{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66c5eb8db0de8bdc2fefc31e/68dc3e5246a2532cdd756fa8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#31 - What Challah Bread, Matcha, Sugar, and Breathwork Taught Me About Alignment","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66c5eb8db0de8bdc2fefc31e/1759264123340-05aea9ad-1c02-4422-a246-a71eebecc22b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, I’m taking you inside a weekend in Copenhagen that shifted me in ways I didn’t expect. Not through some big event - but through the slow, ordinary rituals of living.</p><p><br></p><p>From kneading Challah dough that “felt my energy”... to sitting in a tea shop where matcha was served like ceremony… to baking cookies and realizing how sugar pulls me into inflammation… to lying in the grass and breathing myself back into clarity - every moment became a lesson.</p><p><br></p><p>And here’s what I learned:</p><ul><li>Everything responds to your nervous system - bread, people, even your own body.</li><li>Matcha isn’t just caffeine — it’s a ritual. And why I only drink it cyclically, in alignment with my feminine rhythm.</li><li>Sugar isn’t “bad,” but it keeps your body in a low baseline - and once you feel the contrast, you can’t unknow it.</li><li>Breathwork is the fastest way home - inhale for energy, exhale for safety.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Living slow doesn’t mean doing less. It means creating space. Space to notice, to choose, to align.</p><p><br></p><p>So if you’ve been rushing through life, multitasking your way into depletion, this episode is your reminder: presence is power. And the rituals you choose are teaching your nervous system how to live.</p>","author_name":"Tuva Marina"}