Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

  • Onward Facing Yoga App
  • Workshops
  • Private Instruction
  • About
  • A Student Finally Found Me Out

    A Student Finally Found Me Out

    I teach meditation classes. I don’t call it meditation, because we are moving around, standing up, standing on our heads, and breathing a ton. But we are meditating. I thought I would always get away with teaching meditation without anybody knowing. However, one of my students figured me out, and now the jig is up. […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    02/12/2020
    Blog
    brain science, dao de jing, daoism, hakuin ekaku, patanjali, pink elephant, samadhi, yoga and meditation, yoga student, yoga sutra, yoga teacher
  • My First Mindful Decade

    My First Mindful Decade

    I think I just lived my first mindful decade ever. In reflecting on my last ten years, I’ve experienced more life than ever before. My memories are vivid and numerous. Life and everything that comes with it means more to me. This could be, in part, because all my other decades are relatively way back. […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    01/04/2020
    Blog
  • You Can’t Teach Both Alignment and Accessible Yoga

    You Can’t Teach Both Alignment and Accessible Yoga

    Every yoga class I teach is an accessible one. My students will never be subjected to my preconceived notions about what is correct. Tias Little calls his practice a ‘styleless-style,’ and I’ve adopted that term for my own teaching. The yoga should fit the student. When a student is required to fit the yoga, they […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    11/24/2019
    Blog
    accessible yoga, paul grilley, self-study, tias little, yoga alignment, yoga anatomy, yoga for everybody, yoga teacher
  • Yom Kippur Yoga (when you’re standing all day)

    Yom Kippur Yoga (when you’re standing all day)

    “Yes, one time my daughter passed out.” I was talking with a client about Yom Kippur and asked her if her family has ever had physical challenges during the service. The Jewish day of atonement involves standing for long periods of time, so people are bound to faint. Or, as another client put it, “everybody […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    10/09/2019
    Blog
    day of atonement, restorative yoga, yoga for feet, yoga for legs, yoga sequence, yom kippur
  • Summer of Left

    Summer of Left

    I am right-hand dominant. I catch myself thinking down the right side of my body. My right is more sensate, stronger, and more skilled with fine-tuned movements. As yogis and yoga teachers, we typically practice asymmetric postures starting on the right. This summer, I’m changing my practice and teaching with a focus on our left. […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    07/11/2019
    Blog
    asymmetry, pittsburgh yoga, pittsburgh yoga teacher, yoga class, yoga practice, yoga resources, yoga teacher
  • Can you be too blissed? In a car, yes.

    Can you be too blissed? In a car, yes.

    I started practicing yoga in 2003, with my heart set on figuring out what bliss felt like. Bliss is one translation of samadhi, the last limb listed in the Yoga Sutras. It’s also translated as absorption, boundlessness, or integration. Whatever you call it, it’s elusive. At the beginning of my teaching career I tried to […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    06/05/2019
    Blog
    awareness, bliss, contentment, enlightenment, frameworks yoga, samadhi, yoga, yoga class, yoga student, yoga sutras, yoga teacher
  • In Praise of Yawning

    In Praise of Yawning

    (Based on the lecture portion of my sleep workshop “Snoozefest: How to Practice Yoga for a Good Night’s Sleep”) Yawns are the best. Virtually all vertebrates do it, with humans yawning as early as 12 weeks in gestation. A unstifled yawn is literally a breath of fresh air. It feels fantastic. Humankind doesn’t fully understand […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    03/14/2019
    Blog
    breathing practice, empathy, pandiculation, pranayama, pratyahara, rest and digest, sleep hygiene, sleep pressure, sleeping, stretching, tonsilitis, yawning, yoga
  • Straight (and Curved) Lines to Trust and Beginner’s Mind

    Straight (and Curved) Lines to Trust and Beginner’s Mind

    I am learning how to draw because I want to become a better visual communicator when I teach workshops. I’ve been drawing for about seven weeks now, and I’ve noticed a paradox: I’m getting better at it because I forgot why I wanted to draw in the first place. I credit three authors and their […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    02/04/2019
    Blog
    beginner’s mind, betty edwards, drawing, drawing from the right side of the brain, patanjali, shunryu suzuki, yoga sutras, zen mind
  • Sparks light, but coals heat: Cultivating Resolve

    Sparks light, but coals heat: Cultivating Resolve

    (Originally published in 2015: Check out the app here) The first thing I’ll admit to in this article: It’s about me, working on an app called Onward Facing Yoga. The app contains 11 sequences and 18 hours of instruction. I hope it ignites the spark of home practice and gives teachers ideas for guiding their […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    12/11/2018
    Blog
    inspiration, new years, new years resolution, resolve, yoga app, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras
  • Yoga on Lockdown: Teaching Students During an Active Shooter Emergency

    Yoga on Lockdown: Teaching Students During an Active Shooter Emergency

    I’m not sure how long I’ll teach yoga—it could be two months or 30 years—but I’m sure the class I taught in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, on Saturday, October 27 will be the hardest class I ever lead. I’m okay. The students I’ve checked in with are okay. We will get better and be better, as people, […]

    Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga

    10/31/2018
    Blog
    active shooter, awareness, loving kindness, max strom, meditation, mindfulness, norman fischer, pittsburgh, pittsburgh yoga, squirrel hill, squirrel hill pittsburgh, squirrel hill shooting, yoga, yoga practice, yoga teacher
Previous Page
1 2 3 4
Next Page

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com

 

Loading Comments...
 

    • Follow Following
      • Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga
      • Join 58 other followers
      • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
      • Richard Gartner | Frameworks Yoga
      • Edit Site
      • Follow Following
      • Sign up
      • Log in
      • Report this content
      • View site in Reader
      • Manage subscriptions
      • Collapse this bar