Yoganotes: How to sketch yoga postures & sequences

by Eva-Lotta Lamm

Overview

Learn how to sketch simple yoga 'stick figures' to capture and plan your yoga sequences with this simple, step-by-step system that can be quickly learned, even without any drawing or sketching skills.

Also available as an e-book: www.yoganotes.net

The first part of the book explains the basic principles of sketching and constructing the yoga stick figures and combining them into sequences.The second part contains step-by-step instructions for sketching over 80 of the most common asanas and their variations.

Who is this book for?

For Yoga Teachers & Coaches:
If you teach yoga classes or work with your own private clients, sketching is a great way to plan out sequencesand practice plans in a visual way.You can use them as a visual overview during class (if you haven't fully memorised the sequence yet). They also make great handouts for your students after a workshop or as personalised practice plans for your one-on-one clients.

For Teacher Training Attendees:
If you are learning to be a yoga teacher there is a lot of information to take in and to process.Taking visual notes and using sketches to capture the details about postures, alignment and anatomy will help you to get the most out of your training. The notes you create will be clearer, more engaging and actually fun to look at and revise again later.

For Students & Practitioners:
If you study or practice yoga, you can sketch out your favourite sequences to use as a guide during your home practice or for when you are travelling.Sketch out that great class you attended at your yoga studio or the nice ow you found on YouTube. The sketched overview will be the perfect cheat sheet to keep by your mat during your own practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783982069302
Publisher:	Eva-Lotta Lamm
Publication date:	03/03/2019
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Eva-Lotta Lamm is a designer, illustrator, visual thinker and passionate yogini. After studying design in Germany, she lived in Paris and London for 10 years, working as a User Experience designer for companies like Yahoo, Skype and Google. Her yoga journey began in 2013 when she got introduced to Shivananda Yoga in London. After trying out various styles and classes, she found her teacher Surinder Singh on a trip to India in Rishikesh in 2014. With him, she studied classic Hatha Yoga. She returned in 2016 to complete a teacher training course and practice in the shala for several months. Eva-Lotta used sketching and visual note taking extensively during the teacher training to capture and digest the wealth of new information (which she published as a book as well). She now regularly sketches out sequences for her own practice and to share with friends. Eva-Lotta made herself a name for taking sketchnotes - a hand drawn form of visual notes that combine words and images into rich visual summaries - at design conferences around the globe, which she published in several books. She is also sought after expert and speaker on the topic of sketching and visual thinking. She regularly teaches sketching workshops, helping people from all kinds of professions to use the power of visual thinking to develop and express their ideas. After being a (semi-)nomad for over 2 years - travelling the world, studying yoga and improvisation and doing freelance work - she now lives in Berlin, working as an independent designer, teacher and author.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Basics

• Who Is This Guide For?
• “… But I Can’t Draw!”
• Perspective
• Using The Base Line
• Proportions
• Sketching Step-by-step
• Finding The Right Size
• Level Of Detail
• Clarity Over Realism
• Individual Body Parts And Basic Variations
• Legs And Feet
• Arms And Hands
• Torso
• Head And Face
• Movement
• Props
• Annotations
• Putting Together Sequences
• Pens And Paper
• Bonus: Make Your Own Yoga Avatar
• Share Your Work
• About Eva-lotta Lamm

Part 2: Asanas - Step By Step

• Standing Asanas
• Seated Asanas
• Kneeling Asanas
• Lying Asanas (Front)
• Lying Asanas (Back)
• Hand & Arm Balances
• Inversions
• Index of Postures

Part 3: Sample sequences

Part 4: Printable Templates

Editorial Reviews

"I use my Yoganotes book each time I want to write down a class that I followed so I can do it again at home. The book also helped me to think about how my body is placed in space and to mentally picture the body parts and their movements. I recommended the book to all my yoga friends and even my teachers, because sharing the pleasures of life is the most important thing and because the book is amazing to learn to draw." - FLORENCE, YOGA PRACTITIONER from FRANCE

"I regularly put together sequences for my own practice. I also prepare my classes with Yoganotes. I recommend the book to everyone who likes to work with sketched sequences and who wants to draw them out quickly without having to think for hours how to best draw an Asana in a recognisable way." - KATHARINA, YOGA TEACHER from SWITZERLAND

"When I plan my classes I always make my notes with the help of Yoganotes sketches. I also illustrate other yoga teachers' programs and share them on Instagram to inspire others. I often get comments like 'I really love your sketches - so inspiring'." - JENNY, YOGA TEACHER TRAINEE

"I read about Yoganotes in a magazine and decided to investigate: I had been looking for a way to put sequences I liked to paper but my drawing skills are virtually non-existent. I have recommended Yoganotes to my teachers at the studio because it's a very easy way to map out sequences and to take notes for a specific pose." - ANJA - YOGA PRACTITIONER from the NETHERLANDS

"I am using Yoganotes for my classes. I usually have the sketched sequences with me in class. In the beginning I did all the practice exercises in the book but now I only need the book every now and then to look something up. I'd recommend Yoganotes to all yoga teachers for preparing their classes. I personally like practicing with teachers who have well prepared and thought out sequences. And Yoganotes helps a lot with that." - KARIN, YOGA TEACHER from SWITZERLAND

"Yeahhhh, your book is simply perfect, I just began my teaching formation to be a yoga teacher and your book will help me ! I am so happy !" - VIRGINIE, YOGA TEACHER TRAINEE from FRANCE

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