{"id":97,"date":"2009-12-20T23:14:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T23:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-04-24T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T22:07:08","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective on Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/103_5649.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-455\" title=\"Lencois, Brazil \" src=\"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/103_5649-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>What if\u00a0you could pick yourself up like a chess piece and transport to a part of a world that lives a little slower: like watch the world go by your front porch for a while. As in lie in a hammock after a hard day&#8217;s work knowing that you&#8217;ve done enough. We&#8217;re talking sitting down with your friends for a few hours of idle chat and sharing rather than maybe just a few quick \u00a0minutes. What if you could immediately get that perspective on your own pace of life and how it might be affecting\u00a0you on every level of\u00a0your life:\u00a0physically, mentally, spiritually?<\/p>\n<p>After a break that offered me some much needed rhythm adjustment, I&#8217;m looking for ways to hold onto the mellow that is so healing to me. I feel like when the time factor is taken out, I&#8217;m able to\u00a0reflect on slowness\u00a0not just as a concept but as a part of who I am. My body relaxes.<br \/>\nMust\u00a0we live so fast? What is <em>my <\/em>rhythm?<br \/>\nAre there some things that can silently drop off the to do list?<br \/>\nHow about one thing at a time today?<br \/>\nWhat are\u00a0some meaningful ways to shift the flow for a while\u00a0just to\u00a0see how it feels?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What if\u00a0you could pick yourself up like a chess piece and transport to a part of a world that lives a little slower: like watch the world go by your front porch for a while. As in lie in a hammock after a hard day&#8217;s work knowing that you&#8217;ve done enough. We&#8217;re talking sitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peaceful-living","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/103_5649-150x150.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}