Our bodies move all the time. Or, rather, we are loading our cells all the time, even when we are in a chair or bed at night. But many of our loads are static. We call the state of being loaded in one position for a long time sedentary.  Sedentarism is an unintended consequence of other ways we identify our culture: like being“well developed” or “technologically progressive,” etc.

Changing a sedentary culture

Everyone will have to think about ways to move more. For example, walking more can be a good program to improve your physical fitness levels. Aim for 100 steps per minute. If you're just getting started, your fitness-making pace might be slower. On the other hand, if you're already used to walking at 100 steps per minute, you might need to walk faster.   If you can't walk faster than 100 steps per minute, choose uphill or staired routes, or carry a load to challenge your fitness level.

It's not about running

"Sedentary culture" is currently part of the broader, overarching culture. But subcultures, including our individual culture, can also be sedentary. We would be moving more if society was set up to encourage or even require us to move more.  However, the most immediate benefits can be found in changing our personal culture, which can grow into a dynamic family culture. For example, the whole family can sign up for a running race.

Cultures and subcultures

Measuring your steps per minute can be boring. One way to challenge your pace is to use a song's beats-per-minute (bpm) as your stepping-rate guide.Beyonce’s "Crazy in Love" and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" are 100 bpm songs. Try some 120 bpm songs for comparison, such as "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, or "Don’t Stop Believin'" by Journey. Check your pace by humming a few bars to see how your steps measure out. Spotify has playlists that organise songs by bpm.

Walking and BPM

Right now, “sedentary culture” is part of the broader and overarching culture. But subcultures—including our individual culture—can also be sedentary. These sedentary subcultures end up reinforcing the overarching culture, and around we go. So what can we do? Find out in this episode. Hint: this isn't all about running. Find the original post at: nutritiousmovement.com/changing-a-sedentary-cultureAnd the full post about pacing at: nutritiousmovement.com/the-best-walking-paceWe’ve teamed up with Softstar Shoes, one of our favorite minimal footwear makers, for a family-friendly event celebrating movement from the feet up! Join us on August 6th from 9am–1pm in Philomath, Oregon at the Softstar Workshop. Details at nutritiousmovement.com/softstar

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Right now, “sedentary culture” is part of the broader and overarching culture. But subcultures—including our individual culture—can also be sedentary. These sedentary subcultures end up reinforcing the overarching culture, and around we go. So what can we do? Find out in this episode. Hint: this isn't all about running. Find the original post at: nutritiousmovement.com/changing-a-sedentary-cultureAnd the full post about pacing at: nutritiousmovement.com/the-best-walking-pace --Find out more about the Wheat Retreat at https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/product/wheat-retreat/

Although the world is becoming mostly sedentary, our bodies still require a wide variety of daily movements in order to work well. Many of us struggle to get regular exercise, but even that can fall short of nourishing the body from head to toe. How can we move more—a lot more—when we have sore, stiff parts and overly busy lifestyles?  Join Katy Bowman M.S., biomechanist, author, and movement educator as she combines big-picture lessons on biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, and natural human movement with simple and practical solutions and exercises to get all your body parts moving better. Katy’s lighthearted and funny approach helps us all put the movement back in our lives, and the joy back in our movement!

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Ep 128: Sedentary Culture/Active Nature

Culture is the way a gathering of individuals does things together. It alludes to the mutual language, values, conventions, standards, customs, expressions, history, or foundations of a gathering of individuals. It is the standard convictions, social structures, and material attributes of a racial, strict, or social gathering.It is characterized as a unique procedure of encircling suspicions, information, and implications from another person’s experience which is not quite the same as our own and looks past “culture as ethnicity” to investigate the complexities of individual social perspective

Importance of Cultural Competence today!

Globalization has revolutionized societies around the world. Immigration has bought colossal changes and led to inclusions of diversity making culturally congruent an imperative obligation in an increasingly diverse environment with culturally diverse populations around the world. It is important to be culturally competent in an organization so that we can acquire much deeper self-knowledge and understand the basis for our own beliefs, actions, and responses toward others and we live in a world in which it helps acknowledge and respect a client’s beliefs to amplify the positive outcomes.

Why now?

A myriad of cultures are disparate and unique and by understanding the cultural genesis of our own and other's behaviours, and by remaining open to the idea that other people’s cultures guide them in the same way that ours guides us, we as humans will have a better chance of interacting positively with, and appropriately serving, people of varying cultural backgrounds. It allows us to analyze one’s own beliefs and be educated about the varying viewpoints. Such understandings are particularly important because cultural perspectives and beliefs profoundly affect us all.

Conclusion

Cultural Competence allows us to analyze one’s own beliefs and that of others and be educated about the varying viewpoints. Such understandings are particularly important because cultural perspectives and beliefs profoundly affect all aspects of people’s behaviour. It helps promotes inclusion and equality and make others feel secure and equal as their own customs and beliefs are included in mainstream practice hence making the business culturally competent.

Cultural competence is characterized as a unique procedure of encircling suspicions, information, and implications from another person’s experience which is not quite the same as our own and looks…

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Inner turmoil can cause debilitating effects on someone’s well-being and relationship with life.We cannot universally define what makes life worth living or what makes people healthy because humans are complex, dynamic, intricate creatures. What is true for one person may not be true for another.

A search for how to live a healthy life

<ul><li>Research in positive psychology tells us work, love, play, and service to others make life worth living.</li><li>A Canadian psychologist writes that the answer is either nothing, religion, happiness, or a combination of work, love, and play.</li><li>According to the Reno Gazette, faith is the answer.</li></ul> The common theme in these answers is inconsistency. Each person who wants to provide an answer will come up with their own unique explanation.

Considering what makes life worth living

Researching what makes people healthy breaks down to social factors, environmental factors, and genetic factors.  Answers to what key pieces need to be in place to live a life free of inner turmoil run in every direction with no singular answer. Perhaps wellness exists more in what we don’t do than what we are striving to find.

Key pieces that need to be in place to live a life free of the inner turmoil

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What Determines Our Well-Being?

“Eat healthy foods to reduce cholesterol and keep your cardiovascular system humming,” she adds. “This will ensure that circulation is at peak performance for the ‘southern hemisphere.’”

1. Eat healthy.

Want to put your wife in the mood for better sex? “Help around the house,” says Mandel. “The best foreplay happens outside the bedroom. By helping with chores and errands, you make them feel valued.”

2. Do your household chores.

“Even as little as 15 minutes of exercise daily will improve self-esteem, self-image, and libido,” he says. “Exercise makes the physical aspects of sex more enjoyable. Furthermore, making exercise a habit promotes cardiovascular health, which is necessary for normal erectile function.”

3. Exercise.

Too much exercise can have the opposite effect, says Pete McCall, MS, an exercise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise. “Being in an overtraining state produces general feelings of fatigue and low energy and can disrupt sleep patterns and change mood,” he says. “This is hardly a good combination for wooing a romantic partner.”

4. But don’t overdo it.

If exercise is good, then exercising with your lover is an even better sex tip, says Mandel. “Working out together ensures that both libidos and endorphins will be up,” she says. “Since you’re both already sweating, take it to the next level. Stretching together is also a good idea.”

5. In fact, work out together.

As time passes in a relationship, it’s easy to get into a rut and just go through the motions, rather than express what you really want (and need) in bed. Sex therapist Williams Lucena, FMD, says it’s time to break this cycle with some frank talk. “Ask each other, ‘What do I need in bed from you?’” he suggests. “Get back to the communication you used to have.”

6. Talk about sex.

Abstinence as a sex tip? Believe it or not, it’s a surefire way to improve sex and make your next encounter with your lover even more exciting. “Practice abstinence for a couple of days, a weekend, or a week,” says Mandel. “Abstinence does make the heart grow fonder and makes you lust after forbidden fruit.”

7. Abstain A Bit.

It may not sound that romantic, but Dr. Simmons says it’s a great way to improve your sex life and satisfy women. Construct a plan for having sex, he suggests: “Setting aside time or arranging opportunities for sex is very important, especially for busy couples or those with children. Don’t let the frequency of sex dwindle due to fatigue or the inability to find the ‘right time

8. Plan for sex.

Want to keep her in the mood for sex later that night while you’re stuck at the office? Use your cell phone or e-mail. “Send her sexy messages throughout the day,”.

9. Make use of technology.

Want a foolproof way to drive her wild and ensure better sex? “Find a particular feature, and tell her that she is the best in this class,”

10. Compliment her body.

Men like to get excited for better sex, but women are more likely to get in the mood through relaxation. “Wash her hair in the shower or massage her scalp to relax her,”

11. Focus on relaxation.

Regardless of how you get revved up for better sex, Matthew N. Simmons, MD, PhD, of the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute in Cleveland, suggests not skimping on the foreplay — no matter how long you have been together as a couple. “Foreplay contributes greatly to stronger orgasms and improved sex,” he says. “Gearing up your autonomic nervous system will increase sensitivity, excitement, and strength of orgasm. Your patience and attentiveness will pay dividends.”

12. Foreplay.

Natalie Bencivenga, co-founder, editor, and writer of twodaymag.com, advises thinking like a woman. “To think like a woman in bed, you don’t have to be one,” she says. “Give attention to some of her most neglected areas, like her neck, her feet, her inner thighs. Tease her mercilessly. Make her want it. You will be surprised what a build-up will bring!”

13. Think like a woman.

Men so often take the lead in bed. Sometimes, the key to better sex is letting her be in charge. “Don’t be afraid to let your mate lead,” says Joyce Morley, EdD, a licensed counselor in Decatur, Ga. “Allow your mate to initiate sexual pleasure on occasions, as well as taking the top position.”

14. Let her take the lead.

According to Bencivenga, there’s no shame in using lubricant to satisfy women. “Many guys think that since women get wet, if we aren’t wet, then we aren’t into it,” she says. “That’s not true. Sometimes, whether it’s stress, certain times of the month, or fatigue, women can have a hard time getting physically aroused even when they are mentally in the game. Lubricant in the bedside drawer is your new best friend.”

15. Don’t overlook lubricant.

If you’re experiencing a case of the “same-old, same-old,” working on adding a little variety is the key to better sex, says Simmons. “Spice things up by planning and discussing variations on your usual sexual habits,” he explains. “Lingerie, toys, new positions, and other creative additions can enhance intimacy and orgasm.”

16. Switch things up.

Another way to add variety and improve sex life, suggests Mandel, is to try someplace new. “Do it in different places to experience a different energy,” she says. “Take it outdoors if you are overwhelmed with technology and want to get back your natural rhythm.”

17. Change the location.

Does it feel lately like it’s just sex? “Try making love,” advises Dr. Morley. “You make love with that special someone, but you have sex with anybody.”

18. Make love instead.

Even when you’re not having sex, you can still improve your sex life by using touch in an intimate, but not sexual, way. “Touching is important, but doesn’t always mean sex,” says Morley. “It is important to be intimate with your mate by touching her with love and affection on a daily basis. Kiss daily, and don’t be afraid to allow her to reciprocate.”

19. Use touch even without sex. 

“Take good care of your penis,” says Dr. Simmons. “Penile injury is usually sustained when your partner is on top or when the penis buckles from missed penetration. If things are getting out of hand, ask your partner to ease up. If you suspect a penile fracture due to a perceived ‘pop’ followed by bruising, see a urologist immediately.”

20. Practice self-care

Hey dudes over there! Tips to improve your libido. 

Try these twenty pointers for a better bedroom romp. Learn more at Everyday Health.

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Originally created by Alexander Afanasyev in the 1990's about the attitudes/views of how one sees the world, also know as psyche-yoga/Attitudinal psyche

Psychosophy

Having a sense of meaningfulness1st Function: Go-getters, & rather intimidating, set in their ways & going about life regardless of outside influences, & it's rather in their unconscious of how they get the things they get done, done2nd Function: These people find it easy to discuss about willpower & getting where they need to go with other people, drive for experimentation of all kinds 3rd Function: May be inclined to psychiatric symptoms when unhealthy, but when developed completely nothing can stop them from achieving4th Function: Forgets their purpose likes when others help them find it

Will/Violition

Material world/the body1st Function: May develop brute force in getting the things in the physical world, unconsciously.2nd Function: Likes discussing money exercise, physical world stuff, not selfishness in that respect. Enjoy sharing simple physical touch such as a handshake/pat on the back/etc.3rd Function: Feel insecure about their bodies, but it is also their greatest strength, maybe be involved heavily in sports4th Function: Forgets about their physical needs & enjoys when others can help them push through.

Physics

The view of ideas/concepts1st Function: A disregard of others ideas/concepts but they do this in an unconscious way. Stubborn in their way of thinking, rather not to be swayed.2nd Function: Love of communication, inclined to express any of the other aspects through concepts. 3rd Function: Rather skeptic about concepts, enjoy crosswords, logic driven tasks. Appreciates meaningless chatter. Silent & cautious.4th Function: Doesn't care about ideas as much as positively letting others decide or direct a conversation.

Logic

The attitude towards art/beauty/externals1st Function: Unconsciously, either feel out their emotions or greatly hides them from others. Crying often is childhood is a sign of having this function2nd Function: Might seek validation from others, love of gatheing artistic research of speeches as such. Actors usually have this function, easy to dialogue & cry on que.3rd Function: Not the fan of children, in calm conversing w/ there is no discomfort. Not in touch w/ emotions, can get confused as to why someone cries4th Function: Impartial critictic, comsumes rather than creates, best as a spectator

Emotion

These are just brief descriptions I'd recommend getting the book "The Synax of Love" by Alexander Afanasyev if you can find it (hard to find) but also Attitudinal Psyche would be as helpful from their website!

Attitudinal Psyche was created to represent a distinct and more developed system of personality than Psyche Yoga as discovered by R. Collopy.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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You might have said them yourself, or you might be better acquainted with their cousins “When I get through ____________, I’ll feel better” or “If I just had ______________, life would be great.” We say these words all the time casually, carelessly. They seem innocuous enough, just an expression of a desire or dream. But in fact, this habit of saying “I’ll be happy when …” is far more insidious than it seems on the surface.

“I’ll be happy when …” is insiduous

That’s because “I’ll be happy when …” isn’t just a phrase. It’s a mindset — and that mindset keeps us waiting for happiness instead of cultivating joy in our lives right now. Reaching a milestone can feel good, but eventually we start to look for the next milestone, and then we’re back to thinking “I’ll be happy when …” all over again.

A Mindset That Makes You Unhappy

Happiness<a href="https://ideas.ted.com/4-lessons-from-the-longest-running-study-on-happiness/"> </a>is a broad evaluation of how we feel about our lives over time. It’s synonymous with what psychologists call “subjective well-being” and encompasses a range of different factors, including how we feel about our health and our work, whether we feel we have meaning and purpose in life and how connected we feel to other people.

What Is Happiness?

If happiness is how we feel about our lives over time, joy is how we feel in the moment. Joy is an intense, momentary burst of positive emotion. We can tell we’re experiencing joy because we feel it in our bodies as well as our minds. We smile and laugh, our posture opens, and we may feel warm or light. Joy makes us feel like the best version of ourselves — energized, invigorated, and alive.

What Is Joy?

Because happiness is somewhat big and complex, it’s not always easy to know what will make us happy.Many of us have been conditioned to see happiness as tied to certain big milestones in life such as finding a partner, getting a promotion, buying a house, having a child. We tell ourselves that securing these things will complete the puzzle and give us our “happily ever after.” But the reality is, we’re not always especially good at predicting what will make us happy.It’s also important to note that we don’t actually have a lot of control about how or when these big things happen to us.

Big Milestones Of Life: Often Unpredictable And Uncontrollable

n our pursuit of happiness, we end up postponing joy.

Research has shown that while happiness tends to spike in the wake of this kind of big life event, it tends to return to its natural set point not long after. Reaching a milestone can feel good, but eventually we start to look for the next milestone, and then we’re back to thinking “I’ll be happy when …” all over again.

Happiness Comes Always Back To Its Natural Setpoint

Every time we say to ourselves “I’ll be happy when …” what we’re really saying is “I can’t be happy now.”

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">We put off spending time with the people we love to put in overtime at work so we can get that raise.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We don’t decorate our rental apartment because we want to save every single penny for a down payment, but in the meantime we live in a boring blank box.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We put off the trip to Iceland until we have the right partner to go with. But then as we scroll through our Instagram feed, it feels like everyone else is living life while we’re just sitting on the sidelines.</li></ul>

Stop Putting Of Joy In The Present For Uncertain Happiness

<ul><li>makes us passive and stuck</li><li>keeps us waiting for life to happen to us instead of creating a life we want right now. </li><li>keeps us wishing and searching instead of enjoying and living.</li></ul>

The habit of saying “I’ll be happy when …” 

So often we dismiss joy because it seems like a distraction from the big happiness we’re hoping for. But even though moments of joy are small, they do something significant: They expand our world.And whether that happiness comes sooner or later, in the meantime you’re living a full life, one that is rich in joy.

Small Joys To Expand Our World

But what I’ve learned about leaning into the present rather than waiting for the future is that something unexpected always happens. Sometimes it’s adventure, and then you’re left with memories you never would’ve had if you’d just waited for happiness to find you. Other times, we find new friends, new opportunities, new inspiration — things that may actually help you get to the happiness you’re seeking faster or help you uncover a new definition of happiness.

Lean Into The Present For Unexpected To Happen

But I’ve realized that waiting for happiness is a habit, and like any other habit, we can break it. Now, when I catch myself saying some version of “I’ll be happy when …” I try to imagine myself in the future, looking back on right now.Then I ask myself: “How will I wish I’d used this time?” Asking this question always brings me back to joy, because the answer is never “Waiting for things to change.” Usually, it’s more like “Living the best version of my life as it is right now.”

Think Of Waiting For Happiness As An Habit To Break

See, waiting for happiness is often rooted in a kind of perfectionism, which works backwards from an imagined perfect life and measures everything else against it. Anything that falls short of that so-called perfect life is a disappointment. And since perfection is unattainable, even when you do get the thing you were hoping for, you’re constantly operating at a deficit.

Waiting For Happiness = Unhealthy Perfectioni

Joy, on the other hand, starts where you are. Joy begins with a beautifully imperfect life and asks: How can we can make this life more vibrant, more fun, more full of the things that make us excited to wake up in the morning? It’s a creative mindset, not a comparing one.

Enjoy Present Joy = Using You Creative Mindset

Every time you say that or its cousins "If I just had ____" or "When I get through ____", what you’re really saying is “I can’t be happy now.” Author and designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explains why -- and how she broke this habit.

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Most doctors schedule an ultrasound at around 18 to 21 weeks, but the sex may be determined by ultrasound as early as 14 weeks . It's not always 100 percent accurate, though.

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At intoxicating levels, alcohol is a vasodilator (it causes blood vessels to relax and widen), but at even higher levels, it becomes a vasoconstrictor, shrinking the vessels and increasing blood pressure, exacerbating such conditions as migraine headaches and frostbite.

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Julie d'Aubigny's  father might have worked in the stables of Louis XIV, maybe as an ex musketeer, anyway, a soldier good with horses.She moves to Versailles following her dad at about 9 years old where she witnessed some of the greatness of Louis XIV's court.Her hobbies are riding and fencing. For practical reasons she would dress in boys clothes and she would kick ass with a sword.She was also an opera singer and she saw opera performances hosted in the Versailles stables. Quite some stables, apparently.

Julie who?

She becomes a mistress of her dad's boss: she's 14 and he's 46. Gasp!Then she get's married off just to keep up appearances (husband sent away, while she stays in Paris with the old dude). Get's another lover, this time a more adventurous guy, a fencer. They flee Paris together because he does an illegal duel.They become a duo fencer. They flee to Marseille where they give fencing demonstrations. Julie does mixed gender fighting while wearing men's clothing, so people assume she's a bloke. When people misgender her, she flashes her boobs, silencing the crowd. Gasp, again!

She has a very busy a sex life

Her dad and her official husband are not around, so she's more in charge of herself than other women in her time.She sings duets with the adventurous guy in the Marseille opera and gets admired for her low voice and her beauty.Then she gets herself a new lover: a woman this time, a daughter of a local merchant. They fall in love, but her family sends her to a convent. Julie enters the convent as a novice and then they escape when a fellow nun dies and they steal her body and burn it. They escape while the nuns try to put out the fire. They get caught and Julie dodges an execution.

Woman lover

She is challenged to a duel by a dude who doesn't know she's a woman and she wounds him. Then she takes care of him, and not surprisingly, they become lovers for a while.She's off to Poitiers next where she's taking singing lessons.Meets a baritone singer, becomes her lover, goes back to Paris. Get hired to the Opera. She's only 17 by this time (talk about really living!!!). Now is when she takes her stage name Mademoiselle La Maupin. She's a star.

Famous & very busy sex life again

Goes to a Paris party dressed as a man and kisses a woman. She get's asked to a duel by some jealous men whom she defeats.She then runs to Brussels and gets involved with a Bavarian prince like figure. Maximilian, the princely dude, can't handle her and tries to give her money just to go away. Auch! She doesn't take them and leaves.She obviously had a temper and allegedly attacked her landlord when he refuses to make her dinner (hangry much?). No judging, I would do the same! :))She beats an actor who tries to seduce her because he's too pushy (wohoo!).

Temper and fights and more lovers

A bit of opera is written for her where the main character is not a soprano (quite unusual). The character is a muslim sword fighting woman. A lot like Julie wouldn't you say?Finally in 1703 she falls in real love with Madame la Marquise de Florensac (a super beauty) and they live together for 2 years in total happiness,  until the Marquise falls ill and dies (soooo saaad).Ironically, it is said that Julie entered a convent (again with the nuns) where she dies at 33. Talk about living fully.

Finally true love (but also death)

Julie d'Aubigny seems to have been quite a character for her time. A famous bisexual sword fighting opera singer who had tones of lovers, amazing success in her career, and managed to find true love, even if short lived.

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Bacteria are super sensitive to heat and raising the water to boiling temperatures will inactivate them. To prevent disease, water can be boiled in preparation for consumption. Heating it at least at 145 Fahrenheit is an easy way to purify the water, and the minimum boiling point is 212 F!

What temperature does water have to be to kill bacteria?

If you are wondering if you can stall a virus with heat, the answer is yes. Much like with other water filters, heating up water has many benefits!

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