Yogi Aaron is a speaker, entrepreneur, international retreat leader, business mentor, and a trailblazer in the area of limitless potential.
For the last 20 years, Aaron has been guiding others on their journey inward through the teachings and practices of yoga and tantra. Dedicated to evolving and advancing the lives of his clients around the world, Yogi Aaron is successfully bridging the gap between ancient wisdom, psychological thought, and contemporary living.
Yogi Aaron is the co-founder of Blue Osa Yoga Retreat and Spa in Costa Rica and currently serves as the Master Yoga Teacher leading 200 and 500 hr Yoga Teacher Training every year. He is a sought-after trainee and speaker, well-known for his authentic, straightforward approach and unbashful wit.
Yogi Aaron is also the author of "Autobiography of a Naked Yogi' and has a stream of entrepreneurial successes beginning with his revolutionary Hot Nude Yoga enterprise. Aaron is no stranger to uncovering purpose and experiencing exponential growth along with it.
Today, Yogi Aaron continues to provide and hold sacred space for those ready to realize their own limitless potential. And leaves them with practical tools to extend their life of purpose.
Yogi Aaron is a speaker, entrepreneur, international retreat leader, business mentor, and a trailblazer in the area of limitless potential.
For the last 20 years, Aaron has been guiding others on their journey inward through the teachings and practices of yoga and tantra. Dedicated to evolving and …
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Yoga Adjustments: What Happens In The Body
Yoga Adjustments — What Happens In The Body In this video, I show you how a popular yoga adjustment creates weakness in the body. Try this with a friend to feel the effects in your own body and then tell me what you think in the comments!
Makes me feel glad that I've hardly been able to set hands on any of my students over the past five years (since I've been mostly virtual)! I would have been causing so much harm!!!
@Rosco Difini I just uploaded this to the Yogi Club. Definitely watch it and go through it, because it is a perfect model for teachers like yourself to share with others. https://members.theyogi.clu...
What You Need To Get Started
My top recommendations and resources for a successful AYAMA Training experience: REQUIRED: STOP STRETCHING! A New Yogic Approach To Master Your Body and Live Pain-Free, I will be making book references throughout the training and you will be required to submit a book report to complete your certification. STOP STRETCHING, the podcast (Available on all streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple) Please listen to episodes 1-4 before continuing. SUGGESTED: Join our Facebook Group here. RECOMMENDED: Autobiography of a Naked Yogi by Yogi Aaron Yoga Mat (Best yoga mat ever!) Four Yoga Blocks (Dimensions 4" x 6" x 9") Yoga Blankets (We recommend having at least 4, more if possible) Yoga Chair (Having a proper yoga chair on hand is a game changer! But any normal chair will do.) Spinal Molding Blocks (To correct posture and spinal curves): For Neck and For Low Back Questions? Use the comments section to ask anything!
I got the book (of course) and I've listened to the podcast...but as for the equipment...don't think I can find any of those things anywhere near San Vito, so I guess I'll be improvising. pura vida!
@Rosco Difini You will be fine. You just reminded me that I need to update the last. You can use blankets instead of the spinal molding blocks, but they are a dream.
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13-Minute Practice To Get Activated + Energized For Your Day
This is a perfect practice to do in the morning or whenever you want to feel activated and enlivened for whatever is next in your day! I will guide you through a few of my favorite AYAMA practices that will wake up all of the big and important muscles in the body. You will feel energized, stable, and in your power upon completion. Enjoy!
I am loving your classes! I feel much more open and not as stiff. Thank you!
@Lisa Valech We love not feeling stiff. I am so happy to hear you received a lot from this practice.
Learn the #1 secret ingredient to sequencing a powerful, life-transforming yoga class!
Calling all yoga teachers! Join Yogi Aaron to learn the #1 ingredient to masterfully sequence your yoga classes. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been teaching for years, this FREE webinar will uplevel your teaching, helping you create powerful yoga sequences that spring forth a sense of stability in your students that inspire their spiritual evolution. In this insightful conversation, you will: • Learn the #1 ingredient to creating a life-transforming yoga sequence. • Receive the yoga class sequence recipe that Yogi Aaron has developed in his 30+ years of teaching • Gain practical tips and tricks to make your yoga class sequences accessible for ALL levels of students • Have a chance to ask Yogi Aaron questions on the spot about yoga teaching and sequencing
Haha.. i should have watching this before i submitted my flow class! It looks like my class is completely opposite of your teaching. Should i write a new one?
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60-Minute Yoga to Restore Hip Balance
Tight hips? Pain in the low back? Join Yogi Aaron, creator of Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™, for a 60-minute long yoga practice that will leave your hips feeling open and balanced, your low back strong and stable, your mind quiet and at ease, and your whole self empowered! Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™, created by Yogi Aaron, is a revolutionary way to practice yoga that focuses on activating and engaging muscles rather than stretching them. This yoga methodology reduces pain and risk of injury while increasing range of motion, muscle strength, stability, and alignment. Click here to learn more about Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™. Learn More! Have you read my most recent article yet on how stretching may actually be causing you more harm? If not, check it out.
This was quite an amazing Class for me today. You gave me many of these to do, which I have been diligently doing and, what I noticed was that some of them I definitely was not correctly doing.
Letting you know also, that in the Quadratus Femoris, the left side was fine BUT the RIGHT side was quivering after the first one we did and the quivering persisted through the other five that we did. Do you think perhaps that this is the culprit in setting me back just recently?
I seriously enjoyed the time I spent with you in this one. Question is...should I be doing this set everyday?
And what about upper body? You mentioned that some exercises should be included to support upper body muscles?
Remember, less is more. Maybe every other day. See how you feel. Don't overdo it.
Check out the videos in the upper body AYAMA course and/or the library here.
I’ve never done this to anyone, but have been the recipient. Unless I know the teacher and their understanding of the body, I almost never let anyone touch me. Especially if I am trying to slip away for a few minutes.
What are your thoughts on passive stretching in twists? For example, Parivrtta Sukhasana, it’s often taught to use the hand on the opposite knee to pull yourself further into the twist. However, after assisting at a YTT, I’ve come to believe that a simple action like that can lead to injury.
@Chris Keithley Thanks for sharing this. And asking.
Adjustments in twists are, in some ways, even worse. Whenever we passively push ourselves or our students and exceed a range of motion at any joint. we are going to compromise those muscles. In twisting, almost every single muscle in the trunk and spine has something to do with rotating. So, when a teacher adjusts a student who is twisting, that is going to negatively affect more than 30 muscles. Not sure if you have seen this yet in the Yogi Club, I just uploaded it. https://members.theyogi.clu...