Today we celebrate our origins and micro-moments of magic. We welcome Nitsa’s oldest friend Geneviève Medow-Jenkins to SOUNDFOOD. Born 9 days apart, Geneviève and Nitsa spent their earliest years together at Esalen Institute — a retreat center and hot springs community perched over the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, California. Geneviève reflects on how fundamental this wild landscape and Esalen in all its dimensions have been in shaping her current work as a creative director and founder of Secular Sabbath; an ambient music experience incorporating wellness and art, inspired by the societal need to celebrate a day of rest. In this laughter-filled conversation, we share childhood memories, relationship synchronicities, sacred moments of agency and how to find divinity in the mundane. Geneviève tells us about the conception of Secular Sabbath and how it has evolved through the power of community. Thank you for reminding us to stay open to synchronicity, Geneviève!   CONNECT Geneviève Medow-Jenkins: IG | Podcast Secular Sabbath: IG | Website Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)   MENTIONED Tub Talks Tub Talks with Nitsa Citrine Esalen Amanecer & Hidden Kitchen CA Milosh Secular Sabbath Membership Secular Sabbath Retreat Rhye MAMA GALLERY Gaga dance Lihi Benisty Malidoma Some’s books The O.C. The Hills RFK Jr Blade + Queen of the Damned   SIMILAR FREQUENCY:  EP. 68: BEAUTY IN TRUTH with Garance Doré EP. 58: EVERYTHING IN JOY with Mel Nahas EP. 49: THE ENERGETICS OF TRANSFORMATION with Hermas Lassalle   NOURISH This podcast is made possible by your donations and the symbiotic support of our partners:   Offer a donation to us here   LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood (discount automatically applied) MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off regenerative plant protein from Mikunafoods.com LIVING TEA:  SOUNDFOOD for 15% off all tea nourishment  livingtea.net SUPERFEAST: enter CITRINE for 10% off our favorite tonic herbs + superfoods superfeast.com OSEA: enter CITRINE for 10% off oseamalibu.com sea-to-skin magic   P.S. We would be so grateful if you felt inspired to leave us a review on APPLE OR SPOTIFY!