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November 21, 2013

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Jennifer Pastiloff

Jennifer Pastiloff, Beauty Hunter, is a writer and yoga teacher living with her husband in Los Angeles and soon to be son, when she’s not on an airplane. She travels the world with her Manifestation Retreats/Workshops On Being Human- a hybrid of yoga, writing, sharing out loud, and occasionally a dance party, as well as a workshop for young women called "Girl Power: You Are Enough." It's an experience that has been described as NOT "woo-woo,", heart-mending and sometimes messy- just like life. You do not have to be a good yogi, or writer. Just a human being with a body. Jen has been featured on Good Morning America, New York Magazine, CBS News and more for her unique style of teaching. She studied poetry and writing at NYU and Bucknell University and is currently finishing her first book and is represented by Adriann Ranta at Foundry Media. She tweets/instagrams at @jenpastiloff.

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People Magazine says: Jennifer is changing women's lives through her empowerment workshops. Cheryl Strayed says: Jennifer Pastiloff is a conduit of awakenings. Lidia Yuknavitch says: Dear Jen, From you I have learned to alchemize fear with love, to redistribute love through compassion, to enter a room with others. Jen leads her signature Manifestation Workshop: On Being Human all over the world & online. Her memoir will be published by Dutton Books in 2019. Preorders available now at JenniferPastiloff.com Her workshops are a unique blend of writing and some yoga. She has developed a massive following based on her writing & workshops. A London workshop attendee says, "A space to show up and be human. A fusion of yoga and singing and writing and sharing, with laughter and tears mixed in! To be held and encouraged so beautifully by Jen, who won't flinch....but stay connected to us all through the journey. She creates a strong container, sits on the edges of our yoga mats listening to the stories that weave us together as human beings. She gives us the gift of attention, space and time. It's a space for connecting, for intimacy...you leave in a different place from where you arrive...It's a chance to show up, to own our fears and our dreams, our deep yearnings and the things we'd love to manifest in our lives. A chance to be wholeheartedly present and come back home a little more to ourselves." Jen also leads retreats with Emily Rapp & Lidia Yuknavitch. She is also the guest speaker at Canyon Ranch three times a year. All info is at the top under Retreats/Workshops. Donate below to our scholarship fund to help send someone to a workshop/retreat who can't afford to attend.

Angela M Giles is an editor and fellow badass at The Manifest-Station. Angela prides herself on being exactly who she is: An accidental warrior working to make grace and kindness sexy again. In her day job as a senior executive at an investment firm, she navigates the patriarchy, the glass ceiling, and government regulations with surprising ease and unapologetic language. By night she reads and writes and listens to music and occasionally sleeps. Her full-time passion is her son, who is proof that her heart exists outside her body. She has had her work appear online at The Nervous Breakdown, Literary Mothers, Medium: Human Parts as well as other journals. She has been featured in print at The Healing Muse and is a contributor to Shades of Blue, an anthology on depression and suicide from Seal Press. Angela tweets and is on Instagram as @angela.m.giles, and when inspired updates her blog, Air Hunger (http://airhunger.net). Angela lives in Massachusetts where she conquers the world, one day at a time.

8 hours ago by jenpastiloff So HAPPY I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE THIS!! My girl Laura Donnelly is the star of joss whedon’s new HBO show THE NEVERS. I’m so proud of you, Laura. I love you!!!!!!!!
2 days ago by jenpastiloff This is my friend jackie. You can easily see why @jaclil214 is my friend. I make friends wherever I go. Just like jackie & this sweet guy on the subway SHE DID NOT KNOW BEFORE HE SAT DOWN NEXT TO HER. Swipe left. Who are YOUR people? Tag them. And today, be kind to someone else. We’re all weird old humans anyway! #onbeinghuman #subwaylove #lessonsonthesubway
1 day ago by jenpastiloff I haven’t gotten on a scale in almost 20 years. I lost count. I mean, I have but I turn around. Denial? Or self care? For me: it’s self care. I go by how my body feels (most times. I still have bad days sometimes where I say “ugh, I’ve gained so much weight.” Then I catch myself. I almost died from anorexia. The scale gives me anxiety. So, I don’t f*ck with it. Do what you need to do for self care. You’re a good human. Numbers on a scale can’t tell you that. #onbeinghuman TAG ANY ACCOUNTS I
2 days ago by jenpastiloff he’s lonely bc mommy is wiped out and can’t move off the couch @pink
3 hours ago by jenpastiloff My favorite @noraborealis posted this and I fainted from joy. Do you follow her?❤️ #Repost @_borealisbooks ・・・ Saved this one for my flight home from Vancouver (cheated and actually started it at breakfast before the flight). Broke into a cry within twenty pages. Dog eared and underlined and thought, “did I write this?” @jenpastiloff is my book sister, especially if you have struggled with shame, body issues and self hatred (raises all my limbs). “I have a duplicitous relationship with being wanted. I need everyone to want me and yet I don’t believe them when they say they do, because