{"id":380,"date":"2021-10-22T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-11-08T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:19:19","slug":"finding-space-for-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/finding-space-for-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Space for Your Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 posthead vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--middle\" id=\"el-0559630d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-0559630d\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-0080f22f\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-0080f22f\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-0080f22f\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-a4568c9f\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a4568c9f\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Finding Space for Your Soul<\/b><\/h1><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">We all need spaces that rest our bodies, slow our minds, and allow our souls to expand.<\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Laura B. Murray<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last\" id=\"el-ff853a9a\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-ff853a9a\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-ff853a9a\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-center\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-a603b4b3\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a603b4b3\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"padding-bottom: 100%; width: 800px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image vcv-lozad\" data-src=\"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"trees\" \/><noscript>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image\" src=\"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" title=\"trees\" \/>\n      <\/noscript><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-1ac33e9e\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-1ac33e9e\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-18p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-cb317ed9\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-cb317ed9\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-cb317ed9\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-64p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first\" id=\"el-a3aa9dcf\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-a3aa9dcf\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-a3aa9dcf\"><div class=\"vce-text-block bodytext\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-dabe1dc9\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-dabe1dc9\"><p><strong>Space for Your Soul.<\/strong><br><br>Where does your soul breathe? The space where your shoulders drop, you are not thinking of the next things, the emotions show up, and your lungs expand and rest.<br><br><em><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Maybe it is in one of these places:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The outdoors<\/li>\n<li>Conversation with friends<\/li>\n<li>Good food<\/li>\n<li>A cleaned house<\/li>\n<li>Slowing down<\/li>\n<li>Laughter<\/li>\n<li>Being with animals<\/li>\n<li>Therapy<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual Direction<\/li>\n<li>Exploring art<\/li>\n<li>Traveling<\/li>\n<li>Retreats<\/li>\n<li>Intimacy with your spouse<\/li>\n<li>Singing<\/li>\n<li>...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Where does your soul breathe?<\/strong><\/em><br><br><em><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Have you had these spaces lately?<\/strong><\/em><br><br>We all need these spaces that rest our bodies, slow our minds, allow our emotions to show up, and our souls to expand. And they are different for different people and in various seasons.&nbsp;<strong>But,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>we all need them.<\/strong><br><br><em><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">What might it take to have these spaces?<br>What choices do you have in front of you to choose this space?<\/strong><\/em><br><br>My space of choice is my front yard. A huge oak tree provides a spacious and secure canopy. I love this tree and sit under it regularly. My soul breathes here.<br><br>I also love a cleaned house. We have made a way to budget a once-a-month cleaning team for our home and I never thought the service and gift of a cleaned home would make space for my soul. But it does.<br><br>Where does your soul breathe? And what will you do to make space for it?<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce vce-separator-container vce-separator--align-center vce-separator--style-solid\" id=\"el-589c0bd8\" data-vce-do-apply=\"margin el-589c0bd8\"><div class=\"vce-separator vce-separator--color-bfc0c1 vce-separator--width-60 vce-separator--thickness-1\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border padding background  el-589c0bd8\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-text-block bodytext\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-f3e8d4e1\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f3e8d4e1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This article orginally appeared on laurabmurray.com. Used with permission.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-18p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last\" id=\"el-bda44034\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-bda44034\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-bda44034\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding Space for Your SoulWe all need spaces that rest our bodies, slow our minds, and allow our souls to expand.by Laura B. Murray Space for Your Soul.Where does your soul breathe? The space where your shoulders drop, you are not thinking of the next things, the emotions show up, and your lungs expand and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testimonyhq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}