Naked Malasana, or Garland Pose

nude yoga malasana, garland pose

Fiona here shows us a nude yoga version of malasana, also called garland or squat pose.

It appears she is squatting in an empty copse of some sort.

Garland pose is done by squatting down on your heels (the space where she’s practicing is too narrow for her to get her heels to the ground, it appears). Ideally, feet would be at least as wide as the hips. Then lean forward so the torso is between your thighs. Press your elbows into your thighs with hands in anjali mudra.

This pose is a great groin stretch (as demonstrated), and also tones the lower back muscles. Like downward-facing dog, this is also an excellent strengthener for the ankles.

Luba Nude Yoga: Locust Pose

Nude yoga salabasana or locust pose, model Luba Shumeyko, photographed by Petter Hegre

Not only is Luba beautiful, but she’s quite adept at some of the more difficult hatha yoga poses. Here we see a nude study of the locust pose — salabasana in Sanskrit.

Sometimes called the grasshopper pose, this posture is so named because in the final stages of the pose, the practitioner looks a bit like the bent-legged insect. cont’d »

Virabhadrasana Hot Nude Yoga Pose

Nude yoga pose virabhadrasana or warrior I by a beautiful nude teen model named Georgia

Georgia is a young 19-year-old nude teen model and yogini, and all I can say is, wow.

True, this nude yoga pose, warrior I or virabhadrasana I isn’t perfect — there are certainly things to nitpick. cont’d »

Nude Yoga Visvamitrasana Pose

naked young woman in visvamitrasana yoga pose, also called straight legged lunge

Two things are clear about this nude yoga pose…

First, this is a difficult pose. It’s basically cont’d »

Xenia’s Nude Handstand

young woman in nude yoga handstand

This photo is just gorgeous, Xenia Mostikova’s lines are beautiful.

She’s showing us the adho mukha vrksasana yoga pose, or “downward facing tree,” a fancy way of saying a yoga handstand.

Read this Yoga Journal article a step-by-step summary of how to get into the pose. cont’d »