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.

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