You're Tired Because You Don?t Move

You're Tired Because You Don?t Move

You’re not avoiding movement because you’re tired; you’re tired because you’re not moving.

You’ve always thought the opposite, haven’t you?

As life pushes us toward more individualism and digitalization, the temporal disconnect between the movement of our minds and the movement of our bodies grows.

The mind is a fast and scattered entity that can travel to the past, the future, and even other dimensions while we sit still. This is often referred to as the “monkey mind,” to the point where humans can burn calories without moving. In reality, it seems that our minds have taken on the job that should belong to our monkey-like bodies.

This fast-paced mental activity tires not just the mind but the whole body!

Because when you don’t invite your body to move, your mind will crave even more movement.

This lack of movement then leads to fatigue, which causes even more inactivity, and that inactivity results in more fatigue.

Movement creates more movement, while inactivity creates more inactivity.

Every moment you gently let your body engage in light, slow movements—without waiting for grand motivation—is actually an investment in moving more. Thanks to this investment, your system will balance the distribution of energy, and the excess energy weighing on your head will spread throughout your whole being, bringing you back to life.

Once all parts of your existence are moving in harmony, you will finally start to rest.

Humans are beings who become unhappy when they’re not moving enough. There have been many studies on the link between depression and inactivity. The choices we make that go against our nature are what lead us to fatigue. Movement has always been part of human nature, from the beginning. We move to survive.

One of the most obvious reasons for our inactivity is that we’ve turned movement into a chore, something we exaggerate in our minds as a requirement. But movement should be accessible, something you can freely do whenever you want, without the need for tools or equipment.

Even after dancing on your own for just ten minutes to a piece of music, you are no longer the same person you were when you started. Your entire biorhythm changes, your system finds balance, and you remember what it means to be “human.”

And when you resist falling into the mind’s fatigue-inducing spiral and instead remember to be in your body, rest assured, your mind will be the one that celebrates the most.