Mindful Tea Tasting: Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub × Bird & Blend

Leave the working day behind with guided mindfulness and a Bird & Blend tea tasting. Slow down, notice more and taste tea differently. What if the cup of tea you drink every day could show you something new? September often brings a familiar sense of starting again: new routines, fresh ideas and the possibility of learning something unexpected. But learning does not have to mean studying. Sometimes it begins by slowing down and becoming curious again. Join Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub and Bird & Blend for a relaxed, after-work experience combining guided mindfulness with tea tasting. Together, we will explore beginner’s mind: the mindfulness practice of setting aside what we think we already know and approaching a familiar experience with fresh attention. We will begin with something many of us encounter every day—a cup of tea. What happens when we pause long enough to notice its aroma, colour, warmth and flavour? What might we discover when we resist deciding immediately whether we like something? And what could change if we brought that same curiosity into the rest of our lives? What to expect • A gentle introduction to beginner’s mind • Guided mindfulness in a welcoming community setting • Tea tasting with Bird & Blend • Time to slow down and notice the experience through your senses • Tea, curiosity, conversation and perhaps a few surprises You do not need any previous experience of mindfulness or specialist knowledge of tea. Come because you love tea, because you are curious about mindfulness, or simply because you would value time to step away from the day's rush and try something different. You are welcome to attend on your own or with someone else. Event details Thursday 24 September 2026 6pm–7.30pm £15 per person — tea tasting included Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub 1st Floor, 15 Carliol Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6UF The Resilience Hub is a welcoming, inclusive, non-crisis wellbeing and community space in the heart of Newcastle—a place to pause, connect, try something new and feel part of something. Book your place and experience tea differently. Can’t make this date? Visit www.mindfultherapies.org.uk to discover more Resilience Hub activities, workshops and community events. There are plenty of other opportunities to pause, connect and try something new.