Despite sunshine and blue skies tempting you outside, some days you just feel too drained to get going. On days when you’re off work or vacationing, this laziness may fit the bill, inviting you to spend the day lounging by the pool, sipping a refreshing beverage, or perhaps relaxing indoors. But for those at work or with a long list of chores, the summer energy sap may present a challenge. Reviving energy and breaking through summer fog becomes crucial to maintaining your livelihood.
Why Do You Feel Drained in Summer?
You would think that summer heat would be energizing and get your blood moving, but unfortunately, it does just the opposite. Muscular and mental activity generate heat. As an adaptive strategy, your body sedates these heat-generating organs in steamy weather, making you feel heavy like a lizard on a rock. On humid days, the balmy air leaves your mind foggy, your skin sticky, and your breath shallow. The mental vitality and physical energy you normally feel in crisper colder months just evaporates under the summer sun.If you have a Vata body type, you probably love this time of year, since most of the time you feel dry and cold. But for sluggish Kapha and fiery Pitta, summer heat and humidity can be downright miserable. If fiery Pitta dominates your constitution, you will feel hot and irritable on the dog days of summer. You may be easily frustrated. If watery Kapha dominates, you will simply feel heavy in your limbs and exhausted. Your skin may be puffy. Instead of frustration, you will feel foggy and lethargic.
