Yogini(Sanskrit: ,yogin,IPA:[joini]) is the complete form source word of the masculineyogi-and neutral/plural "yogin." Far from being merely a gender tag to all thingsyogi, "Yogini" represents both a female master practitioner ofYoga, and a formal term of respect for a category of modern female spiritual teachers (in both hinduism and buddhism) in eastern countries such asIndia,Nepal, andTibet.In the Hindu tradition, mother is firstguru(teacher) and in the Yoga tradition, proper respect of Yoginis is a necessary part of the path to liberation. A Yogini is the sacred feminine force made incarnate: the goddesses of mythology (Lakshmi,Parvati,Durga,Kali) as well as the ordinary human woman who is enlightened, both having exuberant passion, spiritual powers and deep insight, capable of giving birth to saints, peacemakers, and Yogis.[1]In the initiatory traditions of both yoga & shamanism, self-mastery of sexual energy within a moral code of sacred sexuality for both females and males (as monasticsannyasinsor as householderbrahmacharis), as opposed to merely yoga-asanas.Numerous great yoginis and female mystics are mentioned in the Vedas; in fact, many of the vedic rishis were yoginis,rishikas.[2]In classicalSanskrit literature, Yogini is the name of a class of female tantric sorceresses in the train ofDurga, sometimes enumerated as 60, 64 or 65 (Harivaa,Kathsaritsgara).[3]