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Top ten reasons to try out Stephen Cope’s Yoga book and Meditations CD
Top ten reasons to try out Stephen Cope’s
Yoga book: Yoga and the Quest for the True Self and
Meditations CD: Yoga for Emotional Flow: Free Your Emotions Through Yoga Breathing, Body Awareness, and Energetic Release
1. Not me in the pictures.
If you find yourself wondering that is not me in the pictures from vacation or believe your photos do not come out well
Read chapter 11. Awareness: On seeing and being seen in the Yoga book.
2. Lacking in Self-nurturing
If you believe you have not taken care of yourself or are lacking in self-nurturing.
Try, ”Clearing the field” exercise (track 4) in CD 2 of Meditation CD set before sleeping.
3. Anger or other non-beneficial emotions
If you find yourself harboring anger or other non-beneficial emotions.
Try the “Riding the Wave of Breath”, track 3 in CD 2 of Meditation CD set or read about it in ch. 13 Riding the Wave in the Yoga book
4. Puzzling self behavior = Subconscious at work
Find some of your own behavior puzzling, this could be things (emotions) in your subconscious at work.
This is referred throughout in the book, highlighted with specific user examples. Start with ch. 9, Twin pillars of the reality project in the book which are “Clear seeing” and “Calm abiding”.
5. Weird energy experiences
If you had any weird energy experience, it would help to read those by others and some suggestions. This are also referred to as Prana or Kundalini awakening.
Ch. 15. Meditation in motion in the book.
6. Exercises and methods other than meditation and pranayama
If you are looking for methods other than classical meditation, CD 2 covers three of them,
Daily body scan: To understand your own body and stuck emotions
Riding the wave: To be able to handle tough or emotional situations
Clearing the field: A way to deep relaxation and self-nurturing
7. Practical non physical benefits of yoga
If you are trying to find out practical non-physical benefits of Yoga, the book and CD 1 cover multiple areas including developing witness, getting to calm and peace and better self-understanding
8. Yoga Stories of different people
If you would like to read stories of different people and their Yoga experiences, the book is a great resource. It covers frank and insightful stories of people and the benefits they got from Yoga and Stephen Cope’s own story including his stay at the Kripalu asharam for years. There are also some stories of people’s meditation experiences including one of the Goenka meditation.
9. What is Kripalu Yoga and Kripalu center’s history and background
If you would like to know what is Kripalu Yoga? and what it covers. If you want to know the Kripalu center’s history and background, the book provides this information, though scattered all over the book including chapter 16.
10. Answers What is Yoga and history of Yoga?
If you are interested in a quick introduction to Yoga and history, the appendix in the book is the best and most complete I have read. It covers the Yoga Sutras including the eight parts of Yoga, contribution by Tantras, different yoga types as per Bhagavaad Gita and the history of Yoga
If you prefer a review, I found the following reviews on amazon.com quite on target.
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