Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own.
There is a natural and inviolable tendency in things to bloom into whatever they truly are in the core of their being. All we have to do is align ourselves with what wants to happen naturally and put in the effort that is our part in helping it happen.
It is not that practice makes perfect but that practice is perfect, combining effort with an openness to grace.