Take a Breath In a World That Won't Slow Down
Intentional Pause Day - The Courage
To Rest
Recognize the inner critic. Release the guilt. Reclaim rest without the shoulds.
Sunday, 7 December → Offline Pause Day
Monday, 8 December @6pm CET → Live Online Integration Circle
WHAT IS INTENTIONAL PAUSE DAY
OUR SEASONAL THEME: THE INNER CRITIC & THE COURAGE TO REST
This season's theme is about shifting the way we talk to ourselves when it comes to slowing down and rest.
You know that voice we all have? The one that whispers we should be doing more, that we haven’t earned a break or that everything we’ve been working so hard to build will fall apart if we slow down.
This Pause Day lands just after the Gemini full moon, when the mental chatter gets louder and it’s harder to tell which voices are truly ours and which ones belong to a culture addicted to burnout and perceived success.
On this day, we let the noise settle so we can see things as they really are, not as our conditioned mind wants us to believe.
Let it be your invitation to notice which old voices need fine-tuning, so you can start a new kind of conversation with yourself.
One rooted in compassion instead of criticism.
One that makes space for steadiness instead of rushing and grinding. One that helps you choose from an aligned place instead of autopilot.
AFTER THIS DAY:
✶ you’ll feel clearer and trust your own rhythm and pace even more
✶ your inner voice will be softer and you’ll feel more empowered to slow down, even when the old guilt tries to creep back in
✶ you’ll know that pausing is intelligence and it’s what makes your next aligned chapter possible
THIS PAUSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU WANT
👉🏼 Space to reconnect and integrate the learning and growth you’ve been moving through
👉🏼 Rest from daily overstimulation
👉🏼 A real reset without having to travel far or spend thousands
👉🏼 To slow down and realign if you’ve been in transition or questioning the pace and direction you’re moving in
👉🏼 To live from truth instead of habit
👉🏼 To lead by example in creating a more humane, heart-led world
IMAGINE
YOU'LL RECEIVE
A playbook with tips to prepare and ideas on how to spend your Pause Day + seasonal reflection prompts and practices. If unplugging for a whole day feels scary, you're not alone - I got you!
A live online 60-min Post Pause Integration Circle with community sharing and a guided practice
The recording if you can’t join us live (available 6 months)
HOW IT WORKS
Sign up and receive your playbook with tips and ideas for the day
On Sunday Dec 7, log off and enjoy your Pause Day
On Monday Dec 8 @6pm CET*, join the live Integration Circle to reflect, celebrate and ground into what you discovered
*6 PM CET / 5 PM UK / 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
Check your timezone
WHY INTENTIONAL PAUSE MATTERS
We loose ourselves in the noise.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE PAUSE DAY
Each pause, no matter how short, peels back a layer of conditioning that says we need to grind to earn our worth or sacrifice our authenticity to be loved or belong.
In this space we remember that underneath it all, we are already whole.
HI, I'M LINA 👋🏼
Nature lover, yoga student and teacher, and hypnotist who cares deeply about people living from inner truth instead of how parents or society think they should live.
I created Intentional Pause Day retreats because they worked like magic for me. Sometimes it felt like lights switching on in my head (you know, like Christmas tree lights) even just a few hours after logging off. I began pausing because I was drowning in overstimulation. Following other people’s ideas, getting pulled in a million directions, feeling constantly behind. It was overwhelming and exhausting.
In the pause I hear my own voice. I can clearly see my patterns, the ways I'm avoiding, the survival strategies I had built. And I also feel the parts of me that are brilliant, creative and alive. Pauses give me space to realign with my inner compass. They help me see what direction to take in life and work, give me courage to have challenging conversations, follow my own path and leave me so charged that people ask what I'm doing differently.
Not adding more, but taking away. This is my practice.
