Mariposa Oracle: The Mirror

The Mirror is the sequel to Queen City LIcensed Massage Therapist. In this second novella, Mariposa Oracle lands a job teaching yoga in Charlotte, NC, while her massage clients pull her into hidden worlds of addiction, chronic pain, single-parent homes and trauma. Down-right funny, real-life stories and research findings are set in a hybrid of memoir and historical fiction/adventure. For those who poo poo massage and yoga, get ready for the surprise unveil of documented quality of life benefits, as Mariposa outlines therapies gaining notice as evidence-based solutions for billion to trillion dollar problems. Mariposa's personal journey of self-discovery and healing includes a look at some startling U.S. statistics and broadens the scope of the tragedy that chronic pain, addiction, trauma and fatherless/motherless children bring to the world, illuminating how science/research can point some new perspectives. It may be possible to reframe some misdirected anger and blame - and shift stigmas into liberating new paradigms, to include the plasticity of the brain.