Yogini


_LACMA_M.2011.156.4_(1_of_2)2409.jpg)

Yogini or jogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, yoginī, IPA: [ˈjoɡiniː]) is the feminine source word of the masculine yogi and neutral/plural "yogin". More than a gender label for all things yogi, yogini represents both a female master practitioner of yoga, and a formal term of respect for a category of modern female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in India, Nepal, and Tibet.