How
to Sit and Stand for Tea Ceremony
By
Eri Okada
There
are four major points to the tea ceremony. The first is the way
to sit down and the way to stand up. The second is the way to bow,
and the third is the way to open and close the fusuma door. The
last point is the way to walk.
Today,
I am going to teach you the way to sit down and stand up for a woman
attending a tea ceremony.
First,
she should sit "seiza" style with enough space between
the knees to fit a fist.
She
should rest on her heels and spread the heels open so that the big
toes are overlapping each other.
Lastly,
she should straighten her spine and bend slightly while drawing
in her chin.
When
standing up, she should push from the tips of her toes and stand
up.
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