Will Yoga & Meditation Really Change My Life?

Stephen Cope asked 25 yoga and meditation teachers to share their "tales from the path" – their thoughts on how the long-term practice of yoga and meditation has changed their lives. The result is a unique collection of stories offering insight and inspiration for everyone seeking a more satisfying life. The author of Will Yoga & Meditation Really Change My Life?, Stephen Cope is a psychotherapist and yoga teacher. He is also the Director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living. In this collection of intensely personal and profoundly inspirational essays and interviews, 25 leading North American teachers of yoga and Buddhist meditation tell their stories of how the practice of these rich and varied spiritual traditions has made an enduring impact on their lives...and how it can transform yours.



Rama Berch

Sylvia Boorstein

Maya Breuer

Edward Espe Brown

Anne Cushman

Lama Surya Das

Donna Farhi

Richard Faulds

Lilias Folan

John Friend

Robert Hall

Judith Hanson Lasater

Cyndi Lee

Konda Mason

Esther Myers

Richard Miller

Phillip Moffitt

Douglas Phillips

Larry Rosenberg

Mu Soeng

Rod Stryker

Patricia Sullivan

Patricia Walden

Larry Yang Tales from the Path

Sylvia Boorstein: I Got Kinder

Larry Yang: Family Tree Practice

Anne Cushman: Living from the Inside Out

Larry Rosenberg: Tasting the Silence

Esther Myers: Coming Home to My Body, to Myself

Lama Surya Das: Changing Everything; Changing Nothing

Patricia Walden: Moving from Darkness into Light

Douglas Phillips: The Truth-Telling Place of Everyday Life

Konda Mason: Nonviolent Activism with Wisdom

Edward Espe Brown: When You Are You, Zen Is Zen

Cyndi Lee: Practicing to Save My Life

Richard Miller: The Search for Oneness

Donna Farhi: Paying Attention

Maya Breuer: Feeling My Wings

Phillip Moffitt: It's Not Personal!

Richard Faulds: Practice, Practice, Practice

Lilias Folan: Cultivating Witness Consciousness

Mu Soeng: Letting Things Unfold

Judith Hanson Lasater: The Samadhi of Here and Now

John Friend: Enlightenment in Every Moment

Rama Berch: I Always Belonged to God

Rod Stryker: A Passion That Led to the Heart

Robert Hall: Trusting the Inner Voice

Patricia Sullivan: Dharma Gates Are Boundless

Stephen Cope: Everything Is Already OK

Glossary

Key Teachers (As Mentioned in Text)

Contributors' Publications, Recordings, and Web Sites

Acknowledgments

Index