What Your Body Knows: Broken Heart Season
The rain isn't just outside. It's in your bones.
Notice how your body responds to rainy season.
Physical signatures of rainy season:
- Lethargy: Body wants to move less, conserve energy
- Aches: Some people feel joints and old injuries more
- Sleepiness: The gray light signals rest
- Heaviness: Everything feels harder to do
- Cold: Even in tropical climates, rain-cool air affects body
- Skin: Sometimes drier, sometimes more reactive
Your body is responding to environmental cues millions of years old.
Working with rainy season body:
Instead of fighting your body's rain response, work with it:
Honor the slowness. It's natural to conserve energy when the world goes gray.
Move anyway—gently. Gentle indoor movement prevents complete stagnation.
Light matters. Sit near windows. Use warm artificial light. Combat the gray.
Warm foods. Soup, tea, comfort foods—your body craves warmth.
A rainy day body check-in:
Right now, notice:
- How does your energy feel?
- Where do you feel heavy?
- What is your body asking for?
Listen. Respond. Let the rain season have its way.
Grief Compass Journal includes seasonal body practices.