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- My 200-hour yoga teacher training came with an accompanying list of yoga books.
- Still, I wanted to take this prospect seriously…and I had book reports to write.
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Finding Yourself on the Mat: A review of Stephen cope’s “Yoga and the Quest for the True Self”
Think the Sutras meet Eat, Pray, Love.
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Published November 4, 2025 02:13PM
My 200-hour yoga teacher training came with an accompanying list of yoga books. I am a words person-a writer and avid reader. I also have a slight rebellious streak. This means that when I am told to read something, the chances of my actually cracking the spine are slim. This is compounded by the fact that, in my leisure time, I am drawn to escapist novels over nonfiction.
Still, I wanted to take this prospect seriously…and I had book reports to write. When I finally opened Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope, I did so reluctantly. Within five minutes, I was fully enthralled.
Cope’s book uses the vehicle of memoir to explore the fundamentals of yogic philosophy and emphasize the power of self-inquiry. The story, originally published in 2000, follows a lost, late-90s Cope as he trades his life as a Boston psychotherapist for a retreat that becomes a months-long tenure at kripalu Center for Yoga