Hola gorgeous Goddess,
Hurrah! It’s that beautiful day of the week again… that ritual of making all or part of our Sunday switched off… logging off our ‘puters and doing some of those things we really wanna do… and just adore up our beautiful goddess lives.
Why do I make it a ritual? Because… all of us know it would be better to take time off from being online… but as the days roll by, we forget to do it. By making it a weekly ritual, it becomes part of our gorgeous routine… and becomes integrated into our luscious life.
You can join me by taking off the whole day, the morning, the afternoon or just a couple of hours off from being online.
Welcome back, sacred Sunday!
My plans for my Switch Off Sunday:
This weekend, my love & I are at a CalmBirth workshop. We’ve done it before three months ago, and decided to do it again as a refresher, to get ourselves into soul-space for birth.
We’ve just done the Saturday part of it – and it was just as life-changing as the last time.
And then our beautiful teacher said to me:
Leonie, this is taking you on a journey to where you need to go. And you have two choices you can make, and both of them are leading you to feeling empowered about your birth.
My goodness it was a deep relief to hear that.
So this Switch Off Sunday, I’d like to:
Give myself over again to the CalmBirth experience.
Be utterly kind to myself physically, emotionally & spiritually.
Keep topping myself up with beautiful smoothies & gluten-free nourishment.
Possibilities for your gorgeous Switched Off Sunday!
You are so welcome to join me in switching off, for the day or the afternoon or two hours… and re-discovering the joys of being switched onto life outside the laptop.
Facebook, Google Reader, Twitter, blogs and your inbox will all be there tomorrow waiting for you. But Sundays are for beautiful recharging 
Here’s some ideas for what to do to make today your own Switch off Sunday:
Spend some time zen-clearing your gorgeous home & life.
Go for a walk somewhere gorgeous in nature… is there a sacred mountain you can go to? A special tree?
Is there a labyrinth near you that you can visit and walk?
Got a book to write? A picture to paint? Now is the time, darlingheart!
Just remember: You probably aren’t going to find what you are looking for by pressing refresh on your Facebook page to see if anyone has written anything new lately. {I know only coz I have already looked 
}. Today is the day you can give yourself what you need. I have faith in you!
Need some accountability?
- Take a pen & paper out and write down how long you will switch off for, and what your glorious possibilities are.
- Write it out in the Comments Circle & check back in later.
- Blog about your Switch Off Sunday using the button above.
This is your loving and sacred butt-kicking:
Log off, and give yourself what you need.
love you big time,
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Today I am going to switch off (as soon as I finish writing this!) and enjoy my new home. I am going to set up my alter, do a space clearing, open the windows, light some candles, and spend some time with my darling heart FIANCE! (That’s right he proposed last night, and I can’t help but want to shout it from the rooftops!)
Goddess Leonie, I hope this workshop helps you find the peace you deserve with your choices about Baby Mermaids arrival into this world. I tell all my friends that you are the only one who has to live with your choices, so anyone else who has a problem with them be damned! You are an inspiration to so many, and I’m sure even Merbaby is inspired by you already! We all love you! The Goddess loves you! The Universe loves you too!
I had a beautiful switch off Sunday, I went to stay at Mum’s on Saturday, then on Sunday we drove to my sister Sarah’s house on the central coast! We all lived in the same street in Sydney but just after a year ago they bought houses, mum and dad near Camden and Sarah, Jamie and my niece Jessica and my nephew Oscar, I miss them sooooo much and it was so wonderful to see them all! They love their big cousin Nate and their baby cousin Abbey, who was so worn out she slept all the way home! It was wonderful!
Congratulations Kristina!
Leonie, the birth class weekend sounds perfect! I hope you and your love had an amazing time and I bet you are counting down the days now! Beautiful!
Much love and light Goddesses!
Liza xoxoxo
I went with a couple of friends and made pottery! It was the first time I’ve tried, I made a vase and my friends made an accessories tray and an aromapot! Then we had a long chat in my favourite restaurant
For me switch off Sundays happen on Monday so…..tomorrow no computer, no telephone. Curling up with my sweetie for a day of cuddling. No cooking — we’ll have left overs (he’s a fab cook), snuggle with the furry kids. Then a long hot bath. Then we’ll see what the day brings — a little creativity (writing, bread baking). Then early to bed.
Peace to sister goddesses!
Here it is almost 8 pm, I am still switched on, but I was switched for a good portion of the day sleeping, (I started to get really sick last night) and most likely had a wicked fever (my fiance was sicker than I am though but he is slowly getting better) having sweated A LOT I feel much better, though not 100 percent.
I will spend the last few hours of Sunday curled up on the couch with a mug of hot herbal tea and a wonderful book. This week I’m reading The Body Sacred (by Dianne Sylvan). This book is a wonderful tome to learning how to love yourself for you. I’ve read it several times and anticipate several more.
I’ve been peeking around here for a few weeks and decided to finally make a comment. Your site is absolutely wonderful and very inspiring.
Much love to all of you.
Ari
And if you need some extra help switching off the internet (and you use a Mac) there is a little piece of shareware called “Freedom” that disables your internet access for the amount of time you choose. I use it to carve out ‘switch offs’ all through the week — any time I want to work or play without interrupting myself ‘just to check my email’ which inevitably leads to more and more time online…
http://macfreedom.com
I had a whole Switch off Weekend! We packed the kids and went to Walt Disney World in Florida for a weekend full of magic and celebrating my college graduation! And I made a wish especially for you Leonie!
I just launched my blog this week and have been on this laptop nearly every second since. Thanks for the reminder that I need to take a break! This Sunday, I think I shall practice my Spanish, cook something spicy and do a little salsa dancing!