Upward-Facing Dog Pose — Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Iyengar
Pidgeon Pose,(kapotasana), Iyengar
Ink Drawings are abstracted drawings. It is one possibility to make visible a typical quality. The Ink has a fluid and easy going stroke. The movement of the hand goes immediatly into the brush. These lines can create various expressions like easiness, sharp direction, tension, weightlessness, etc. to make feel a typical quality of movement.
4. Dynamic strokes – Ink Drawing
The Splits, Hanumanasana, Heinz Grill
The tension is graduated. The most dynamic part ist the middle of the upper body.
The Splits, Hanumanasana, Iyengar
The tension is tending to be continous.
Dancer´s Pose (Natarajasana), Heinz Grill
The dancer rises up and balances.
Dancer´s Pose, (Natarajasana), Iyengar
The shape is directed. The form ist shaped in accurate technical guidance.
Warrior, Geeta Iyengar
The lines of movement are horizontal.
Warrior, Iyengar
Iyengar creates the same shape.
3. Abstraction
BKS Iyengar. Dancer´s Pose (Natarajasana) and abstraction
Abstraction has a lot of different meanings. Abstraction for me means increasing the characteristics. The characteristics can be worked out like a “sculpturing” process. The aim is to get and increase the individual quality. For me working out the main qualities is the abstractional process and abstraction. So abstraction does not mean to “reduced” but to increase and create the unique, typical quality.