Doing yoga in the nude is becoming increasingly popular, around the globe even. Though not quite mainstream yet, nude yoga classes are being offered in diverse settings, including yoga studios and community centers, as well as through private clubs. As you might imagine, the venue of the class sets the tone and helps determine the clientele. There are many different motivations for trying nude yoga, though a common thread is developing an acceptance of the body in its natural state.
One New York City yoga studio has taken yoga’s flexible principles to the next level by offering co-ed, naked vinyasa courses. The class, introduced at the Bold & Naked studio in Chelsea, is supposed to provide students with a new way to focus on celebrating their bodies and is not intended to be sexually evocative.
“There are a lot of things that separate us in a normal yoga class, like what brand of yoga clothing you’re wearing or how you look when you’re wearing it,” Vanessa Kennedy, a naked yoga class attendee, told Reuters. “But when we’re naked, it’s like we’re all the same.”
Naked Yoga: It’s Fitness, Not Foreplay was originally published on blackdoctor.org
