One of the most sought-after teachers today, Yogi Aaron is trailblazing a new path in the world of yoga. Known for his unorthodox perspectives on stretching and flexibility and how both cause more harm than good, his teachings aim to help as many people as possible live a pain-free life so they can realize yoga's true intentions.
He is the creator of the revolutionary approach to yoga — Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ (AYAMA) and the online platform: The Yogi Club, host of the yoga podcast ‘Stop Stretching’, author of ‘Autobiography of a Naked Yogi’ and his new book ‘Stop Stretching! A New Yogic Approach To Master Your Body + Live Pain-Free', and is the Co-Owner of Blue Osa Yoga Retreat & Spa in Costa Rica where he leads Yoga Teacher Training Immersions year-round.
Yogi Aaron’s sense of humor, contagious laugh, and courageous adventurous spirit, makes him a stand-out and favored leading yoga teacher today.
As a way to effectively address the physical pain issues that so many of his students came to class with — he was inspired to create Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ (AYAMA). This revolutionary way to practice yoga focuses on activating and engaging muscles rather than stretching them — and it isn’t being taught by anyone else! This yoga and movement methodology reduces pain and risk of injury while increasing range of motion, muscle strength, stability, and alignment. To make his AYAMA practices available to everyone — Yogi Aaron started The Yogi Club. This online yoga platform contains 100’s of hours of AYAMA based classes, series, workshops, and more allowing anyone to study with him from anywhere in the world!
On his provocative yoga podcast: STOP STRETCHING! Yogi Aaron flips the script on yoga, stretching, flexibility, and pain through personal storytelling, expert interviews, and science-backed facts and evidence. With the aim of educating and helping as many people as possible to live pain-free — this series challenges and reframes many of our modern-day yoga practices that are actually hurting us while shining a light on the true meaning of yoga and how we can find our way back to feeling strong, stable, and spiritually awakened within.
Yogi Aaron’s bestselling book, ‘Autobiography of a Naked Yogi’ shares humorous and poignant life stories – attending an all-male boarding school, coming out as a gay man, and building a successful yoga career – that shaped a timid mother’s boy into a confident yogi and ambassador for self transformation.
His latest book, ‘Stop Stretching: A new yogic approach to master your body and live pain-free’ explores the AYAMA methodology in-depth and outlines the exact practices that anyone can do to begin their journey of living a pain-free life.
When Yogi Aaron isn’t traveling you can find him walking his dogs along the beach in front of his yoga retreat center, Blue Osa, in Costa Rica. Here, he leads life-transforming yoga teacher training immersions where he trains participants in the AYAMA method and invites them to step into their greatest potential using the ancient spiritual teachings of yoga.