Stephen Cope writes accessible books about yoga philosophy, vocation and the psychological uses of contemplative practice. Yoga and the Quest for the True Self combines his experience at Kripalu with case studies and ideas from Western psychology, while The Great Work of Your Life uses the Bhagavad Gita and biographies of figures such as Gandhi and Walt Whitman to discuss vocation and disciplined action. The Wisdom of Yoga turns to the Yoga Sutras through stories of contemporary practitioners. Cope's prose is reflective, narrative and aimed at general readers rather than specialist Sanskrit scholarship. His work fits yoga philosophy, spiritual psychology, vocation and contemplative self-development. Read more Less