Episode 185: Mia Maestro

Practice You with Elena Brower

On the Way of Tea, the practice of service, the meaning of presence and the medicine of silence.

• (1:46) – Tea, presence, and mindfulness.
• (5:48) – Tea, meditation, and prison reform.
• (11:52) – Buddhist chaplaincy training and tea practices.
• (16:26) – Acting, producing, and healing.
• (22:37) – Meditation, mindfulness, and Zen Buddhism.
• (32:14) – Music, prison reform, and personal growth.

Mia Maestro most recently wrapped Oscar-nominee Jose Rivera’s Castro’s Daughter, directed by Miguel Bardem. She appears in the Apple+ Scott Z. Burns’ climate change anthology Extrapolations starring opposite Ed Norton. Mia is a citizen of the world, traveling, surfing, scuba diving, and warming her spirit through the practice of Cha Dao, The Way of Tea. She’s passionate about prison reform and serves tea to the incarcerated through Healing Dialogue and Action in the state of California. https://miamaestro.com