Stephen Cope

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Stephen Cope is a

Kripalu
Institute for Extraordinary Living.

Early life

Stephen Cope was brought up in

psychotherapist in Boston for 12 years.[1][2]

Yoga and meditation

He began practising

guru-disciple relationship, but he played along, and Desai "actually zapped me"[1] with Shakti, something Cope had never heard of; Cope spent the next 3 days in a blissful state. He promptly took up asana practice; he then took a sabbatical to get his ideas on the relationship of yoga and meditation together; and less than a year later closed his psychotherapy practice to teach yoga at Kripalu.[1]

Career

The Kripalu Center in Massachusetts, formerly a Jesuit seminary

Cope became a

niyamas) that were needed to support those practices.[1]

Cope is the founder of the

Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living and is a scholar-in-residence at Kripalu; he has given numerous training courses there.[4][5]

In 2008, Cope was identified by Nora Isaacs, writing in

Reception

Yog Sundari were "touched and impressed" by The Wisdom of Yoga, calling it a useful guide and an alternative to the "often impenetrable" translations and commentaries on the

Works

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ a b c d e f Anderson, Diane. "YJ Interview: A Life Less Ordinary with Stephen Cope". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet Stephen Cope". Stephen Cope. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. Kripalu
    . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ Isaacs, Nora (21 October 2008). "Bring More Mindfulness Onto the Mat". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. ^ "The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope". Yog Sundari. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ^ Weisenberg, Bob (25 September 2012). "Stephen Cope Changed My Life. He Might Change Yours, Too". Elephant Journal.

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