31/12/2025
If you are a matcha fan, you need to hear this 🍵
The Japanese don't just drink matcha. They practice ma (間) the space between. The pause between breaths. The silence that makes music possible. The emptiness that gives form its meaning.
Out with thinking slowing down means doing less. In with understanding it's about nervous system completion.
In somatic experiencing, we call this pendulation. The gentle oscillation between activation and safety. Your body needs these pauses to integrate, to regulate, to remember it's not in constant danger.
Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会) — one time, one meeting. This moment will never exist again. The tea ceremony isn't just about tea. It's about the ritual, the breath, the way your hands hold the cup. It's embodied presence.
When you slow down, you're not being lazy or unproductive. You're being present. You're completing the stress cycles your body couldn't finish. You're practicing the most radical act of embodiment: being here now.
And that's what your nervous system has been asking for all along.
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