AYAMA™ RESOURCES & ARTICLES BY AARON
How To Find The Yoga Retreat Center That’s Right For You
Yogi Aaron has led more than 100 yoga retreats worldwide since 2002. In this article, he offers his advice to yoga teachers on what they need to know before choosing a yoga retreat center for their retreats and trainings. Did you know the travel industry is worth more than 1.9 trillion dollars? Yes, that's TRILLION! And there is no sign of the travel industry weakening as the world we live in...
3 Books That Will Change Your Life This Year! || Yogi Aaron’s Favorite Books
Reading is a very important practice. It is the greatest form of connection to ideas and thoughts formed miles, hours, and millennia before. Think about the words you’re reading now. Can you imagine what I am doing while I write this? Where am I writing this? What motivated me? Reading is very important for self-development. It can change your life if you pick up the right kinds of books. If you...
The 9 Obstacles That Get In The Way Of Our Happiness + Spiritual Practice
All of us want to be happier. This is a universal truth. Thus many of us have turned to yoga. But in turning to yoga and meditation, we have fallen short of attaining that final rung on the ladder to happiness. Why? When confronted by any of the obstacles along the path, we tend to forget our lofty goals of achieving the final goal of life - happiness and inner peace - and sacrifice them to...
Why Aren’t More Men Doing Yoga? Are Men Afraid?
I've been teaching yoga for over 25 years. To my surprise, in that amount of time, the number of men doing yoga hasn't really increased. I've seen incredible transformations with the men that I have taught. I've seen men break through self-limiting beliefs. I have seen them open their hearts in ways they never thought possible. Filled with gratitude and a new lease on life, these men have...
Into The Cave Of The Heart Meditation Practice
So many of us crave inner peace, but few of us know how to get there. Every year at Blue Osa, we receive hundreds of seekers looking for guidance on how to find inner peace. One of my most favorite practices to offer these sincere seekers is called, “The Cave Of The Heart” meditation. "The Cave of Heart" meditation practice comes from Sutra 1:36 from the yoga sutras. Patanjali, the author of the...
A Yogi’s Relationship With Wine and My 100-Day Wine Fast
Have you ever thought about why you drink? I never have. For my entire life that question never came up. That is until recently. So I decided to do a 100 day wine fast. I remember the moment I began drinking. It was in 2008. Until that moment, I had never really drunk that much before. I had the occasional glass of wine, or martini. I indulged once in a while. But I would go months and months...
5 Reasons Your Yoga Teacher May Not Be Your Guru
The need to have a spiritual guide is not new. Evidence for as long as man has roamed the earth, there have been people putting themselves in the role of teacher, religious leader, master, or guru. Perhaps it comes from this constant quest to figure out what our humanity is all about. So what is new? Instant access to your own private guru. Gurus are now popping up everywhere in the form of yoga...
What We Can Learn From The Tides
It’s no secret that the moon is the ultimate puppet master behind the flow of our oceans. When the moon is full or new, the moon and sun are aligned with the earth to create an exceptionally strong force on the ocean’s tides. These tides are known as spring tides and vary from extremely high to extremely low tides. Meanwhile, when the moon is in quarter phases, the moon and sun work...
Picking A Yoga Retreat Center Location
So you read my first article in this series and decided to take the plunge and open up your own yoga retreat center. What’s next? Picking a location, of course. Sounds easy, but picking the perfect location for your yoga retreat center can be one of the most difficult things you will do. Or one of the easiest, if you follow my guidelines. Like I’ve mentioned—I never wanted to own a yoga retreat...
10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Opening A Yoga Retreat Center
Opening a yoga retreat center is the new black. Everyone wants one. Every aspiring yogi or yoga teacher I talk to these days asks me the same question: “How did you do it? How did you open a successful yoga retreat center in paradise (aka Costa Rica)?” The truth is, unlike many aspiring yogis, opening a yoga retreat center was never my dream. In fact, I distinctly remember saying to myself: “I...
