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Richard Gartner is a yoga teacher based in Pittsburgh, PA
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12/21/2025

All client gifts delivered, given, and sent! Many thanks to my clients for trusting me with your yoga practice, offering insights, and being all-around fantastic people. I’ll see you after the holidays.

12/14/2025

For those who signed up: Stay safe! The Frameworks 300 Open House today at Schoolhouse is cancelled. I’ve already reach out to those who’ve signed up, but if you’d have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

12/13/2025

This is the weekend! I’ll see everybody this Sunday at for the Frameworks 300 Open House. Join me for a practice and discussion about becoming a thoughtful yoga teacher and practitioner.

Monday is the last day to make your Early Bird deposit. More info for Frameworks 300 is in the bio and on my site. We launch February 2026.

12/01/2025

Frameworks 300 is about developing your own style, your own language, and your own career path. This isn’t a mere immersion; I take the words “teacher training” seriously.

Join me at in a couple weeks or online in January for an Open House. You can also DM me with any questions.

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Yoga schools who teach one style or sequence have a big reason to offer teacher trainings: cheap labor. Their most loyal students shell out thousands of dollars to learn just enough to teach at one studio.

If they’re good enough, maybe they’ll get $40 a class (or even worse, free classes as barter.) They also might make these teachers sign a non-compete agreement, which means they are even more chained to the school.

11/11/2025

When a yoga community offers me their trust, space, and time, it feels sacred. I guided a packed room at for “The Art of Rest.” Thank you to everyone who showed up, including some old friends from Lancaster. Special thanks to for holding such a beautiful space in Bethlehem. Also thanks to who, in addition to a formidable ashtanga practice, makes an amazing banana bread! You all have warm hearts.

10/04/2025

Congrats to Andrea and her beautiful new space! I know Third Street is excited to have you back.

09/30/2025

🧘‍♀️ I’ve been a yoga educator full-time since 2008. Here’s how.

✨ The longest client relationship I have is 18 years. I must be doing something right. Here’s what I do to keep my clients’ practices vibrant:

🚫 I’ve discarded generic alignment
“Point your toes straight forward.” “Bring your arms to parallel.” These cues are childish and biomechanically unsupported. I help my clients find their center, their strengths, and areas we can work on.

🗣 I focus on their concerns
Private client work is the opposite of teaching a class. When I teach a group of people, I come in with an intention and find a way to make it accessible to everybody. When working with clients, I ask what they need, both in a lifelong learning sense and in the moment.

📅 We develop a core practice together, and spotlight various daily objectives
Everybody has two or three reasons why they’re drawn to the practice. My clients and I focus on those long-term objectives, while being pliable about how they are feeling any given day.

🔁 They know I’m showing up
I confirm our next appointment at the end of every session, and I send a reminder to them the day before. This helps both them and me plan our schedules together, so there’s zero miscommunication.

🤔 I have no problem saying “I don’t know”
Many clients come to me with medical restrictions and questions about anatomy or biomechanics. I’ve experienced quite a bit in my career, but don’t hesitate to say “I’ll have to look up the best practices” for a particular situation. Everybody is still learning, including me.

🧩 My 300-hour training starts in February
Frameworks 300 dives deep into the skills needed to build, retain, and empower private clients, blending personalized sequencing, client assessment, and business strategy. Transform lives and your teaching career. Link in bio.

09/28/2025

Another in the books! Thanks to all the many volunteers, police, firefighters and medics on hand, and especially thanks to who waits for me at the finish line to take me home every year. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃

09/23/2025

Second retreat in the books. It was rejuvenating to be around Andrea and her crew at Casa Om this past weekend. Also thanks to Sophia from the tribe for joining us!

Good things happen to those who are intentional about their time, and I’m grateful for all those who show up on the mat purposefully. See you soon.

09/08/2025

Grateful doesn’t quite cover it. This past weekend I co-led my first-ever retreat at , and everybody showed up with an open mind and open heart.

Many thanks to every one of you who brought your best self, and especially to Andrea from who guided me through this process and taught illuminating classes with me over the weekend.

We’re back in two weeks and I can’t wait.

09/01/2025

For those already registered, we look forward to seeing you at check-in on Thursday! If you’re looking for a spontaneous escape or planning ahead for a mindful weekend, we have a few rooms available for both “Autumn Renewal Yoga Retreat” weekends.

🧘‍♀️ Last-Minute Retreat – This Weekend!

September 4-7 (Two Queen Bed Rooms available)

Reconnect, recharge, and reset in the serene setting of Casa Om Potomac. Whether you’re craving deep relaxation, vibrant community, or inspiring yoga practices, this weekend getaway has everything you need.

🌿 Second Retreat – Three Weeks Away

September 18-21 (One King Bed Room Available)

If this weekend is too soon, we’ve got another chance for you to join us near the end of the month. Same beautiful location, same soul-nourishing experience.

Both retreats include:

☑️ Daily yoga and meditation sessions

☑️ Delicious vegetarian meals

☑️ Nature walks and downtime by the Potomac River

☑️ Time to reconnect with yourself and others

✨ Spots are limited and the first retreat is just days away—click below to save your space.

👉 LINK IN BIO FOR THIS WEEKEND

👉 VISIT FOR SEPT 18-21

Andrea and I would love to share one of these peaceful and inspiring weekends with you.

08/25/2025

SITTING ON THE CEILING 🟡NEW BLOG POST🟡
I love a good analogy, and I incorporate them in my teachings as much as I can. To understand the world, moment to moment, we are constantly creating links to things we already know and perspectives we already have. Our brains are in the business of making analogies.

Analogies usually feel more accurate without getting finicky or in the weeds. As a teacher who thinks a lot about cueing, I can be finicky for sure: “In Downward Facing Dog, flex your knees to release your hamstrings at their insertions, then engage your multifidi to increase your lumbar lordosis and the anterior tilt of your hips.” But it’s less confusing and more fun to say “sit on the ceiling.”

My 300-hour teacher training includes plenty of discussion on the use of language to evoke. When I guide somebody through strong poses like Chair, or Plank, or Handstand, I use mechanical language like “rocket your heels up” or “plow your hands through the floor.” During quieter poses I opt for more naturalistic language: “saturate into the floor like groundwater,” or “settle like sediment toward the bottom of a pond.”

Our nervous system operates a certain way, and that way is unique for everybody. Same for our bodies and all of our relationships. Yoga and meditation can help us see them for what they are. If we notice thoughts as thoughts, they often don’t have as firm a grip on us. If we notice we are upset, we become less upset.

To see things as they are seems to be the best chance at increasing our perspective and improving our situation. If analogies can help expand our understanding, I embrace them.

More info on Frameworks 300 in bio.

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Pittsburgh, PA

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https://linktr.ee/FrameworksYoga, https://frameworksyoga.com/

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