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  • Yoga Drawing – an exercise especially for Beginners

    Yoga Drawing – an exercise especially for Beginners

    Drawing the gesture of Cresent Moon Pose This exercise can be helpful if you want to learn drawing or if you do yoga and want to support your yoga practice with drawing yoga poses. Cresent Moon Pose, chandrasana, is a standing position, the upper body and arms lift up the legs are closed. One curve, Read more

  • Investigating a yoga pose – Camel Pose of Heinz Grill

    Investigating a yoga pose – Camel Pose of Heinz Grill

    Main lines of movement/lines of action There is a value in investigating a picture of a yoga pose consciously. In this drawings I want to work out the gesture of camel yoga pose ustrasana done by Heinz Grill. The upper body does not bend down or bend back but the upper body moves upwards. There Read more

  • The beauty of dynamic in yoga – yoga poses of Heinz Grill

    The beauty of dynamic in yoga – yoga poses of Heinz Grill

    While drawing yoga poses, I found out that some poses express a dynamic, free, elegant expanse. These poses do not seem to stop, where the hands or legs end, they seem to go further into the space. They seem to be connected to the space and they are very aesthetic. How comes this expanse expression Read more

  • Wheel Yoga Pose (chakrasana) of BKS Iyengar and Heinz Grill

    Wheel Yoga Pose (chakrasana) of BKS Iyengar and Heinz Grill

    Learn about a pose by studying Pictures, Discover differences,similarities and comparing expressions I draw Yoga poses and I also do yoga. First I began to draw because of personal interest. Then I discovered by studying and drawing pictures of yoga poses, I can develop a better unterstanding for a pose. There is a huge possibility Read more

  • Geeta Iyengar -Drawing of Warrior 2. Virabhadrasana 2.

    Geeta Iyengar -Drawing of Warrior 2. Virabhadrasana 2.

    Warrior 2 is a standing pose. I´ve choosen Geeta Iyengar´s pose, because this pose expresses a straight direction and dynamic and demonstrates a well-ordered shape. The Legs as well as the arms create a horizontal dynamic. The legs make a big step and stand in a line. They seem to expand above the ground. the Read more

  • Drawing of Scorpion Yoga Pose (Model: Heinz Grill)

    Drawing of Scorpion Yoga Pose (Model: Heinz Grill)

    Two Directions in one pose – one goes upwards, on downwards This post is about drawing scorpion yoga pose vrishikasana. Model is Heinz Grill. By drawing a yoga pose in it´s abstract gesture or movement, you can learn about the pose. The dynamic should be expressed in the drawing. If you learn seeing the expression Read more