Product Details

• Actors: Aaron Star
• Directors: Michael Selditch
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Hot Nude Yoga
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2005
• Run Time: 320 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C25B8M
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,189 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

A Nude Attitude -By Alan Bennett Ilagan

What is the hottest piece of yoga apparel today? Your birthday suit. Bring your mat and towel, and leave the clothing and cologne behind. Aaron Star's Hot Nude Yoga program takes the ancient practice of yoga and strips it bare Ð quite literally. Since 1998, Mr. Star has been offering nude yoga sessions from the beginner to the advanced yogi and all are done sans clothing.

Whether you've packed on a few too many holiday pounds or started the season off over-stuffed, it's a new year, and a good time to move towards a healthier body. Though yoga might induce yawns from some, this is no ordinary yoga program. Hot Nude Yoga may change the way you've looked at the ancient practice, bringing with it a modern spirituality and cutting-edge sensuality that has been missing.

Yoga is basically about the body and breathing. Not coincidentally, so is sex. Rather than increasing the disparities between body and soul, Mr. Star's yoga program strives to unite the two. In so doing, the sensual aspect of our physical being can't help but be brought along for the ride. It also makes practical sense if you think about it: yoga is ideally done in loose-fitting clothing, so the body is not constricted. What could be looser than nothing at all?

First of all, being nude in and of itself is so totally freeing!" Mr. Star claims. And being nude just heightens anything that you are experiencing. One of the goals of Tantra is to become more aware sensually, and to increase one's own sensitivity. This is so we can tune into our body's energy and thus channel it to other areas. Some call this energy our latent potential, others call it erotic or sexual energy; I just call it energy.

Being naked is hold your judgment a natural extension of focusing on the basics. It's also a way of opening up completely, a way of extending one's vulnerability, and a way to self-awareness. Our clothing has become our armor, a way of distancing ourselves from others. Mr. Star's yoga method attempts to abolish that distance, and in that respect is surprisingly effective.

There is a rawness which becomes exposed when we shed our clothing, he explains. The process of yoga is a journey inward. How we get there is by shedding our ego. So many of our egos show up in how we dress and in what we wear. By taking off our clothes, we are taking off a part that defines who we think we are. I always say that in my class you never know if someone is a starving artist or a Wall Street broker. In the end we are all the same. That in itself is so beautiful.

Nudity as the great equalizer? Perhaps, but other concerns rear their heads at a nude yoga class. There's always the possibility of an errant erection whenever a bunch of gay men get naked together. How does Mr. Star, for want of a better term, handle those situations?

You don't, he says. I mean, the erect penis should be celebrated, not beaten up. Besides, most people are so into what they are doing that they do not know what is going on around them.

Mr. Star advises to focus on the breathing when Mr. Happy starts doing upward-facing dog. When questioned on whether or not he himself has ever raised an invisible pup tent during class, he confesses, No. I think I am too much in a teacher mode to get turned on in a class.

A down-to-earth guy who enjoys Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream and wears 2xist briefs (when he's wearing clothes), Mr. Star is, at the moment, surprisingly single. He attributes that to a certain restlessness, and his drive and need to keep on the go. When asked what he looks for in a mate, he replies, Adventure, and someone that can keep up with me. I find that is a really hard thing to find. There are not many people who can. And I say that without any ego. It's just true. --Alan Bennett Ilagan

Product Description

If you purchase the complete series, you will receive the special, TANTRA, Disc 4. This fourth DVD cannot be purchased on its own. In this exclusive session, Aaron covers many of the practices he leads in his Hot Nude Yoga classes with an emphasis on mutual body contact, taking up where the PARTNER disc leaves off. TANTRA promotes and encourages touch and breath, while arousing all your senses. This practice is a unique way to take your relationship with your partner to a higher and more sensual plane and infuse a touch of spirituality into your sex life. Shot on a crisp autumn evening in Aaron’s moonlit loft, this beautiful yoga DVD is the perfect compliment to any yoga set. Also, each disc has extra bonus footage. So, shed your clothes with the boys, and stretch into a tranquil downward dog.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strip away to inner Positive Energy and Peace, November 17, 2005

By	Nick "Nick" (New York) - See all my reviews

As a beginner I was intimated by Yoga. These DVD's are beautiful to watch, easy to follow and peaceful to listen to. Every word of Aaron's instructions are incredibily captured and executed on the male nude body (and such beautiful bodies). I enjoy watching, listening and following along on almost a daily basis, great way to start the day. So breathe deep and strip away to inner Positive Energy and Peace.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration found through Nude Yoga, January 10, 2006

By	joe "Joe" (New York City, New York United States) - See all my reviews

Aaron Star has produced a highly challenging and intricate series of yoga practices that inspire men to find a deeper meaning to their yoga practice. The DVD Box Set is well organized. Aaron leads each class effortlessly. I have owed these DVD's for awhile and I have made it a practice to do the VIRGIN and the STRENGTH once a week. I have also tried doing the PARTNER practice with my husband, which was a lot of fun! Overall, this Box Set makes a great introduction into a more richly rewarding way to practice yoga. I will never need my yoga clothes again! Namaste.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Instruction and Great Bodies, January 8, 2007

By	JBarith (US) - See all my reviews

I was suprised at the superior quality of the instruction in this video series. I have been taking yoga classes for several years and the techniques shown here are definitely the real thing. That said, these are also some of the most erotic videos I have seen. I only wish Aaron would set up a studio in my city.