Talk:Yogi

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The previous writer was mistaken. A yogi is not a master or necessarily even an advanced practitioner. It's merely someone seriously on the path of yoga...even an ardent beginner.

And since that path is well-delineated in the entry for "yoga", there's no need to recapitulate here.

Sorry to be destructive, but there's no need to espouse on yoga here when we have a nice full entry on it.O. Pen Sauce 06:36, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Oh ok.. if you say so. I had just hoped that the page would somehow build up from a stub. But it didn't.

But O. Pen Sauce, your comment in the history says the people in the pump told me redirect makes more sense. I didn't find any discussion about this page in the pump. So what could you be referring to ? Jay 16:51, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Sorry I deleted it as I thought it had been resolved. Anyway, it's now pasted below. I thought a redirect was better than a single sentence, which is how the article was at the time. It only said "A Yogi is a devotee of any of the branches of Yoga" [1]. That's not even a stub, which is why I thought a redirect was best until a whole page could be written about this. Redirects aren't forever. If someone wanted to make more of a proper article of this then they could edit the page and remove the redirect, but I don't think the page should stay if it's only one sentence. Angela 17:05, Nov 4, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Modern Yogi merge

To avoid conngestion and bloating, it has been suggested that the section on modern Yogis be merged with the Contemporary_Yogis article.

Please comment, and have a look on the discussion held on the Yoga Talk page. Sfacets 03:24, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

'Update: They already appear on the List of yoga schools article. If we continue adding all the notable yogis in the world, the article is going to get huge. Please comment. Sfacets 09:44, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buddhist Yogis

There doesn't seem to be any mention of Yogi's practicing more Buddhist orientated Yoga's such as Tibetan Guru Yoga or particularily the six Yogas of Naropa. I know of a few buddhist teachers who've distinctly used the term Yogi to describe three paths available (monkhood,laylife,Yogi)

Also is there mention of the female form Yogini?

I agree that this information should be included. Do you have any sources? Sceptic Watcher 19:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)