Definition of "yogi"

To this day, yogins find that these disciplines, which have measurable physical and neurological effects, evoke a sense of calm, harmony and equanimity that is comparable to the effect of music.

2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 30

There is a special healthy menu, and the yogis can all eat together if they choose, but there's none of the birdseed-and-bulgur-wheat diet of a typical retreat.

2012 March 30, Lisa Allardice, The Guardian

You do not even need to be psychoanalyzed, Rolfed, estered, altered, gelded, neutered, spayed, fixed, Mooned, acupunctured, meditated, Zenned, massaged, Cayced, yogied, New Aged, astrocharted, holisticized, computerized, megatrended, therapized, androgynized, evangelized, converted, or even, last and least, to be reborn.

1954, Edward Abbey, Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader, page xiv

I meet hundreds of people each year who have been New Thoughted, Mind Scienced, Eckankared, Rosicrucianed, l Amed, White Brotherhooded, Scientologied and, yes, even yogied — to the point of mental numbness.

1971, Roy Eugene Davis, Darshan: the vision of light, page 190

He had followed Larry faithfully for two days, getting yelled at and grieved over and yogied into a pretzel and fucked over by all sorts of weirdoes who seemed to find him a nice object to act on.

2015, Luke Rhinehart, The Search for the Dice Man, page 192

Ready to do some hiking now that we are through yogi-ing? I asked, grinning at Map Man. The hikers looked up at me quizzically, but Map Man knew yogi-ing meant the good natured way thru-hikers ask for food without actually begging.

1999, Ellen Wolfe, Walking the dream, page 138

Late in the afternoon, I came to a shady spot where there was a picnic table—a rare luxury on the trail. As I approached, I saw that there was a peach on top of the table and beneath it a note. Cheryl! We yogied this from day hikers for you. Enjoy! Sam and Helen

2012, Cheryl Strayed, Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

You can also yogi food from other hikers and tourists. The yogi cannot realistically be counted upon as a primary resupply strategy, but it's reliable for netting a few extra calories during summer months when traveling through popular parks, especially on weekends.

2013, Dan Feldman, Long-Distance Hiking, page 96