoga. The essence of Tea Yoga is the appreciation and medication upon this, the spiritual aspect.
+===== Philosophical basis of Tea Yoga =====
+  * Vimalakirti Sutra 《維摩詰經》
+  * Tao Te Ching 《道德經》
+  * The Doctrine of the Mean 《中庸》
+  * Huangdi Neijing《黃帝內經》
+  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali|Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali《瑜伽經》]]
+  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinxin_Ming|Xinxin Ming《信心銘》]]
+  * 《靜坐修道與長生不老》
+  * 《中國的品格》
-===== Meditation in Tea Yoga =====
+===== Reference =====
+http://www.ehow.com/how_4500590_steam-face.html
-===== Tea Steaming and Smoke ======
-===== Yoga =====

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