WORKSHOP
The Sourdough Bread
The mother of foods. An ancestral element that is connecting us with the past. One of the staple foods that nourished our ancestors and the resource that is connecting us with them. The basic nourishment when there was no other. Her essence infused with the Elements and the essence of the sacred grain of wheat created by Mother Earth.
The sourdough bread on the table crafted with the wholesome ancestral wheat, the memory of the water, the micro-community of the sourdough starter, and the sea salt crystals.
We pause for a moment in silence to connect to our body and to our senses, our portals of connection to our bodies while exploring and receiving the world around us. We pause to feel the dough, to feel the grain of wheat and to connect with it. We pause for a moment to be initiated into the bread making process as a sensorial ritual while engaging our senses.
Through an alchemical ritualistic process, we transform the ingredients, we observe the changes, we create something new collectively and in togetherness. We notice the breath of the dough, we feel her skin as if we are feeling our skin. We alchemise the ingredients while staying in connection to our own body and to our intuition. We learn about the biology of her fermentation.
We reawaken together the codes of the genetic and somatic information of an ancestral food making process woven within us by the women who have lived before us.
We remember together in circle our grandmothers and the great-grandmothers honoring the food that had nourished them.
CONTENTS OF THE WORKSHOP
A two - half days journey into the essence of the sourdough bread making in a holistic and innovative approach.
We place sourdough bread in focus and we work with it holistically in connection to our bodies through our senses, to the body of the Earth and the sacred grain of wheat. We create a safe and sacred circle of women while crafting one of the most ancient sources of nourishment in togetherness. We are bringing back the female connection in circle while reviving and reclaiming one of the most ancient food making methods known since the antiquity.
We connect to the essence of the wheat and we handcraft the sourdough bread as a sensorial ritual, through body meditation, sensorial food meditation and heart-full food preparation practices. We share in circle the sourdough bread we crafted in ritual and we consume it during a conscious eating practice ritual.
We gather around ‘Estia’, the centre of our home.
We share stories or we remain silent to honour the present moment of connection to our bodies, senses and our intuition …
DAY 1.2 // Saturday 15 March 2025
SENSORIAL FOOD MEDITATION
BODY MEDITATION PRACTICES
CONNECTION TO THE INGREDIENTS AND TO THE SACRED GRAIN OF WHEAT
MEETING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FLOURS: MODERN AND ANCESTRAL ONES
SOURDOUGH BREAD MAKING MENTORSHIP TOGETHER IN CIRCLE
DAY 2.2 // Sunday 16 March 2025
BREAD BAKING IN TOGETHERNESS
CONSCIOUS FOOD CONSUMPTION PRACTICE
BODY MEDITATION PRACTICES
BODY MEDITATION TO AWAKEN AND CONNECT TO THE SENSES
MENTORSHIP ON THE SOURDOUGH STARTER AND HER HANDLING
What you will experience
+ Mentorship on the ancestral method of bread making with wild fermentation (sourdough bread making).
+ Guidance on the biology of the wild fermentation and the biology of the wheat plant and grain.
+ A ritualistic approach to recipe making and an holistic approach to the handling of food ingredients.
+ A deeper and profound connection to food.
+ Body connection and access to your own unique inner wisdom.
+ Understanding the needs of your physical and emotional bodies in a more profound way.
+ Female support and connection in a safe container where we connect, respect, and welcome each other as we are.
+ Sharing the same food with each other as an ultimate form of trust, care and connection.
This workshop is for especially designed for women who
+ want to learn how to make sourdough bread.
+ want to connect to one of the most ancestral practices of food preparation, the sourdough bread baking.
+ would like to gain practical knowledge on bread making with wild fermentation.
+ want to re-establish and reframe their relationship to food.
+ want to connect with food and the ingredients on a deeper and more profound level.
+ want to connect with their bodies and embody their needs.
+ have been having or had in the past a relationship with food that is out of balance such as overeating or eating less than there are supposed to eat.
+ are searching for a holistic approach to their nutrition and mindful choice of ingredients.
+ want to reconnect with nature, Mother Earth and the Elements, through their nutrition.
+ want to awaken their senses and receive more pleasure and connection when consuming food.
+ want to connect with other women in a safe and sacred circle while sharing the same nourishment.
+ want to honour and venerate their ancestral line through the ancestral method of sourdough bread making.
THE SOURDOUGH BREAD WORKSHOP // FOURTH EDITION
WHEN
Saturday 15 March 2025 // 16:00 - 21:00
Sunday 16 March 2025 // 11:00 - 16:00
WHERE
The workshops will take place on location at Ilioupoli in Attica, GREECE
There is a limited number of 8 spots available.
COST
Sliding scale from 110,- to 140,-
WHAT IS INCLUDED
+ A two days container with food meditation practices, tantric body meditation techniques, sourdough bread making mentorship, collective food gatherings, and connection in a safe circle of women.
+ All the equipment and materials you will need for the bread making.
+ A Gratitude bag with offerings for your own food rituals at home.
+ Healthy snacks, herbal teas, fermented drinks and seasonal refreshments during the session on Day 1.
+ Handcrafted, local and consciously sourced condiments to pair with the sourdough bread as well as herbal teas, fermented drinks and seasonal refreshments during Day 2.
Feel the calling ?
TESTIMONIALS
Kasia R. // POLAND
‘The sourdough bread workshop has moved me beyond the art of bread making. It has been an encounter with the power of female energy accompanied by the journey to the essence of Mother Earth. I would recommend this event to every woman who wants to reconnect with the female energy and get inspired by the presence of a fantastic artist and guide - Alexandra.’.
Poulcheria M. // GREECE
‘After giving a few days to myself to digest and fully understand what I learnt in this illuminating and deep workshop that Alexandra visualised and gave birth to, very naturally this philosophical question came to me as the aftertaste of this dual experience of the body's and soul's nourishment : “ will you keep breadcrumbing yourself when you now know how to create a bread from the scratch?”. Thank you Alexandra!
I will always treasure this experience’.
Jana D. // UK
‘This work of the weekend felt life changing. Coming back to this ceremonial way of being in communion to prepare our meals, to share our stories and taste our food together slowly and intentionally, with reverence for what we were eating, brought me in touch with my body and relationship with food as it hasn’t done before’.
Sonia V. // PORTUGAL