Ascending Consciousness through Nude Yoga

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Consciousness: an essential part to good health.

Consciousness is so complex to explain that even I had trouble writing this article to explain it. I have read many positive thinking books, taken meditation classes, practiced many challenges for increased awareness and mental clarity, exercise, etc. I continue my search to be more conscious of my surroundings and how to better myself to adjust to changes and be an influence to the world. So what is consciousness? It is about being aware of things that are not clearly seen. Discovering the inner thoughts, inner emotions, the inner warrior that drives you to perform in the manner that only you act. Through my journey, I have found one thing that has helped me to become more aware: allowing me to be one with my mind, body and spirit. It allows me to have no restrictions, no distractions just pure mental clarity. What is it? Nude yoga.

Okay, you may be thinking how does nude yoga have ANYTHING to do with Consciousness? Obviously, I am going to be conscious “aware” of the fact that I am naked. But ask this, is that necessarily a BAD thing? Usually when I perform yoga with clothes, I am so conscious about where my underwear is going that I cannot focus on my breathing or even relax! Without the clothes, I don’t worry about that. I am free to move about in each position and concentrate on my muscles and my breathing. I know, maybe you are thinking but others will see me. OK? So what? This society places a lot of stress on all of us. We have to act a certain way at work, at school, at home, in front of our friends and family, etc. When are you just you? When are the masks that we place on ourselves to perform appropriately in society removed to reveal our true selves?

We were all born naked. It’s natural. I was told that when I was an infant, I’d run around naked after my bath; laughing and cackling as my mom would chase me around to dry me off. I don’t know about you but that sounds like pure fun to me, pure freedom. Like Anne Geddes’ work with infant children, the pictures are beautiful and innocent. When did being naked become a dirty thing? When did it become wrong? Why is it wrong? Naked means purity, innocence, as you are, as you were (the original form). There is a call for things to be natural now. A call to better food, organically produced, natural water, better natural resources for energy, etc. Why not exercise and live in our natural state: naked? Why should we worry about the perverted minds that take advantage of its purity? We should take a stand and protect our right to be free truly and to be as what Adam and Eve would have become before the dreaded apple was eaten or as in Greek mythology before Pandora opened the box.

Yoga has scientifically been proven to be an overall asset to the mind, spirit and BODY. So without the clothes, what is holding you back? FEAR? FEAR is just False Expression of an Alternate Reality. Nude Yoga has allowed me to gain greater focus on my breathing, mind and body with other people that don’t judge me and are on the same journey as I, to become more conscious of who I am and where I want to be while in a loving environment. I love my body with all its flaws and cervices. I improve everyday and practice Ahimsa (compassion: one of the Virtues of Yoga) to others and especially myself. Won’t you join me on this journey? You be glad you did.

Being Nude…a Natural state of being

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Nudity – A Natural State of Being

Has anyone here ever tried Nude Yoga?  Do you enjoy it more than with clothes on or do you think it is unnatural to workout without clothing?  Are you fearful that it may place you in a cumbersome position that will embarrass you?  Whatever the reason… I have found that doing yoga in the nude has been a more liberating experience for me.
I was once very shy about showing off my body.  I was raised to think of nudity as a shameful thing and only sacred with your lifetime partner.  Sex was not to happen until marriage and your LIFETIME with such a commitment was the only one to be allowed to see you in a such a manner.  But throughout the years, I wondered, “Could that be entirely true?”  Could nudity be evil?  If so, why are we born naked?  Why does it look innocent for an infant to be in the nude but dirty and shameful for a child or an adult to be nude?  What is the the cutoff age?  Why are other cultures who are nude seen as savages or naive people?  Where did we get this idea from?  The Bible?  Where in the Bible does it actually say that being nude is evil?  I have NOT seen it or read it.
I have been given examples of bible stories such as the one of Adam and Eve.  That when they discovered they were naked, they clothed themselves to hide their shame from God.  But, excuse me, when they did discover that being naked was BAD.  WHEN they ATE the fruit that was forbidden for them ANYWAY.  Otherwise, Adam and Eve will still be naked until this day if that so called apple was eaten and the serpent did not deceive them.  So, hmmm, it started with a lie that we were told that being naked is wrong and society has decided to keep believing that way.  So who are we nudists: perverts or enlightened?
I believe we are the misunderstood, enlightened ones.  We have chosen to accept the natural order of things and not be ashamed.  We see each other and ourselves as created creatures designed to look definitely in colors, shapes and sizes.  We were all created to resemble Our Creator in all ways.  Thus, it must be a blessing to realize that being nude is beautiful and not something to look upon with disgust or shame.  Society has placed such rules on us.  Why? Because of its own perverse thinking.  We are to conform to it because of other’s poor, diseased mentality that nakedness is only about being sexual and thus causes perverts and sexual deviants to hunt us innocents as their prey.
What is yoga?  Yoga is not just a series of movement that helps you to become more flexible.  No!  Yoga is the process of one awakening his/her inner warrior and aligning him/herself to the Universe and the Creator as one.  To become more enlightened in the ways of the Universe and to the link with the Creator, the Highest Being of all.  It is to allow us to connect again instead of walking on this Earth as sole individuals that need to follow rules and can have no sense of enlightenment unless it comes from a bottle or someone telling us to do so.  Why has there been so many individuals that have gone into enlightenment through prayer, meditation, exercise, proper eating, fasting, etc.?  Look at Ghandi, for example, he practiced yoga, meditation, fasted, etc.  This one man become a symbol for his people through simple peaceful protests.  Although he has passed, his presence is still much alive today. If you read the philosophy of Yoga, it will tell about this connection.
I believe that when we mix Yoga and nudity together we are allowing ourselves to welcome and enjoy the natural order of things.  We are returning back to our original state using our clothes as symbols to remove the “masks” society places on us to conform.  Yoga is the process for alignment and nudity is the method to enlightenment.
Thus, I will continue to return to Nude Yoga and continue my journey for more enlightenment and alignment with the Universe.