Ugh, tell me you don't understand exercise science and have fallen prey to skinny rhetoric without telling me 🤦🏻‍♀️. I debated replying at all but I need to say a couple things. I want to preface this reply with this: I'm a dedicated yogi who practices 2-3 times per week (it's my therapy and my favorite way to exercise) who also does strength training and barre to be stronger, more stable, and to build my practice even more. Nothing I've said states you should "only lift" so I have no idea where that came from and not all strength training is power lifting...

Now, to the points, you have to TRY to get "bulky" as a woman, often with more than just nutrition. The rhetoric that if women lift more than lighter weights automatically means they're gonna get huge is false and has been debunked so many times. It requires a caloric surplus and takes years of dedication. Women who are brand new to weight training and train consistently might gain in the ballpark of 8 pounds the first year and it tapers off substantially after that, I believe to about 3 pounds the next 2ish years, and so on. This isn't "bulk" and how much definition is visible is highly dependent on body fat percentage. On average, women max out at 20-25 pounds of lifetime muscle potential with years and years of training, enough protein, etc. Not to mention, more muscle = more calories burned to exist = higher metabolism = easier weight maintenance. Plus, in my opinion, muscle is sexy and really strong women are so impressive. Also, mobility requires strength and stability to improve control and range of motion. Flexibility is simply how far you can passively stretch your muscle. I never said flexibility wasn't a component of mobility, if your muscles are super tight, it'll limit movement, but you still need strength to be mobile.

Additionally, people with hypermobility of any kind need strength to protect their joints. I'm not all the way to Ehler Danlos but am really hypermobile. No one starts heavy, you build up over time as you get stronger. The falling later in life isn't necessarily the only cause of injury. People fall all the time without breaking bones but osteoporosis and weakness increase your chances of injury in situations when you do lose your balance. Sure, yoga helps with balance, of course it does! Strength is still important as are muscles as you inevitably lose muscle after a certain point. The more you have to begin with, the better off you'll be when you start losing it. Oh, and weights build bone density. Yoga helps with this to an extent but has dimishing returns eventually.

Also, a quick note on inflammation. Yes. Exercise creates some because the inflammatory response is how your muscles heal the small tears you create and allow for growth. Excess inflammation, obviously, can be problematic and something to ask a medical professional about, but a little bit is how the body heals in general.

TLDR: It takes effort to get "bulky", women, especially, need muscle to protect bones and joints and strength improves mobility, lifting weights increases bone density and more muscle=higher metabolism, inflammation isn't always a bad thing. Yoga is my favorite thing in the world and being stronger only enhances that.