yogis
Disciplined spiritual seekers
Yogis is the plural of yogi, a practitioner of yoga—particularly one devoted to its meditative and spiritual disciplines rather than just physical postures.
The term comes from Hindu tradition but now applies broadly to anyone seriously committed to yoga practice: The yogis gathered at dawn for meditation.
A yogi may also be someone regarded as having achieved spiritual insight through such practice.
Yoga body position
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
- hathaPhysical yoga discipline
- ashtangaEight-limbed yoga system
kundalini · mat · studio · retreat · practice · sequence · flow · posture
Profound spiritual awakening
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- dharmaCosmic moral order
chakras · kundalini · prana · mantra · tantra · ahimsa · samadhi · liberation
Awareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- breathAir taken in
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
contemplation · samadhi · vipassana · silence · concentration · centering · presence · tranquility
Revered authority figure
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- masterAuthority or controller
- guideLeader or instruction book
- swamiHindu religious teacher
lineage · disciple · student · teachings · transmission · initiation · ashram · school
Formal surrender of claim
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
discipline · hermit · recluse · anchorite · monk · abstinence · tapas · detachment
asana
Yoga body position
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
- hathaPhysical yoga discipline
ashtanga · kundalini · mat · studio · retreat · practice · sequence · flow · posture · alignment
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
dharma · chakras · kundalini · prana · mantra · tantra · ahimsa · samadhi · liberation · consciousness
mindfulness
Awareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- breathAir taken in
awareness · contemplation · samadhi · vipassana · silence · concentration · centering · presence · tranquility · serenity
guru
Revered authority figure
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- masterAuthority or controller
- guideLeader or instruction book
swami · lineage · disciple · student · teachings · transmission · initiation · ashram · school · tradition
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
celibacy · discipline · hermit · recluse · anchorite · monk · abstinence · tapas · detachment · simplicity
supple
Flexing without damage
contortionist · splits · backbend · headstand · handstand · poses · balance · agile · lithe · nimble
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- fitness peoplegym rats, fitness buffs, bodybuilders, weightlifters, weight lifters
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- holy peoplesaint, saints, prophet, holy men, martyr
- spiritual practitionersmeditators, practitioners, devotees, contemplatives, monastics
- spiritual seekersseeker, seekers, pilgrim, pilgrims, aspirants
yogishedonists
Pursuers of sensual delight
materialists · sensualists · libertines · sybarites · pleasure-seekers
yogiscouch potatoes
Habitual inactive TV viewers
slouchers · dilettantes · dabblers · slackers · weekend warriors
- yoga pantsStretchy fitted exercise trousers
- hot yogaExercise in heated rooms
- yoga poseNamed exercise position
- yoga matRolled floor cushion for poses
- yoga classOrganized instruction in postures
- yoga studioSpace for guided stretching