Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is adept in yoga.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Hindu ascetic and mendicant who practises the yoga system, and combines meditation with austerity, claiming thus to acquire a miraculous power over elementary matter. See
yoga . Alsoyogee and jogi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Attributive form of
yogi
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States baseball player (born 1925)
- noun one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In the Sing & Do, replace the word yogi with your baby’s name and repeat.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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In the Sing & Do, replace the word yogi with your baby’s name and repeat.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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"Part of being a yogi is deciding which part of you gets to tell your story."
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.: The Secret Behind THE SECRET: Who Gets to Tell Your Story? Ph.D. Eva Norlyk Smith 2010
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A yogi is someone who realizes that all the actions of both the bhogi and rogi are ultimately fruitless, that satisfying cravings and indulgences is only short-lived.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Are You a Yogi, a Bhogi or a Rogi? Ed 2010
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A yogi is someone who realizes that all the actions of both the bhogi and rogi are ultimately fruitless, that satisfying cravings and indulgences is only short-lived.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Are You a Yogi, a Bhogi or a Rogi? Ed 2010
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The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 specialists during three weeks of tests at a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Man Claims He Has Lived Without Food and Water for 70 Years | Impact Lab 2010
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A yogi is a person who realizes that all the actions of the rogi and bogi are ultimately fruitless, that all the cravings and indulgences are not really satisfying no matter how hard you try.
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You see, Sri Aurobindo is often exclusively referred to as a yogi or a mystic or a poet.
Sri Aurobindo is a multi-facetted genius Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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She had the requisite hairy armpits Shantih is not a hairy armpit gal, but is still very bendy and a super yogi, which is why we worship her, and was super thin and cut.
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She had the requisite hairy armpits Shantih is not a hairy armpit gal, but is still very bendy and a super yogi, which is why we worship her, and was super thin and cut.
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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