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The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living | 
| Author: Stephen Cope
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 38766
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0553380540
Dewey Decimal Number: 181.452
EAN: 9780553380545
ASIN: 0553380540
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Product Description
For modern spiritual seekers and yoga students alike, here is an irreverent yet profound guide to the most sophisticated teachings of the yoga wisdom tradition–now brought to contemporary life by a celebrated author, psychotherapist, and leading American yoga instructor.
While many Westerners still think of yoga as an invigorating series of postures and breathing exercises, these physical practices are only part of a vast and ancient spiritual science. For more than three millennia, yoga sages systematically explored the essential questions of our human existence: What are the root causes of suffering, and how can we achieve freedom and happiness? What would it be like to function at the maximum potential of our minds, bodies, and spirits? What is an optimal human life?
Nowhere have their discoveries been more brilliantly distilled than in a short–but famously difficult–treatise called the Yogasutra. This revered text lays out the entire path of inner development in remarkable detail–ranging from practices that build character and mental power to the highest reaches of spiritual realization.
Now Stephen Cope unlocks the teachings of the Yogasutra by showing them at work in the lives of a group of friends and fellow yoga students who are confronting the full modern catastrophe of careers, relationships, and dysfunctional family dynamics. Interweaving their daily dilemmas with insights from modern psychology, neuroscience, religion, and philosophy, he shows the astonishing relevance and practicality of this timeless psychology of awakening.
Leavened with wit and passion, The Wisdom of Yoga is a superb companion and guide for anyone seeking enhanced creativity, better relationships, and a more ethical and graceful way of living in the world.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 one of the best October 23, 2008
gene
I consider this one of the most important books I have ever read. From his historical explanation of the relationship between yoga and Buddhism, to the step-by-step explanation of how to analyze patterns of behavior in yourself and others, it is a remarkable book. I have read several other books on Eastern/Buddhist psychology, before and after reading this one, but I always come back to "The Wisdom of Yoga" because it is the easiest to understand and apply directly to my life.
Making the Westerner's Connection February 15, 2008
Cynthia Land (Seattle, WA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the book that tied it all together for me. After years of studying the Eastern books and trying to understand the deeper meaning of samadhi, Stephen Cope really brings it home for the Western mind. His ability to share real-life experiences of the Sutras from an American/Western standpoint rang all the bells for me. I have given this book as a gift to many others who just needed a slightly different perspective to join the stream of consciousness. Bravo Stephen and Namaste.
The Wisdom of Yoga February 8, 2008
Yoga Dawn
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An easy to read, deep and personal account of the exploration of yogic principles and how they apply in everyday life. I found it hard to put down and marked just about every page for later review and pondering.
 Textbook for a course I'm to take... December 31, 2007
A Reader (Massachusetts, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've participated in yoga courses for quite a few years now on and off, --some excellent and some not so great, depending on the instructors. I have an excellent teacher now and she is about to offer a new course in meditation and yoga. This is the text for it. I am excited to be learning more about what yoga is all about on spiritual/philosophical/meditative levels. This book is easy to read and offers insights about yoga for the average Westerner and how it can both simplify and enrich your life and help you understand more about yourself and others, how you can become more mindful in your daily life. Life in the 21st century is crazy, fast-paced, and full of pressures, stresses, and negativity (war, global warming, worries about the economy). Yoga is one of various paths to greater understanding, serenity, clarity, and wisdom. Earlier this year I took a course called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction which included some yoga as well as meditation, and other exercises for reducing stress. This course resulted in my wanting to learn more about what is behind yoga and meditation, their history, to understand more about their modern-day and past expert practitioners. I guess the only thing that bothers me at all about the book is all of the unfamiliar terms that are introduced that I can't get fixed in my mind, but perhaps taking the course will help with that, or perhaps that doesn't matter so much. The book is easy to read and understand and is very informative and insightful.
ancient wisdom still relevant today November 5, 2007
David M. Kayfes (Eugene, Or.)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a yoga practioner and having read Pantanjali's yoga sutras. I thoroughly enjoyed the author's blend of sutras and modern psychotherapy through the stories of the struggles of men and women looking for fullfilment. Ceasing the fluxuations of the mind was the early goal of the ancients; we have different words to describe the condition today and the battle is the same. The stories are believeable, the outcomes encouraging. The power of the read lead me to Cope's other book, Quest for the True Self. Both good reads whether you do yoga or have been involved in therapy.
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