Conjures up an interesting picture in your mind, doesn't it? I saw a sign for it at a clothing optional hot springs and I thought it was a joke. Nope - it is for real.
Naked Yoga is principled on good things - accepting, loving and celebrating the body in all its glory no matter what shape, size or flexibility. I am assuming the folks into the Naked Yoga movement are already yoginis. Thank god there are no mirrors in the studios.
I am all about loving yourself and accepting whom you are, but I am not quite sure this is the path for me to find self-love.
Here's how I was able to spin the Naked Yoga concept so it might seem plausible - you won't have to worry about picking out a wedgie or if your boobs are coming out of your top in downward facing dog, because they already are.
Obviously, doing yoga with no clothes isn't for everyone. If it piques your interest, you can check out this book - "Go Naked Yoga".
I know you'll have a LOT to say about this one. Come and tell me what you think about Naked Yoga in FitSugar's Group called Yoga Stretch and Tell.
Fit's Tips: If this is something you may be interested in, find out if there is a Naked Yoga class near you. You might want to ease into it with an all women's class, and then you can move on to a coed class. Check out this one: One Taste Urban Retreat Center in San Francisco offers a weekly Naked Yoga class on Sundays. After the class, they gather together (clothed) and discuss their experience. Don't forget to take your own mat.
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Do you think they rent mats out for those classes? And do you hope they burn them afterwards?
1ew yea this is too much. plus there may be pervs in there
2I actually have a naked yoga book from the '70s, and I keep it in my collection of other horror books. All I can think about is being behind someone doing downward facing dog.
The only thing worse than having to do yoga naked would be to have to look your classmates in the eye and discuss the experience afterwards. Double yuck.
If you tell me it's a Bikram class I might just weep. Sweaty naked yoga puts the worst image in my head... think of kittens, think of kittens, think of kittens...
3uh-uh, eeewwwwwwwwww. lol, at the "rented mats" comments. in a perfect world this would be great and we would all groove together, but yeah, too many pervs and (jmho) NOT all bodies should be celebrated in their natural form.
4Vigilante - funny about the mats. Hmmm...good question. If they're that into it though, I'm sure they own their OWN mats, don't you think?
5Good grief! I'd hope so! But there's always the chance some sweaty hairy guy would've "forgotten" his!
Hell, I've seen people pick their noses and rub it on rented mats. They're not very highly respected pieces of equipment!
6I couldnt do it. My husband wouldnt like it.
7Yeah, your mat is a personal thing - it's like underwear - you should use your own.
8Oh my goodness...I couldn't do naked yoga outside my house with bunches of strangers. I'm sorry.
9ewwww! no no no...i can't rvrn think right now. that's so gross
10Im sorry but peoples bits and pieces need support while doing exercises- specially women. I know that the women arent bouncing around or anything like if they were running but the breasts need good support while working out so you dont stretch or tear the ligaments and other fibers that hold your boobs together- in other words to prevent sagging because everything is still intact. I could understand doing yoga in more freeing clothes so you can move better but at least have some underwear on
What happens if you fart? Thats embrassing enough but without clothes there is nothing to filter it
11This is not my thing...
12All I can think of is the Seinfeld episode where they talk about good naked (hair brushing) and bad naked (fixing a bike) and this falls under the BAD NAKED category!!!
13rubiala - so funny. I agree. There's something different about PUBLIC nakedness....
14GROSS -- and yet exciting -- maybe if it was an all girls group and the nakedness was introduced slowly. But generally gross. You know those guys are there for one thing.
15I've always been a really open person and I'm not very self conscious but I can't do my yoga naked even at home...I don't like my boobs hanging in weird directions (think inverted poses) like that.
16Fit...with everyone being naked...wouldn't you worry about germs??? It can't be hygienic...I mean we sweat from every part of our bodies and I personally do not want to be doing a downward facing dog with someone's naked a$$ near my head.
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17Be an innovator not an imitator...copying is plagiarism and plagiarism is stealing.
Naked Yoga, um yeah well if these people are okay with it more power to their self acceptance. I hope that one day I can be so forgiving of body and that of others. However, I think I'd be far too self conscious and would spend too much time staring at other peoples nakedness.
18Naked Yoga, um yeah well if these people are okay with it more power to their self acceptance. I hope that one day I can be so forgiving of body and that of others. However, I think I'd be far too self conscious and would spend too much time staring at other peoples nakedness.
19I would do it , i would worry about my body all the time
20What I would worry about is getting happy seeing the sexy male instructor.... =P
21I like it very much, but worry that I will be erection in front of lady but suppose when do it not happen so ok.
22dam it would be just my luck if a sexy(female)would be in front of me and id skeet al over the mat
23i actually tried the one pictured above. It was free and part of a nude yoga photo exhibit, so i tried it. One guy acted weird, and the yoga teacher (who's back you can see above) practiced without a mat on the wooden floor, which I thought was weird. As for why guys went, actually the overwhelming majority of guys were gay. I was a bit relieved to have been bookended by 2 of the 3 girls in the class. The lighting was adequately low. Curtains obviously closed.
24I never paid to actually go to a full class since it didnt really strike me as all that different from a slow restorative class. As for who was checking out who, the girls were very curious in their gazes. They weren't attractive, but I wasn't offended. If it was more intense and sparse, it might have been worth it.
I would have to beat my downward facing dog to be sure he didn't sit up in class. Pinche jotos.
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