We cannot adapt to what we resist. True, the ancients didn't have to deal with daylight savings time, lived by the seasons, the angle of the sun and the phases of the moon. We try to replicate that in our practice, perhaps the longing to do away with this artificial time telling.
An hour in time does not cause jet lag. I live close enough to a time zone change that I frequently lose or gain an hour on weekend juants, visits to family, short vacations. Fly from the midwest to either coast and there is a two hour time change - again, no jet lag.
There is another, scientific explanation for the lethargy we feel at the equinoxes. Our circulatory system is changing, acclimatizing to the barometric and temperature changes. Though these actual physical shifts within our circulatory system are microscopic, they expend a good deal of energy, causing tiredness—spring fever/winter doldrums.
From a nutritional standpoint, our bodies are also craving certain nutrients in spring. Again, the ancients understood this - maple and birch "water" along with early spring greens were the "remedies" for cleansing digestive and blood systems.
Drink plenty of water, eat your weedies, and take a few naps. It will have to do until (if) Daylight Savings Time is no longer.
Every year when we *gain* an hour and everyone is so thrilled, I ask myself, Why don't we replicate this awesome vibe the following weekend and "fall back" another hour? Then we can sleep in again and love life! And then the next weekend we can do it again... and so on, and so on. Eventually we'll go around the horn for 24 hours, but we'll do it in such a way that no one complains, cause we're only ever gaining time ; )
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We cannot adapt to what we resist. True, the ancients didn't have to deal with daylight savings time, lived by the seasons, the angle of the sun and the phases of the moon. We try to replicate that in our practice, perhaps the longing to do away with this artificial time telling.
An hour in time does not cause jet lag. I live close enough to a time zone change that I frequently lose or gain an hour on weekend juants, visits to family, short vacations. Fly from the midwest to either coast and there is a two hour time change - again, no jet lag.
There is another, scientific explanation for the lethargy we feel at the equinoxes. Our circulatory system is changing, acclimatizing to the barometric and temperature changes. Though these actual physical shifts within our circulatory system are microscopic, they expend a good deal of energy, causing tiredness—spring fever/winter doldrums.
From a nutritional standpoint, our bodies are also craving certain nutrients in spring. Again, the ancients understood this - maple and birch "water" along with early spring greens were the "remedies" for cleansing digestive and blood systems.
Drink plenty of water, eat your weedies, and take a few naps. It will have to do until (if) Daylight Savings Time is no longer.
Every year when we *gain* an hour and everyone is so thrilled, I ask myself, Why don't we replicate this awesome vibe the following weekend and "fall back" another hour? Then we can sleep in again and love life! And then the next weekend we can do it again... and so on, and so on. Eventually we'll go around the horn for 24 hours, but we'll do it in such a way that no one complains, cause we're only ever gaining time ; )
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