What is No Gate Tea?
The purpose of No Gate Tea is to make the practice of the Japanese Way of Tea available to a general audience in a relaxed manner. We are called No Gate because we don’t represent any particular tea school and we welcome all schools. We focus on the choreography of tea ceremony as mindfulness rather than ‘doing it right’.
We have been giving classes, workshops, demonstrations and presentations at various venues in the Bay Area since May 2015. Since January 2016, BDK America has generously sponsored our 6-weeks long course, child/ parent class, and themed workshops. |
Co-founders of No Gate Tea
David GalbraithDr. David Galbraith is a lawyer, philosopher, a writer and an architect. He is a keen student of the aesthetics of austerity and mindfulness in everyday life. He has taught law and design at universities in Britain and the United States.
At No Gate Tea, he gives lectures on history and the aesthetics of the Japanese Way of Tea. |
Yufuko Kurioka GalbraithThe Japanese Way of tea has been a part of Yufuko's life from her childhood. She studied Ura-senke school and Yabunouchi school of tea in Kyoto. She currently studies Omote-senke school of tea in Berkeley.
At No Gate Tea, she teaches the Way of Tea as a mindfulness practice and its principles. She also teaches classical yoga & meditation for the BDK local program. |