Tiredness and exhaustion are major players contributing to our overall well being. When we feel tired all the time, then our resources are soon depleted and our emotions can swing all over the place. There are many elements which contribute to maintaining healthy energy levels, most of which I am sure you are well aware of: getting enough sleep, feeling relaxed, eating a healthy diet with organic fruit and veg on a daily basis, drinking plenty of pure water, exercising etc etc. Sometimes energy levels are affected by illness such as hypothyroidism or ME, so if you are suffering from long term low energy, check with your doctor to see if there is a medical reason for your tiredness. What I want to share today is another possibility as to why you feel tired all the time.
We are part of the natural world, and in temperate climates we are well aware of the 4 seasons through the year and of the symbology associated with each season:
Spring: new life
Summer: high energy, abundance
Autumn: slowing down and harvest time
Winter: quiet stillness, dormancy
We are happy to relate the seasons to the activities of the animals around us: babies in springtime, and hibernation in winter. Everything works in a natural cycle, and yet, do we allow ourselves to be part of that natural cycle? There is expectation in our workplace and society that we should have abundant energy levels at all times. Yet this isn't the case. We too have our seasonal adjustments and when we stop paying attention to our bodies we can end up becoming very depleted.
In practical terms, listen to what your body is telling you: it knows more about its needs than your mind! When I do this, I notice that by body rhythm is very much in tune with the seasons. Through the summer, I have lots of energy to work, to go out and enjoy the long evenings. As autumn approaches, I feel my body begin to change, the energy levels begin to slow down, and I feel myself wanting to go to bed earlier. I reap what I sow during the summer, gathering the resources to see me through the next few months. By winter, I am sleeping a lot more than in the summer. I go to bed earlier and sleep longer in the morning. I enjoy the stillness of winter, the turning inward and processing and assimilating all that happened that year. And by the time the snowdrops are poking their heads up above the earth I am beginning to awaken again, to begin thinking of the days lengthening so that when the daffodils are dancing, I am back out in the sunshine, walking and ready to take on new things in my life, filled with exhilaration, energy and excitement for what the year ahead will bring.
When we honour ourselves by listening to our natural energy levels in this way, we find ourselves resourced for the whole year. When we plow on regardless of what our body is saying because we are feeling pressured to achieve something (either for ourselves or for someone else), that's when we get tired. Winter is the time for stillness. If we start new projects at this time, we will have a tough journey ahead. New projects take a lot of energy and our bodies are wanting to slow down. If we push through this, then we will find that we aren't resourced enough by the time it comes to spring, and it can take months to catch up energetically just because we didn't rest enough for a few weeks.
Where there are so many external expectations of us it can be difficult to truly honour ourselves. What I would recommend is that during the autumn and winter months only focus on what absolutely must be done. Use your personal time for resourcing yourself and manage your personal time so that it does fit with your natural body rhythm.
If you are finding that you are already exhausted, then simply start paying attention to your body and begin working at your own pace. It may take a while to feel fully resourced again, and if you begin the process today, then you will soon begin to see the benefits. As you pay attention to your body rhythms, then you will automatically become more aware of them, and each year you are likely to see that your own body rhythm is more and more alighed with the seasons where you live.
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