Yogi’s are flexible. … And no, not just flexible in the sense that makes for fun times in bed. Or kitchen counter. Or sofa. Or … you get the idea. (although that’s a big plus for many, we have to admit). Yogis are flexible not only physically, but also mentally, because they tend to be an open-minded bunch. While it’s true that some yogis have dietary restrictions, this doesn’t mean you have to be choosy about where you take them out on dates.
Just a word of caution: sometimes flexible translates to “flaky” for other people, because yogis are on a quest for self-improvement and self-realization, and thus they try to keep evolving in positive ways. If you want someone who is at least 90% predictable in their thoughts and actions, maybe you’re better off dating a brick wall than a flexible yogi.
Yoga cultivates awareness, an ability to focus, known as dharana, that no other discipline asks for—the being here and now both in your body and in the moment that lends itself readily to partnership.
When this awareness and ability to attune is given to a partner it is both utterly refreshing and slightly disconcerting. When a yogi is with you, they is truly with you—their to-do list is elsewhere. They may lose themselves in the curve of your ear or the hair at the nape of your neck but you may be certain that they are with you.
Their mind wraps itself in whatever topic you choose to speak about and, through the discipline that yoga instills, ceases chatter from other sources.
They love themselves and shows compassion toward themselves and others, a yogic principle known as ahimsa. They care for their body. As their practice deepens, so may their heart, where nonviolence and truth dwell.
They believe in speaking the truth, their truth, but with kindness. Satya infuses their being.
When they gives you their body they are giving you a nuanced art they have created and broken down and studied and built again. Through meditation they cultivate the ability to observe without judgment—both themselves and others. There is a fascination with the movement in every toe, the twitch in every muscle, and the expansion with each and every breath.
So, too, if they finds you worthy, may they have a similar fascination with you.
They know pain is fleeting and to breathe through it. For pain will bubble and morph and fade but never hold them captive. They knows love endures, if you choose it daily. But that love, like everything, is a choice. And that with each breath love changes.
But perhaps the best reason to date a yogi?
In every breath they find something new to cherish.
They do not grow bored or look to you to fix them.
They relish the novelty in each moment.
For them, their endless love affair with life is enough.