".... I return to the UN to attend a "Conversation on Yoga for Health,... 

A woman... calls herself a "Shamanatrix" and is in the business of promoting a "Love.o.lution." 

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She hands me an "aura fluffer" wand, colorful feathers connected to a looped pipe cleaner. By waving it around my head and body, she shows me, I can offer myself kindness and compassion.  She hopes it will make me smile. 

It does; I can't stop grinning.

          

  ....These past few days have reminded me: What I need is already inside me.

So with my "aura fluffer" in hand, I walk back onto the city streets, where I stop

at every red light, stand still, smile and breathe."

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by Jessica Ravitz