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Here’s a nude yoga picture of Chloe doing a half shoulderstand.

Interestingly, the half shoulderstand is in the Hathayoga Pradipika, the authoritative text on Hatha yoga, but the full shoulderstand is not. … Read the rest of this entry »

Fiona demonstrates a version of vrksasana, or tree pose.

You’ll notice that her form is a bit different from Zita’s tree pose. These are just two versions of the same naked yoga asana. The raised foot doesn’t have to be pressed into the standing leg.

In fact, there’s a variation called adho mukha vrksasana, or … Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s Fiona showing off a naked yoga fish pose, or matseyasana. This pose is harder than it looks.

I wish you could see her feet, it would make this pose easier to explain. … Read the rest of this entry »

This photo of Chloe comes from a naked yoga collection on Met-Art, a fine nude photography site.

Her hands are in jnana mudra, a meditative position. I think it’s called something else besides jnana mudra, though, when the hands are held on either side of the face. I looked and looked and couldn’t find the name of this hand gesture, but I know I just read about it somewhere. … Read the rest of this entry »

This posture is a naked halasana, or nude yoga plow pose.

From shoulderstand, keep your upper body upright as you bend at the hips, dropping the feet to the floor above the head.

At this point, most yogis and yoginis … Read the rest of this entry »

There are four main methods of practicing naked yoga: self-directed nude yoga practice, nude partner yoga, private naked yoga lessons, and group naked yoga classes.

Self-directed nude yoga practice

Self-directed naked yoga is as simple as taking off your clothes and doing the yoga you normally do, whether a vinyasa flow, holding poses, or some combination. Depending on the type of yoga you practice, pranayama and meditation may also be part of your naked yoga session. … Read the rest of this entry »

The practice of naked yoga is nothing new. Even the ancient Rig Veda mentions ‘air clad’ ascetics who wandered without clothes.

The major difference between nudity in the practice of the proto-yoga of the Vedic Age and nudity in the practice of modern yoga is the meaning ascribed to the nakedness.

In the old form, ascetics wore no clothes as a sign of their renunciation of the world. They renounced worldly lives, including sexuality. Even today, some ascetic yogis in India from the Hindu and Jain religions practice nudity as part of their total renunciation of all things separate from the spiritual world. … Read the rest of this entry »