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A yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST: yoginī) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet.
Eugenie Peterson (Latvian: Eiženija Pētersone, Russian: Евгения Васильевна Петерсон; 12 May 1899 – 25 April 2002), [2] known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of the "father of modern yoga", [3] Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.
Jessamyn Stanley is an American yoga teacher and body positivity advocate and writer. [1] She gained recognition through her Instagram posts showing her doing yoga as a "plus-size woman of color," [2] who self-identifies as a "fat femme" and "queer femme."
A yogi is a practitioner of Yoga, [1] including a sannyasin or practitioner of meditation in Indian religions. [2] The feminine form, sometimes used in English, is yogini.. Yogi has since the 12th century CE also denoted members of the Nath siddha tradition of Hinduism, [3] and in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, a practitioner of tantra.
Hilaria Baldwin (born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas; January 6, 1984) is an American yoga instructor, entrepreneur, podcaster, and author. She was the co-founder of a chain of New York-based yoga studios called Yoga Vida, and has released an exercise DVD and a wellness-focused book. Baldwin has been married to actor Alec Baldwin since 2012. [2]
Adriene Mishler (born September 29, 1984) [2] is an American yoga instructor, actress, and entrepreneur, based in Austin, Texas.She produces and hosts Yoga With Adriene on YouTube [3] [4] [5] and is co-founder of yoga video subscription service Find What Feels Good.
Geeta S. Iyengar (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018 [1]), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was a yoga teacher credited with advancing yoga for women. Life and work [ edit ]
The author and yoga therapist Janice Gates honored Rea with a chapter of her 2006 book on women in yoga, Yoginis. [2] Rea has contributed invited forewords to Mark Stephens's book Yoga Adjustments: Philosophy, Principles, and Techniques, [9] to Alanna Kaivalya's book Myths of the Asanas: The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition, [10] and to Lorin Roche's book The Radiance Sutras: 112 ...