Woman in lotus position Emoji

People

A woman sitting on the floor with her legs crossed and resting on her opposite thighs, a pose widely recognized as the lotus position. Her hands are resting on her knees with palms facing upward, often in a mudra gesture.

Usage Context

This emoji serves as a shorthand for yoga, meditation, mindfulness, or simply taking a moment to breathe and relax. It is frequently used to signal that someone is working on their mental health, stretching, or reaching a state of internal calm. It is often grouped with the 🧘 or 🧘‍♂️ variations to represent different gender identities or used alongside items like 🧘‍♀️ mats or 🌿 plants to set a tranquil scene.

History

Introduced in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this character was part of a larger push to include more health and wellness-related icons. Its design draws directly from ancient Indian meditative traditions that gained massive popularity in Western fitness culture throughout the 20th century.

Details

Glyph

🧘‍♀

Unicode

U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d8_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD8;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-resting

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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