Yogi Aaron (born 1972) is a Canadian yoga teacher and author of Autobiography of a Naked Yogi. Under the name Aaron Star, he established a form of naked yoga in New York City that integrates partner and tantric yoga, practiced nude.^[1]

Aaron began practicing yoga in 1991 and started teaching in 1997. He traveled extensively, studying yoga with various teachers, including Bryan Kest, Rod Stryker, and Swami Rama.^[2] 

In 2001, he founded Hot Nude Yoga in Chelsea, New York, which became popular within New York’s gay community.^[3] The practice has since expanded to other U.S. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston.^[4]

In 2015, Aaron published Autobiography of a Naked Yogi, detailing his childhood in British Columbia and experiences at a strict boarding school. The book describes his personal growth through yoga and outdoor experiences.^[5]  

BroadwayWorld described the book as an "empowering narrative with a sense of adventure," though independent critical reviews are limited.^[6]

Aaron’s *Hot Nude Yoga* has received criticism for its sensual nature. The book Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives describes it as "a promotion of sexual expression that would have scandalized the likes of Swami Sivananda".^[7] Stewart J. Lawrence in The Guardian referred to it as "soft-core pornography".^[8]

Joshua Stein, an editor at OUT magazine, noted that the heightened sensuality diminished the yoga practice.^[9] Associated Press has described Hot Nude Yoga as "a form of sensualized tantric yoga practiced nude".^[10]