Richard Freeman (Ashtanga-Yoga)

In the Ashtanga-Community Richard Freeman is regarded as one of the most important personalities of the western world. Yogaservice.de sat down with him to talk about injuries in Yoga, the positive of globalization and the similarities between the state of yoga and being in love.
The interview has been recorded in Berlin, Germany (2010) after his workshops at Ashtanga Yoga Berlin.
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Für die Ashtanga-Community gehört Richard Freeman zu den wichtigsten Persönlichkeiten im Westen. Yogaservice.de sprach mit ihm über Verletzungen, die gute Seite der Globalisierung und die Ähnlichkeit des Zustands von Yoga und Verliebtheit. Das Video-Interview ist in englischer Sprache.

[@yogamundo]

Richard is an amazing teacher. He has an the physical practice, but he also has a very intelligent way to explain the more subtle truths of yoga. He is very witty and funny. I really enjoyed the way he explained the philosophical aspects of yoga and how he merged them with the yoga asanas. He is a true scholar teaching the Sanskrit. I highly recommend his workhops to anybody that wants to go deeper into the practice as he makes them very accesible to different levels too.

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

He's so right about injury being a teacher! I recently hurt myself trying a pose a knew I wasnt ready for, but tried it anyway. Sure enough, I hurt myself. Took me a week to fully recover. But I sure did learn my lesson and I learned to be patient with myself.

[@hasanhabiburrahman8577]

Nice kind yoga guru Richard Freeman is!!!!!
God bless him !

[@AmritaYoga]

from those aches and pains you can learn SO much..ever since your series one video years ago I knew you were a gem..thank you from a teacher who went the injury route when starting ashtanga in 1999 (been doing kundalini since 1985)..just such good stuff all around, thank YOU!

[@EmilyKatsunoYoga]

This is all very articulate and said with such beautiful clarity. I love the intelligence in all of this...I want to study with Richard!

[@angelstern]

Wish I was lucky enough to study with Richard.

[@isnn]

Watch Richard Freeman interviewed on The Moore Show.

[@TheScriptttt]

very intelligent

[@YogaRepublic]

I have tried for over two decades to come closer to like Richard F. . But I just can’t. Even if sometimes I enjoy what he is saying, I just can not deal with his condescending mannerisms. I have found this happening over the years, teachers with less knowledge but great mannerisms can go much further then the ones with lots of knowledge but a poor way of sharing. 📿🙏

[@mindsoulpower]

what you wrote has nothing to do w Richard... he is a mirror. what you dont like about him, is inside you... :D and you do yoga... :D

[@YogaRepublic]

@@mindsoulpower thank you for confirming my observation with your reply... obviously the ones that follow Richard F. Will be as condescending as I feel he is, and will not be able to see or accept another point of view. And yes I do practice Yoga on and off the mat. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Stay safe.