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 - brought to contemporary life by a celebrated author, psychotherapist and leading American yoga instructor.
Many Westerners still think of yoga as a series of postures and breathing exercises. But 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?
Their discoveries have been distilled in a short but famously difficult treatise called the Yogasutra. This revered text lays out the path of inner development - 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 on friends and fellow yoga students who are confronting the modern catastrophe of careers, relationships and family dynamics.
Interweaving modern psychology, neuroscience, religion and philosophy and 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.
