Woman's Hippie Neighbor Demands That She Stop Hanging Her Kids' Clothes to Dry Because 'They disrupt my clients' chakra alignments,' She Retaliates by Reporting the Unlicensed Business to Authorities

Welcome, tea-sippin' sisters. The New Age spirituality movement really hit the West in the 60s and 70s but has steadily gained traction. Anyone who was frequenting book stores in the early 2000s might recall such titles as The Secret, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, or Be Here Now. You might recall going to a funky-smelling store to buy incense, "chakra stones," and mandala tapestries to hang in your room while following along with a yoga DVD. Nowadays, you can get your daily dose of repackaged Eastern spirituality by following TikTok gurus. 

While there nothing wrong with using these tools to delve deeper into yourself, it is possible to go too far and take yourself too seriously. After all, the Eastern spiritual practices that this New Age stuff is based off of is more about finding peace within yourself in a chaotic world. It is not so much about micromanaging things in your environment that are out of your control. In our story today, a new age hippie reprimands our protagonist for doing laundry during her mindfulness sessions, leading to a dramatic series of events that you can scroll down to read.