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how much exercise should you do per week for maximum health benefits?

note: while getting enough of different types of exercise is important, as different types of exercise bring different primary benefits, the most important thing is that you are moving your body! don’t feel pressured to do a strict amount of cardio per week if you don’t like cardio, especially if you are new to exercise. this goes for any other type of exercise. it’s totally okay to do the exercise you enjoy doing, as long as you are doing it!

how much cardio should you be doing?

while this may differ according to your personal health, conditions you may have, your goals, etc. (as with any other form of exercise), the general advice given by professionals and the American Heart Association is at least 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity or 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week. if we are going with 150 minutes per week, this would mean at least 21 minutes per day, or 30 minutes 5x per week. this schedule may vary depending on your schedule, but the overall goal is 75 or 150 minutes per week!

how much strength/weight training should you be doing?

while different professional sources have varying opinions on this, the most common advice is 60-90 minutes per week. if we are using 90 minutes per week, this would equal to 13 minutes per day, 18 minutes 5x per week, or 30 minutes 3x per week.

how much yoga/stretching should you be doing?

it is important to at least include a short cool down stretch after your workout to prevent injury and reduce soreness, but when it comes to yoga, it is recommended that you include at least a 1 hour session 3x per week, although doing a bit each day is considered ideal. using the guide of 3 hours per week, this would equal 26 minutes per day, 36 minutes 5x per week, or 60 minutes 3x per week.

how much pilates should you be doing?

while many do not include pilates in their routine or do not consider it necessary, i and many others find it incredibly beneficial due to its ability to work the smaller muscle groups that weight training usually does not. it is generally recommended that you do a 45 minute session 3-4x per week. this would also equal 19 minutes daily if you prefer to split it that way.

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Adrian Borda - Broken heart still alive 

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I spend a lot of time trying to separate Persephone from Demeter, trying to define her as the goddess outside of Mother of the Land, Goddess of Grain. But it is becoming really hard to because the ancients defined Persephone/Kore in relation to Demeter too. In and out of the Eleusinian Mysteries. With the above passage in particular, it talks about the seasons of life and how a person can grow from times of grief and the period of fulfillment afterwards compared to Spring. But I have been learning all this through Persephone, more than her mother. And yet people often talk about grief in classical context through Demeter.

Am I missing something?

I will reiterate that in her own origin myth, Persephone had almost nothing to say. And nobody knows what actually happened in the Eleusinian mysteries. Only that they were the most popular mysteries in the ancient world and when people reached the end of it, they had a rejuvenated appreciation for life and they no longer feared death. ALMOST LIKE the rebirth after a long period of grief.

What if… the Eleusinian mysteries are Persephone’s voice? What if all the grief her mother went through somehow had to do with her and what she is in charge of as a goddess?

In the passage above, it says:

“…a budding feeling stirs. Perhaps the woman notices what a beautiful blue the sky is. Or she is touched by someone’s compassion…Emotionally, there are small signs of spring.”

This whole passage feels like that first drop of water after wandering through the desert. Relief. Life.

I just keep coming back to the fact that I learned about the cycle of grief and healing from Persephone, not Demeter. What if that means, since she is a goddess of life and death, that her influence extends to the cycle of grief?

And then in the mysteries, people NO LONGER FEAR DEATH. Demeter, in the end, no longer feared death. I mean Persephone was a goddess by the end, even though it was her mom that brought spring back? And yet she is connected to the cycle of grief and spring, which her mother got ALL THE CREDIT FOR?

She has all this stuff associated with her, and yet nowhere in her origin myth does it say she had anything to do with it. She is voiceless, even in her own domain (in the mainstream, at least)!

That bring me to two conclusions: one, maybe passivity is part of Persephone’s power. Maybe she is a subtle force, more a guide than a bombastic force of power. And two, those mysteries have information that can fill in some of the holes I’m finding 🧐

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I said before that Persephone’s section shows her as a very passive figure who does whatever the largest personality/force in the room does.

Was I… blind?

I’ll just leave these here

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Archetypes and Tropes: Death and the Maiden

Love never dies

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nakshatras as art: hasta

1. "Willem II and His Bride Mary Stuart" Anthony Van Dyck

2. "Pictura" Frans van Mieris the Elder

3. "Sappho" Jules Joseph Lefebvre

4. "Distortions" The Phantom Painter

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“  Flowers and Plants   ”

Photo by Ishikoro. Japan.

Love & Peace!

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Repetition✨️

What's it?

A way to discern the fallacy

Or a persisting scar

Attended with redundant attention

To waste time

As a punishment

For the fallacy commited?

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top lessons from thewizardliz

1. know what you deserve and never settle for less

2. do what needs to be done to help yourself

3. learn to detach

4. drop the people pleasing

5. never underestimate your ability to create your own reality

6. stop thinking and speaking about others as if they’re better than you

7. never entertain those who try to bring you down or talk down to you

8. don’t lower your standards for anyone or anything

9. “failure” doesn’t have to discourage you

10. drop the victim mentality

11. don’t be afraid of being called selfish

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“Marilyn had a never-ending thirst for knowledge and self-improvement. She loved poetry and music and was instinctively drawn to culture, to all the arts, but money and power were not to be gained by coercion; especially not when applied to Marilyn. She would flit off like a butterfly. I remember her saying. ‘If they aren't going to be fair and nice, I can always leave. I can get by on very little. After all, I've done it before.’”

— Jane Russell on Marilyn Monroe

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cozy studies

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Hi can you please make a guide on Blair Waldorf please

blair waldorf: a guide

character

romanticize studying and prioritize intelligence; blair is literally the definition of hot and educated.

confidence and self-stability is key; realize you are the only you there will ever be!

realize you cannot control other people, you can only control you.

“you can’t make people love you, but you can make them fear you.”

don’t be afraid to be determined, passionate, and GO HARD for what you want and don’t give it up for anyone.

“if you really want something, you don’t stop for anyone or anything until you get it.”

set standards for all relationships. you deserve to be surrounded by your kind of people and have what you want.

“the most important thing in a relationship is trust. after sex. and hygiene. and earning potentials.”

don’t be afraid to be a little selfish sometimes. if your goals require you to keep to yourself, study all the time, move, whatever it may be, do it and realize there will always be people that try to keep you where you are and stop your growth, but keep your eyes on the prize and don’t let it happen!

“whoever said that money doesn’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.”

fashion

old money style!

headbands that match the accents in your outfit

heels, low or high. your choice!

collared tops, especially in fall and winter

black or white tights

plaid! like long plaid coats and plaid skirts

pearls

button-up tops

classy floral prints in summer and spring

bows! both in your hair and around your collar

hair is usually in loose curls

things to do to feel like blair

shop! especially for accessories like bags and shoes

watch an audrey hepburn movie

have a spa day! eat some chocolate and take a bubble bath

take time to make yourself feel pretty and put together

read a magazine

read classic literature

drink tea from your prettiest mug

have a sleepover!

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Gratitude🖤

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I was elated,

Out of the world

Still grounded,

When the strange familiarity,

Unexpected but still longed for

Allured me -

Once again

When I caught him in you,

Unaware,

Not necessarily him though

Yet again

And I still knew;

Couldn't bridle this feel though

Lingering

Within me

In its entirety,

In the depths of my soul

So dark and never traversed

Holding the roots

Of the tree

Standing all tall

Bearing proudly

The saccharine fruits of

Waiting

Ripening into a blissful longing,

Turning bright red

Protractedly

With deliberation

In anticipation

Of fullness of time

Speculating

His enterprise,

Though not him

Yet grateful to the

Masquerade

or Pasquinade is it,

For accentuating the tree

Standing all tall

Glorious and thriving,

Serene,

No greed,

In the sentient, dark depths of my soul

To be traversed.

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