I have been using the stick figures for a while, when I want to come up with a pratice session. I was very impressed with this when I learnt it during the teacher training in San Francisco. I have had so much fun drawing these figures.
Little did I know that it was TKV Desikachar, who came up with this concept. He was a civil engineer by training and he took up Yoga after his college. When he started depciting asanas using stick figures, many people had told him it was not going to work as people would not understand it. Desikachar was not deterred. He continued to use it and kept trying to perfect it. He felt strongly that this was an efficient way to illustrate and easier to comprehend, instead of explaining the asana in words. He was familiar with the power of working with visual aids from his years as an engineer.
Drawing stick figures is one of my favorite things to do. Thank you, Mr.Desikachar!
Posts