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Yoga is not my favorite form of spiritual union. Despite a lack of flexibility, I manage to complete a modified version of this ancient spiritual practice in my Brooklyn backyard almost every evening. I’ve had a few classes in Yoga. I know enough to commune in bliss.
I stretch in a prayerful way, despite what my [...]

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Connie sat with two skinny arms wrapped delicately across her stomach in the back seat of a taxi. The yellow car slithered almost effortlessly through late morning traffic. She instructed the driver to drop her off on the corner of Madison Avenue and 21st Street. As the driver rounded Broadway and headed south towards her [...]

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New York University, like most other institutions of higher learning, was extremely expensive. Connie thought her student loans would be enough. She had little cash on hand for food and rent. A part time job was out of the question. There was too much studying to do.
Unlike other girls in her fashion design classes, she [...]

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