Dip or Crash?
The postures you choose, the breath, the length of the exhale - each one sends a signal the system reads, and over time, listens to. Done thoughtfully, that signal can:
Support digestion - stimulate the digestive tract, then settle it
Steady energy - calm the nervous system without draining it; lift it without spiking it
Shift mood - ease the irritability and fog that ride alongside fatigue.
None of this is dramatic. It isn't a cure. It's responsive: you feel what's happening, then choose a practice that meets it. To respond, adapt & recover.
It happens to almost everyone.
Early afternoon rolls around, and something shifts. Focus softens. Eyelids get heavy. The next task on your list starts to feel strangely enormous.
You might call it a slump. A lull. A crash. Maybe you're not sure which - and that's the first thing worth noticing. A dip is information. A crash is depletion. They ask for different responses, and you can't tell them apart from the outside.
So, what's normal for you?
Your normal is yours. The only way to know it is to pay attention - consistently, honestly, without judgment.
This is where regular yoga practice earns its place - not as a task, but as a signal. A carefully selected practice doesn't just observe the feedback loop. It works inside it.
(Which isn't a case for practising the moment you flag.)
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