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  • The Wisdom of Yoga

  • A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living
  • By: Stephen Cope
  • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)
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Summary

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.

©2006 Stephen Cope (P)2021 Tantor

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Brilliant

The clearest, simplest and most coherently laid out explanation of the inner journey towards enlightenment that I’ve read, plus a really enjoyable read!

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OK

The book is good as a reference to The Yoga Sutras. but there are much more direct and succinct interpretations out there. The author is inexperienced IMHO, which resulted in me not being pulled into the storylines he had created to weave the teachings in. The performance was below mediocre, I am being partial here but I did not enjoy the voice of the narrator from the get go.

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