EP 175: Why You're Feeling Low Energy Right Now (And Why That's Perfect)

In today's video, I'm going to be talking about navigating the seasonal shifts in energy, the ups and downs, the inevitable ebb and flow of life. We know that life is polarity, we know that life is yin and yang. And for so many of us, me included, sometimes we attach to the light, we attach to the up, we attach to the good, and we neglect or resist the negativity when it shows up. And it shows up many times, like in a seasonal change. Right now here we're in northern hemisphere, we've just moved into the fall, we've moved in out of summer into a fall. So there is global natural process of shifting out of more of a solar period as we move into a more darker period. And we start to see that being reflected in trees and in nature. But we're also a part of nature, our bodies are part of that. So there's a shift in energy happening inside of us as well. And the more attuned you get with yourself, the more in tuned you get with your own energy, the more you pick up on these natural shifts. And one way I'd like to see it as well is if you track the moon. Every new moon there's a new energy. So when you see that or you notice that, you can pick up. And a couple of weeks ago there was a new moon that came in and I just felt like this definite shift in energy. I just felt a little bit less motivated, I felt a little bit less inspired. There wasn't that get up and go that was there throughout the summer. And initially there's always some resistance towards that because I'd been used to operating from this place over the summer period. And now I'm like, oh, where's my drive? I don't feel like working out at the gym. I might feel so creative anymore. And with every shift there has to be an element of graciousness, an invitation for graciousness to allow this next season or this next chapter to emerge more naturally. And there's ultimately a human practice because we always, we're always going to cling to what works for us. We're always going to cling to what was familiar. And we're always going to cling to what brought us results that the mind label as good. So there's sometimes this inevitable resistance that comes up when we are no longer in that flow or that energy that felt good. But as we all know, so much of the growth happens in the bad. So much of the growth happens in the periods of discomfort and darkness. And so this Happens on a micro level, it happens on a macro level. You know, I had a micro level moment of it over the weekend. And just to give you this understanding because I want you to monitor how it shows up in your life right now. I was having this little challenging week last week where I was like, like I said, not having a lot of motivation. I went downtown on Friday night. I'm here in Toronto. I went downtown, watched one of my favorite artists perform above and beyond on Friday night. And even though I didn't have a lot of energy going to the show, as soon as the music started, the atmosphere and the energy of the crowd, like, I just felt my energy move. And I had one of the best nights of my life. Danced my ass off, got up the next day. And I also drove my girlfriend's dad's car downtown. It's about a 40, 45 minute drive, brand new Mercedes, drove it downtown, parked it out the back of where I live so that I wouldn't get a parking ticket. Saturday morning I wake up, had a pretty chill day because it was a late night. And then I went out again, had one of the biggest nights and the best nights of my life. I was out till 6am with my friends, partying, having a blast. Woke up on Sunday feeling fulfilled. Tired, but fulfilled. But then I started to think, hey, like I haven't actually seen the. My car keys, like where did I. I'm pretty sure I came in with them on Friday night, but I don't know where they are. Thought nothing of it. I just assumed they're around the house. Monday morning classic. The classic Monday morning vibes. I'm feeling a little, I'm feeling pretty down. My body's getting a little bit sick. I'm like, fuck, I'm feeling pretty low energy today. Let me get the car so I can drive it home and chill. Can't find the car keys. Search the entire house. I search everywhere, search everywhere. Can't find these keys. So my extreme high is now going from an extreme gone to an extreme low. And these are the moments, these are the moments that I should know that when you have highs, expect a low. That's just what happens is the yin and yang of life. And sometimes the low is like just being really tired and need to sleep more. Sometimes as low as your body gets a little bit sick. Sometimes the lowest shit like this happens where you lose your girlfriend's dad's car keys. So now I'm playing with the idea of like, hey, how am I going to get these keys? I have to get them replaced. I call up Mercedes. Going to cost me $1,000 to get these keys replaced. And now I'm going to call her dad and tell her I've lost the keys. So it was like low after low, just got knocked. But because I've experienced this, because I have this awareness, and because I know that this is a part of life, I got to very quickly remove the resistance from that whole thing. And just like, this is it. I had the best, like, no regrets. I had the best night of my life. I saved $70 in an Uber driving downtown. But now it's going to cost me a thousand dollars in new keys. But who cares? Who cares? This is what happens. This is the pendulum swinging from right to left. This is the sun going from up to down. You know, this is. This is how it is. So when whatever you're experiencing right now in your life, you can just tune into where you're at on that pendulum. What internal season are you in? Are you in? Are you in a high? Are things flowing? Are things happening? Is the sun shining? You know you've got a bit of a pep in your step, because if you do, great, enjoy that. But just know it's not going to last forever. And when you prepare or anticipate the inevitable low that's going to come with that, you can more easily surrender into it. You can more easily be gracious with yourself. When something shit happens, like you lose keys or your car gets stolen or you get a fine or, you know something, you go, hey, that's. This is life. Let me cop it on Chin and go, hey, thank you for the growth. Thank you for the opportunity to practice letting go of my judgment about what is good and bad and just going, this is what is. Because that's the beauty of those times. You get to practice surrendering deeper and deeper. If you can practice in the small things, becomes a lot easier in the big things, right? Because, hey, what's $1,000 to replace some keys? Is the car stolen? Is the car broken? No, all good. So if you're on the other end of the spectrum, if you're in the darkness right now, you're struggling, your pendulum's on this other side. You're like, man, I'm getting knocked down right now. When am I going to. When's this going to end? Just know that it will end and it will end quicker the more you let go of your resistance to being in the suffering. Because maybe there's something for you right now in the suffering. Maybe you need to experience this Remember, God doesn't have judgments. God's not cursing you because you did something wrong. God is above all of this. So God encompasses all of this. The up and the down, the dark and the light. And God is not personal, so you're not being punished. Just remember that. And the more you can relax into or accept that, hey, there's so much. There's so many lessons that come out of the darkness or the challenges that you might be experiencing right now. And the more you can open your awareness or your perception to maybe receive. What am I learning throughout this period and how is this preparing me or setting me up so that I can achieve the things that I really want? So that when you're the right season comes around. You're there, you got it, it comes in. So I think you get what I'm going with this, right? There's this inevitable seasonality, there's inevitable change, and that's why life is so beautiful. Love the change. Love it. Why would you want it to be the same all the time? Why would you want things to always be going good? You would get bored of that. You would get bored of that. We need the suffering. We need the pain. It's a part of this experience to support our evolution, not just in this lifetime, but in future lifetimes. It's why our soul came here. It's why you came here. Your soul was birthed into this body and this human experience so that I could experience the full gamut, the full range. So when something's not going your way, why judge that? Maybe that's exactly what you need for your growth and evolution. And so now you get to go. Thank you. Yeah, bring it on. Thank you. Twenty thousand dollar phone. All right, let's go see how we're gonna figure this one out. It's just a completely different energetic field that you operate from when you break resistance. And you have more graciousness with this inevitable change of life. So if you're in the northern hemisphere, we're in a season of change right now. We're in the fall. What's that inviting you to step into? What's that encouraging you to do less of or more of? What is the season requiring of you? Great question to contemplate on. Maybe it's less working out, less training, less physical exertion. Maybe it's more. Maybe it's more meditation, maybe it's less. For me, it's always more time in nature. There's just a very common theme that I sense when I'm out here. Particular this time of the year in this side of the world, weather gets a little bit cooler. There's something in me that attunes more deeply to the subtleties of nature and the connection I have with plants and trees and animals. And almost I get drawn into it. I get drawn into it. I'm like, I need to just be in nature right now, and I need to just listen. And it feels so rejuvenating when I do that because I've just come out of a period of summer where there's so much activity, there's so much movement and noise. And it's almost like my soul craves that period of introspection. And over the last kind of nine years, since I've been aware of these dynamics and aware of myself, I just get a lot more sensitive to when the shift has happened and when it's time for me to go in. So it's always fascinating me as well when I'm traveling, because soon I'm going to be flying back to the south, going back to Australia, going back into a period of summer. And it's an interesting thing when you've just come out of a period of internal summer. You go back into another summer, and then there's just your body's being constantly pulled outward. And I've noticed as well, through all the traveling that the. There will always be a time that the body will stop you and tell you that you need to go inward. Getting sick is one of those mechanisms that the body will do that. If you find yourself constantly getting sick, it's probably because you are not honoring whatever energetic. But shift is needing to unfold. It's a buildup of energy. I also like chat with a lot of guys. I coach a lot of guys, and sometimes they tell me about, oh, I'm feeling this impulse, have this urge of this impulse to want to check porn or watch porn or to have a release or smoke the cigarette or drink the alcoholic. You having these impulses, and I always ask them, like, what do you think's causing that? Why do you think that's coming up? Why is that there? I always probe a little bit deeper. I'm like, how much exercise are you doing right now? How much caffeine are you drinking? Usually there's a common denominator there. Because these urges to want to have releases in this format or in this way is because there's a buildup of energy that's not being circulated, that's not being honored. Excessive screen time, energy being taken out of the body. Heat's building up in the Body gets stored in specific areas. In Chinese medicine, in the kidneys is where if there's a buildup of heat in the kidneys, then that's the life force, right? It's not being circulated correctly. So the body's going to want to inject that energy. And that's why impulses to check porn or to, you know, be a little bit promiscuous, to release sexual energy is usually because of a buildup of heat in the kidneys. And when you have that awareness, you can just start to step back and be like, okay, let me just put more attention on my body and slow down and breathe into this and relax into it, circulate this energy through my intention and attention. All of a sudden these impulses start to go away. Have that understanding or that connection with the body can help so much with knowing where's my energy at today and what does my body need today? And that will change by the hour, by the hour. In Chinese medicine, they talk about how the Qi moves through different parts of the body in different times of the day. So we have a natural body clock that's Synced by the 24 Hour Cycle, by the lunar cycle, by monthly, yearly. The energy is in this circulation through very particular cycles and patterns, right? So reorient yourself to this current season that you're in. And reorientation means taking a beat and means stepping back for a moment, just taking a pause to be like, what's being asked of me, what's emerging out of me and how can I best support that without resisting it? And when you do that, you operate so much more effectively. There'll be so much more juice, potency, creativity, joy, freedom, love. Because you're in harmony with life, you're not in resistance to life. There's a high level of alignment that's being called, that's been asked to come forth right now. And it comes through in business, it comes through in relationships. If you go against this natural cycle, this natural energy flow, life will eventually stop you in your tracks. Doesn't matter how much money you have or how much external success you have, if the body starts to shut down, you got nothing. You got nothing, my friend. So right now it's another great thing that in this season, going for walks. Love it. Go for a little like casual walk. Very good for me right now, more yoga this season feels really good to me. More intuitive movement, fascia maneuvers. Feels like a really good practice during this time. So wherever you are, whatever period you're in, sending you lots of love, lots of blessings, and I hope to see you in the next video. Talk to you soon.