This is a beautiful post on psychologytoday.com about the similarity of Aikido and Chado (Tea Ceremony):
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-body-blog/201008/mindfulness-through-aikido-tea-ceremony
Thanks to Ginny Breeland for alerting us to this article. Ginny maintains “Aikido Advice for Woman … and a few men” on facebook and can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/pages/Aikido-Advice-for-Womenand-a-Few-Men/302329183470?v=info&ref=ts