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Elephant Journal must have low standards, because they’ve done me the honor of posting another story on their yoga and green lifestyle blog.

It was early afternoon on Tuesday, so the after-work joggers weren’t yet out. My jogging partner Rachel and I were almost alone on the path by the Hudson River. It was cool but pleasant outside, with a thin cloud cover that turned everything gray and silver. We gossiped, swapped advice, relished the fortune that had come to both of us recently. We were happy with our bodies and minds.

We turned onto the pier that would be our halfway point. Ahead of us was a young brunette stretched on her back, on the concrete ground, in the middle of the pier….

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