After reading this quote today and hearing it again somewhere else, this is the definition of what an advanced yogi/yogini to me. This is from the book Yoga Beyond Belief by Ganga White.
"Am I gaining a greater understanding of my body? Am I learning how to heal myself? Am I learning subtler and different ways of using the poses and how each asana affect my body to produce different results? Am I gaining an understanding of the energy fields in my body and how these energy fields flow? Am I beginning to get some control of my own autonomic nervous system and some of the unconscious processes of my body? Am I less rigid in my beliefs and less fixed in particular systems and structures? Am I alive and awake in my practice, constantly questioning and willing to vacate my position – figuratively and actually? Am I questioning, not only of others but of myself? Is my mind becoming more open, compassionate, more peaceful?”
