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| no_shoe_zone [2023/12/24 14:23] – 00l0ng | no_shoe_zone [2023/12/24 14:32] (current) – 00l0ng |
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| * Also, while shoes are generally rather hard, feet are softer, which makes it more comfortable for everyone when we are sitting in rounds on the floor and cushions, next to each other, around the tea tables... A foot touching a neighbors knee or foot inadvertently is much less unpleasant than a shoe. | * Also, while shoes are generally rather hard, feet are softer, which makes it more comfortable for everyone when we are sitting in rounds on the floor and cushions, next to each other, around the tea tables... A foot touching a neighbors knee or foot inadvertently is much less unpleasant than a shoe. |
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| * Also we figured that this gentle questioning of people's boundaries when i comes to comfort and getting close to each other somehow was a useful consequence: People who may dare not take the first -shoe-less- step will feel empowered once they realize it's actually cozy, comfortable and fun, to sit at the House of Tea! ;) | * Also we figured that this gentle questioning of people's boundaries when i comes to comfort and getting close to each other somehow was a useful consequence: People who may dare not take the first -shoe-less- step will feel empowered once they realize it's actually cozy, comfortable and fun, to sit at the House of Tea! ;) This questioning of the boundaries of the body and the mind, as with the sitting on the floor, in rounds, with other people instead of laptops, and to share the tea... is maybe part of what makes the House of Tea special? |
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| (Pleqse note: as with all usages and traditions that do not turn into blind and rigid rules, this one is indeed open to consensual exceptions! If you have some sort of medical condition, or a very good reason to not expose your feet without shoes, do not feel excluded! In that case maybe you could consider bringing a pair of special, clean shoes (or slippers) you could wear on our space? Or some protective caps on top of your shoes? Feel welcome in all cases, we will find a solution! <3) | (Please note: as with all usages and traditions that do not turn into blind and rigid rules, this one is indeed open to consensual exceptions! If you have some sort of medical condition, or a very good reason to not expose your feet without shoes, do not feel excluded! In that case maybe you could consider bringing a pair of special, clean shoes (or slippers) you could wear on our space? Or some protective caps on top of your shoes? Feel welcome in all cases, we will find a solution! <3) |
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