Hey there,
There's a version of you from June who could do more. More errands after work, more plans on a Tuesday, more "sure, I'll figure it out" answers.
That version isn't gone. But right now, in late September, you keep reaching for them anyway. Filling the evening the way you did in July, saying yes at the same rate. Waking up annoyed that you're not moving at the same speed you were two months ago.
Nothing is wrong with you; the season changed, and you haven't caught up to it yet.
Deep Dive
Autumn’s Relief
Something in you knows this before you're willing to say it out loud; you feel it in how heavy the evenings feel, how much less you want to leave the house after five, and still you keep filling the calendar the way you did two months ago.
That's the part worth looking at, not the tiredness itself. The refusal to call it what it is.
Spring and summer ask you to expand; more daylight, more plans, more energy that shows up on its own.
Autumn asks the opposite, and it doesn't ask nicely; the days get shorter whether you're ready or not.
Most people don't slow down when that happens; they keep the same pace and feel worse doing it:
They sign up for the same number of things, expecting the same energy to show up for them
They call the tiredness laziness, or being out of shape, or getting older, anything other than the actual answer
They treat it like a problem to fix instead of information worth listening to
Here's what makes it hard to admit: slowing down can feel like losing ground you'll have to win back later, so people push instead of adjusting, and the pushing is what actually wears them down, not the season itself.
The relief isn't on the other side of pushing through. It's right there, in the moment you stop pretending you still have July's energy and let your pace catch up to what's true right now. That's not falling behind. It's being honest about where you are.
And once you actually say it, even just to yourself, something loosens; you stop bracing against the season and start moving with it.
The tiredness doesn't disappear. It just stops feeling like failure.
Practice of the Day
Supported Reclined Bound Angle (Supta Baddha Konasana)
What to watch for:
The instinct is to force the knees toward the floor; don't. Let gravity do that work, not effort.
If your lower back feels strained or your knees are lifted high and tense, you need more support under them, not less.
What it should feel like:
An opening across the chest and the front of the hips, with the lower back long and supported rather than pressed flat.
You should feel like you could stay here without holding anything, which is different from most poses, where some part of you is usually working.
Yoga In Everyday Life
The Almost-Yes
You're scrolling your phone, and someone suggests plans for Saturday; two months ago you'd have said yes without checking anything; you had the room for it.
Now there's a small pause before you answer, a flicker of "I don't actually know if I have that in me right now."
Most people talk themselves out of the pause; they say yes anyway, because saying no to something you technically could do feels like admitting weakness instead of admitting a season.
Next time it happens, try staying in the pause a second longer, not to force a no, but to actually ask the question instead of skipping past it.
Closing Reflection!
This isn't a failure of energy; it's a change of season, and it's asking something different of you than the last one did.
The relief doesn't come from pushing through it. It comes from the moment you finally admit it's happening.
With care,
The Yoga Daily Team
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