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Gena Bean
Who is YogaBean?
In some circles, yoga pose drawings are done with stick figures. That's all well and good. Stick figures can show certain types of poses very well. The idea for YogaBean came to me when I needed to advertise Yoga Classes that were for all sizes and shapes of people. I realized that very few of my students could identify with a stick figure. I started making tee shirts and magnets that say, "Yoga is not just for stick figures." Yoga definitely includes stick figures, and ALSO bean figures and heart figures, and star figures, and all figures!
As I continued to draw more and more YogaBean poses I came to love the natural curve of a bean that is analogous to the natural curve in a human spine. So much of "getting" how a pose should feel inside is all about "getting" the details of spinal alignment. The YogaBean drawings communicate anatomical accuracy as well as a spirit of fun and self-acceptance that can help keep all of us yogis on the mat and doing this practice.
There are navigation buttons on the left of this webpage. What you are reading now is the HomePage.
The Comics button will bring you
to a webpage of the comic book adventures of YogaBean. The store page will give you
details for ordering tee shirts and
other merchanise. If you want to be informed of how YogaBean's story unfolds as it happens, this is the site to visit. A book is in the works.
If you are interested in attending my yoga and meditation classes in Beantown (Boston, MA USA) go to my teaching website at
genabean.com for the schedule.
Have fun on this site. I hope you enjoy YogaBean as much as I do.
-Gena Bean
Yoga Teacher, and originator of the YogaBean drawings