Yoga and the Quest for the True Self - Rilegato

Cope, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 055310313X ISBN 13: 9780553103137

Casa editrice: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1999

Riassunto

One of the nation's leading Yoga instructors and teachers reveals the spiritual wisdom and health benefits underpinning this ancient practice, which has been adopted by more than eight million Americans.

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"A down-to-earth, wise, spiritually mature and compassionate teaching that integrates the best of yoga and our own Western humanity. Destined to be a classic." —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

"What a delight to find a book on spiritual practice that's as compelling to read as a good novel. This honest, intelligent, and beautifully written book is required reading for anyone interested in spiritual practice today."—Lilias Folan, host of the PBS series Lilias!

"A tour de force...a book grounded in yoga psychology that will be meaningful and useful to spiritual practitioners in many traditions."—Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think and That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist

"Intellectually precise, profoundly moving, and gratifyingly accessible...Stephen Cope has written a book that offers hope that the fruits of spiritual practice and the attainment of wisdom are not for some more enlightened person, but for you and for me."—Donna Farhi, international yoga teacher and author of The Breathing Book

"With rare clarity and wit, Stephen Cope shows us how yoga can guide us through the maze of our psyche--and home to our own soul."—Anne Cushman, former editor in chief, Yoga Journal, and co-author of From Here to Nirvana

"Yoga and the Quest for the True Self is a splendid bridge between traditional yoga and the concerns and needs of contemporary Western seekers. Stephen Cope takes you straight to the heart of yoga."—Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., founder-president of the Yoga Research and Education Center; author of The Yoga Tradition and The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga

L'autore:

Stephen Cope is a psychotherapist who writes and teaches about the relationship between contemporary psychology and the Eastern contemplative traditions. He holds degrees from Amherst College and Boston College. He is currently Scholar-in-Residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, the largest residential yoga center in the world. This is his first book.

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• Editore: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 055310313X
• ISBN 13: 9780553103137
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 358