Has anyone else experienced exhaustion after doing more than one reading in a day? I sometimes find myself so tired after offering readings.. not sure if this is common?
Absolutely yes. Especially when I started getting better and started stretching myself more, I did find that I would get more tired out after doing multiple readings. In fact, that is part of the reason I ended up having to take a break from readings for a while. (My "break" ended up lasting around 3 years, but there were other outside influences involved in it lasting so long.)
Lokasenna said:
The more I practiced, the quicker I could connect the dots, the less drained I felt after a reading, etc. It's similar in many ways to physical exercise - the more consistently you keep at it, the easier it becomes, the more endurance you build up.
I think that Lokasenna hit the nail on the head with this statement. Just like exercising your physical body, doing readings exercises your mind. And, as you do readings you will become stronger, better and able to do more readings in a day than when you first start. But, if you push yourself too hard, you might "pull a muscle" so to speak and need to rest your mind for a while. But it is important to get back into readings as soon as you are rested or, like me, you end up getting "rusty" and having to almost start from scratch.
nisaba said:
Do you take on your client's emotions? Don't - that will help straight away. Understanding emotion is not the same as feeling it yourself.
Do you eat, drink, walk between readings? That helps immensely.
More excellent advice. It is difficult sometimes to separate yourself from your clients emotions. I suspect that many of us are empathic to an extent. But being able to sense your querent's emotions is a good thing and helps us (I feel) to be a better reader. However, we should strive to not internalize their emotions as this does wear us down more.
A small snack between readings might help. Your brain runs on carbohydrates, so replenishing your physical energy is important. (Just don't overdo ...
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I seem to recall from your introduction post, that you are still relatively new to the Tarot. That being the case, it is important to pace yourself. Learn how much you can do without tiring yourself. Don't be afraid to push yourself a little, but always be sure to allow yourself time to rest and recover. And remember that intensive studying uses up energy the same as reading. So try to limit the number of readings you perform on days where you will also be studying the Tarot.
Do remember that I am basing this off of my own experience. You may find that things may work somewhat differently for yourself. Still you do want to learn how to tell when you need to take a fifteen-minute break or grab a snack. I hope this has been of some help.
