13 Facts About Stephen Cope

Stephen Cope is a psychotherapist, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and author of several books on yoga and meditation.

Stephen Cope is the founder of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living.

Stephen Cope was brought up in Wooster, Ohio in the 1950s and 1960s; he learnt to play the piano from an early age.

Stephen Cope's father was an academic historian and dean of Wooster College.

Stephen Cope was educated at Amherst College, where he became a Presbyterian and subsequently a Quaker.

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Stephen Cope's working life began as a professional dancer with Minnesota Dance Theatre.

Stephen Cope then became a pianist at the Boston Conservatory of Music, playing as an accompanist for its dance teaching.

Stephen Cope trained as a priest at Episcopal Divinity School, Boston, in 1974, but was not ordained as he was openly homosexual.

Stephen Cope took a master's degree in social work, and a graduate course in psychotherapy at Boston University, and had a career as a psychotherapist in Boston for 12 years.

Stephen Cope began practising Buddhist meditation while at Boston University.

Stephen Cope 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.

Stephen Cope became a Kripalu Yoga teacher, and author of several books on yoga and meditation including the bestselling Yoga and the Quest for the True Self.

Stephen 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.