yogi
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I meditated for 15 minutes, listening to a recording of the Indian yogi and mystic Sadhguru repeating: “I am not the body. I am not even the mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
When I’m stretching and doing yoga, it’s not because I want to be a yogi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
A yogi learning a new posture must practice it repeatedly.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
He is a chai-sipping, dhoti-wearing superhero who gets his powers from a yogi - a mystic guru - and not from a radioactive spider bite.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Planting her palms on either side of her crossed legs, she lifted herself up, like a yogi levitating, and scooted over to make room for me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The British-born nun spent years isolated in a cave in the Himalayas to follow the rigorous path of the most devoted yogis.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
“It’s like one of those Shaolin movies where the great protagonist has had to go into the mountaintop and meet with the yogis, and comes down a better and stronger fighter,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2021
Like many devoted yogis, it was not just an exercise class for me, but a way of life.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2021
On the summer solstice, her feed showed Times Square full of thousands of maskless yogis.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2021
Nicolas spent a year as a beggar, following the path of the yogis, across the Himalayas, through Katmandu, along the Ganges, and on to Benares, all on foot.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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