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Naked Yoga… Really?
By Christina | December 2, 2008
Speaking as someone who is rather uncomfortable with unclothed the thought of doing yoga in the buff makes me cringe. Actually, the thought of other people doing yoga in the buff doesn’t make me so giddy either. I can understand the philosophy behind it however. Yoga is meant to be a way to get to know yourself, move closer to your truth, find the path to enlightenment and bliss.
Shedding our clothes forces us to shed our inhibitions and defenses; it makes us examine our bodies and our beliefs. The thinking behind the practice is that by removing the clothes, We let go more quickly of what is holding us back, and move more deeply into our truth and our bliss. Naked yoga is about accepting and honoring the body as a temple and loving it for its shapes and sizes and celebrating the union of body and spirit.
Many people wear clothes as a symbol of status and removing them removes the value we place on ourselves when we wear them. Naked yoga is about celebrating the body fully with reverence, joy and abandon.
Try it!
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