Holding Space Inside: The Art of Expanding Your Inner Capacity
Containment is not control. It’s capacity. There are moments in life when you feel full to the brim — emotions, thoughts, and sensations pressing from every direction. The instinct is to spill it all out… or to shut it down entirely. But there’s a deeper truth: you can hold it, without leaking or locking. Why We Mistake Pressure for Overload Most people believe that when life feels “too much,” they’re at breaking point. In reality, pressure is often the sign of expansion in progress. Your inner vessel — your mind, body, and emotional field — is stretching to hold more of who you really are. The Ancient Blueprint for Capacity The Hebrew prophet Isaiah says: > “Widen the place of your tent…” — Yeshayahu 54:2 This is not about building stronger walls — it’s about creating more space inside. The Zohar (Terumah 161b) describes this as harchavat hakeilim — the widening of the vessels. In Kabbalistic understanding, light (or) represents your essence, while vessel (kli) is the f...