A yogi is a practitioner of Yoga, including a sannyasin or practitioner of meditation in Indian religions. The feminine form, sometimes used in English, is yogini.
A 10th-century Yogini statue from Tamil Nadu, India. She is seated in an asana, and her eyes are closed in meditative state.
A sculpture of Gorakhnath, a celebrated yogi of Nath tradition and a major proponent of Hatha yoga.
17th century Hindu female Nath yogis. The earliest records mentioning female Nath yogis (or yogini) trace to 11th century.
Gorakhnath was a Hindu yogi, saint who was the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India. He is considered one of the two disciples of Matsyendranath. His followers are known as Jogi, Gorakhnathi, Darshani or Kanphata.
Illustrated manuscript depiction of Gorakhnath with Ganesha
Fresco depicting Gorakhnath from Udasi Chitta Akhara in Amritsar