yogini

plural yoginis

1. A female yogi.

   In the intense religious practices of yoginis or nuns, the menstrual period can stop altogether.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19

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   Rather, these are people who, like gym owners and advanced yoginis, can make a claim to special knowledge about what is right for other people's bodies: trainers, yoga teachers, CrossFit instructors, masseuses, mixed martial artists, chiropractors, lactation consultants, doulas, nutritionists, herbalists, menopause coaches, and certified juice therapists.

   2023, Naomi Klein, “The Far Right meets the Far-Out”, in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN