Nude Yoga

Yoga is strongly linked with the religious beliefs and practices of the several Indian religions. However, yoga is known in west and other parts of world as well but as a form of exercise. There are a number of forms of yoga being practiced in today’s modern world. One of the most well known types of yoga is nude yoga.

Although there is no need to define the word nude yoga, it is self explanatory. But two words could be used simply to describe the term nude yoga these are naked + yoga. Various forms of yoga are gaining a rapid popularity in western countries especially. Practicing yoga naked is becoming a familiar activity in west. As these societies have a familiarity with social nudity.

The concept of doing yoga aerobics naked originated in western world in 1960s. Initially naked yoga was featured in some films like Bob and Carol and The Harrad Experiment. Till then the number of practitioners of nude yoga is progressing like anything. This increasing number of the practitioners resulted in the startup of a number of naked yoga classes. In a naked yoga class people are allowed to shed off their clothes and do yoga aerobics naked.

People who want to carry out nude yoga in their own privacy and not in a class, practice yoga aerobics naked at their home with complete privacy. They could take instructions from an instructor they trust or even they could use some naked yoga videos or naked yoga pictures as their own instruction guide. A naked yoga DVD could serve the purpose. A naked yoga video could guide a shy practitioner in performing the yoga in best possible way. Even now with the increasing popularity of nude yoga there are a number of websites available on the internet that provides with free naked yoga videos.

In places like New York, San Francisco and New Jersey a number of groups have been started where both men’s naked yoga and women naked yoga are practiced. One of the most popular groups is “Midnight Yoga for Men” which was started by an American named Jayadev. Specific style yoga is practiced by the members of this group which is known as “sadhus in the buff”.

Route of naked yoga could be traced back to “Tantra” an ancient form of yoga. Tantra like all other forms of the yoga focuses on the relaxation, comfort and health element of the practitioner. Practicing yoga naked is related to Tantra for one reason that Tantra could be performed without clothes as it focuses on the sexual nature of person. However it is not necessary to perform the sexual act.

A number of variations of nude yoga exist in west. One of the most common forms of nude yoga is couple’s yoga aerobics naked. This type of yoga is felt best to increase the sexual compatibility of couples. Some lovers of practicing yoga aerobics naked find it best to do their relaxation exercise on beach with a sun bath. But this is not a common practice since special permissions are needed to practice yoga naked on the beach.

The practitioners of the nude yoga claim that if someone wants to stay healthy, relax and comfortable then naked yoga is good choice for them. Since this activity allows a person to be just with himself by shedding off all the materialistic things.