Calligraphy & Tea · 小雪 Ligth Snow

小雪 Minor Snow · Calligraphy & Intention The year's quietest gathering

Ely · Sat 5 December · Ely Museum · 10:30am–1:00pm 2.5 hours · 12 places

There is a moment in the Chinese solar calendar called 小雪 — Light Snow.

❄️ The quiet before the deep quiet. Two days after we meet, 大雪 Heavy Snow arrives, and the year turns toward its stillest point. We gather on that threshold — one year ending, one word beginning.

🖌️ CALLIGRAPHY · One Word, Written Slowly

Brush. Ink. Rice paper. No hurry at all.

You'll practise first — the weight of the brush, the way the ink moves, the breath before each stroke. Calligraphy is a settling practice; the hand slows, and the mind follows.

Then, when you're ready: one word. Or a few. Your intention for the year ahead, in English or in Chinese — I'll help you find the characters if you'd like them. Written slowly, the way intentions should be.

You don't need beautiful handwriting. The brush doesn't mind.

🍵 TEA

Two cups hold the morning. Seasonal, chosen for 小雪, Light Snow.

🌿 A DEEPER CLOSE

Like September's gathering, this one goes a little deeper. Before we finish, we sit in a circle with a guided visualisation — meeting the year ahead, gently — and each woman may speak her word aloud if she chooses. Something about saying it in a room of women makes it truer. There's no pressure. Witnessed or silent, your word is yours.

THIS GATHERING IS FOR YOU IF

December usually swallows you whole — and this year you'd like one morning that belongs to you before it does.

You'd rather begin the new year with one true word than twelve resolutions.

You're curious about brush and ink, and want to try with no one judging.

Something is ending, or beginning, and you'd like a quiet way to mark it.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your intention, in your own hand — ink on paper, ready for a frame or a drawer you'll open in spring. Your practice sheets, your noticing card, and a small tea takeaway. One clear word for the year ahead — and the stillness it was written in.

PRACTICAL DETAILS

Ely Museum · Market Street · Ely CB7 4LS Saturday 5 December · 10:30am–1:00pm Maximum 12 places

Investment Early Bird (first 3): £40 Standard: £45 TwoTogether (bring a friend): £85 for 2

Everything included: brush, ink and all papers · two seasonal teas · noticing card · guided closing circle · take-home tea

YOUR FACILITATOR

Pauline grew up in Hong Kong learning food as medicine from her Po Po — ginger tea before symptoms appeared, soups for prevention. Now an ICF PCC Body-Oriented Coach (The Somatic School, UK), she bridges East Asian ancestral practices with modern body science — helping women find their way back to themselves, one slow morning at a time.

KIND WORDS

"Absolutely lovely morning. Just what I needed. A nurturing calm space to create and relax and get back in touch with my inner soul." - Ruth

"Somehow restored... that night I slept better than I have done for many years." — Erica

"I really enjoyed the tea ceremonies and was amazed about how relaxed I felt afterwards." — Denise

何人可 — everyone can.