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Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

https://rgyoga.com

Through his workshops, classes and individual sessions, Richard Gartner reaches 100 yogis a week in Pittsburgh and beyond. He fosters a non-dogmatic and compassionate attitude about students’ abilities and circumstances.

Richard’s style is paradoxically both unique and universal. His instructions allow for any student to approach the practice, embracing all levels of experience and ability. This allows for anybody to explore their own unique structure and make every practice their own.

This philosophy is carried over to Onward Facing Yoga, an app Richard released in September 2015.

The eleven sequences on Onward Facing Yoga playfully explore various aspects of yoga philosophy, anatomy and breathwork, at various levels of challenge. This results in a robust yoga curriculum that allows anybody to listen inward and choose a practice that’s right for them.

For teacher training programs looking to enhance their curriculum, Richard offers several modules. They include a 12-hour Yin Yoga module called ‘Guiding the Quiet Revolution’; a 15-hour study of the vertical fascial lines, using Tom Meyers’ ‘Anatomy Trains’ as a base; and a 12-hour Foundational Anatomy series that covers all the major joint and muscle functions.

Richard’s approach is influenced by his primary teacher, Tias Little. Tias developed Prajna Yoga, which means ‘the yoga of deep insight.’ Tias describes Prajna Yoga as a ‘style-less style’, where the yoga should fit the student and not the other way around.

For Richard, this ‘style-less style’ means a yoga practice should be vibrant, in-the-moment and multi-disciplinary. His teachings fuse traditional posture and breathwork with contemporary anatomy and bodywork. He draws from many forms of yoga, fascial release, mindfulness techniques, and common sense.

Everyone from the newbie yogi to yoga instructors can learn something from Richard, I know I did!
—Melita Mollohan

Richard helped me understand that yoga is not a substitute for something better, but indeed is the foundation of a complete physical regimen that can be as intense or as restorative as anyone might want.
—Clyde Jones

His knowledge of yoga and his willingness to give you advice allows you to improve your skills through a deeper understanding of your body. The benefits of this knowledge extend quickly beyond the yoga lesson to everyday life.
—Irene Arduini

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Is your yoga teacher a wanna-be cult leader? Ask this question.

It’s reasonable to assume there are no simple answers when it comes to self-inquiry. Each of us has our own unique experience. Teaching and sharing our experiences in a yoga […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 12/26/2017

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Frameworks 300 reading list

Frameworks 300 is dedicated to both offering a broad educational experience and providing resources for trainees to go deep into subjects that interest them most. Below is the list of […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 12/07/2017

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Empathy on World Kindness Day

Today is World Kindness Day, which for 19 years has been suggesting we explore the question “What does kindness mean to us?” It comes in many forms. For me, the […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 11/13/2017

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Fall Sequence for Warmth and Grounding

Autumn: It’s hot, cold, windy, calm, clear, and rainy all in one season. It’s a time where the fiery summer gives way to dry, airy elements. In Ayurvedic terms, Autumn […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 11/08/2017

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Yoga Teachers Should Stop Assaulting Students

My wife was assaulted by a yoga instructor at her former yoga studio. She’s cried over it, has lost sleep, and still has dreams about what happened months later. She spoke with a lawyer who confirmed that what happened is the definition of assault.

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 05/24/2017

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4 Fantastic Yoga Sutra Books

“The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” by Alistair Shearer Stats at a glance Sanskrit text: No Transliterated text: No Translation of individual Sanskrit words: No Translation of Sutras: Yes Ability to […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 02/13/2017

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Why Move, Why Live, Why Focus?

Camus wasn’t being funny when, in ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, he grappled with suicide. Is there a reason why we shouldn’t just end it? In coming to his conclusions, Camus […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 01/30/2017

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Mastery is Just the Beginning

“Ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” This is the 10,000 Hour Rule in a nutshell, as […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 11/30/2016

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We’re all biased and we can do something about it

I’m a straight white male, and I’m biased. I can’t help it. You’re biased too, and you can’t help it either. Even The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a black civil rights […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 09/06/2016

Two anatomy coloring books
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Meditate and learn in color: Two anatomy coloring books reviewed

Why is everyone coloring? Like more and more people, I spent the winter coloring. According to recent research, coloring helps relieve stress by replacing negative images with positive ones, which […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 04/16/2016

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3 Tools for Your 2016 New Year’s Resolutions

The Predicament This time of year has the makings for lofty ambitions. December interrupts our exercise routines, and cookie and cake trays lurk everywhere. Many of us are stuck in […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 12/26/2015

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Were yoga’s ancient sages insane?

“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” —George Box Our “reptilian brain” is the deepest and most fundamental part of the brain used by all animals from reptiles […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 12/11/2015

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Standing poses, the chakra system and body-mind support

For most yoga students, standing postures are critical poses to develop in their practice. The biggest muscle groups in the body are in the thighs and hips, and strengthening and […]

By Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga Posted on 12/07/2015

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