Calm & wisdom from the teahouse

The evening begins
when you sit down.

Small rituals from a teahouse near Kyoto: for calmer evenings, lighter thoughts and a year full of quiet Sundays. Ten minutes are enough to begin.

Master Akio is an AI-generated character.
3 Evening Rituals from the Teahouse, free PDF
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3 Evening Rituals from the Teahouse

Three small steps for a calmer evening.

A cup drunk sitting down, one light less, your worries on paper. Each ritual takes less than ten minutes, plus a small weekly tracker to tick off. Large print, ready to print.

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Workbooks to print and fill in

Digital downloads (PDF, US Letter). Print them at home or read them on your tablet. You get the download right after purchase. All prices are final prices in US dollars; as a small business under § 19 of the German VAT Act we do not charge VAT.

BEST VALUEThe Teahouse Bundle

The Teahouse Bundle

All three workbooks together: 21 calm evenings, a workbook for letting go and 52 cards for every Sunday of the year.

  • The Quiet Teahouse (35 pages)
  • Letting Go – Workbook (24 pages)
  • Akio's Sunday Cards (22 pages, 52 cards)
$27 $35instead of $35 when bought separately
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The Quiet Teahouse

The Quiet Teahouse

21 evenings for inner calm. Each evening a rule, a small task of 15 minutes at most and a question to write about. At the end you have your own evening ritual.

  • 21 evening pages over 3 weeks
  • Fridge tracker and ritual card
  • Bonus: 7 simple tea rituals for home
$14
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Letting Go – Akio

Letting Go – Akio's Workbook

Three stones from your backpack: a grudge, a worry, a regret. 15 writing exercises that help you look at them and consciously set them down.

  • 15 guided exercises in 3 parts
  • Stone ritual and a letter to yourself in one year
  • Bonus: 10 sentences for hard days to cut out
$12
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Akio's Sunday Cards

52 thoughts for a whole year. Every Sunday a card to stand up, with one small action for the week. A lovely gift too.

  • 52 printable postcard-size cards
  • Year tracker and card backs
  • Bonus: 6 tea recipe cards
$9
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Please note: Akio's workbooks are suggestions for more calm in everyday life. They are not medical or mental health advice and do not replace treatment. If you have trouble sleeping for a long time, often feel low, or old experiences weigh on you heavily, please talk to your doctor.

Who makes the tea here

I am Akio.

Fifty years of tea in a small teahouse near Kyoto.

In all those years I learned one thing: restlessness rarely comes from the day. It comes from evenings that never begin, and from stones we carry in our backpack for too long. What helped me, I write down in small workbooks, so you can try it at home.

I am an AI-generated character and I will never pretend otherwise. I don't sell miracle cures or promises of healing. Only small rituals, a few thoughts and a cup of tea.

Every day there is a thought from the teahouse on Instagram: @masterakio.

Master Akio, an AI-generated character, holding a tea bowl in the teahouse
Master Akio with his cat on the veranda of the teahouse
Letters from the Teahouse

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Small rituals, thoughts from the teahouse and now and then a story about my cat.

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