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High Noon: Yoga Sans Clothes

Certified yoga instructor Jeffrey Duval, left, and student Todd Erickson roll up their mats following a nude yoga class in New York on Wednesday. Fans of nude yoga say the nudity aids in deepening their yoga practice. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Question: Isn’t yoga difficult enough without this twist? Is this something you’d be interested in doing?

18 comments on this post so far. Add yours!
  • marmitetoasty on April 06 at 12:37 p.m.

    Best to be in front of someone and NOT behind someone with all that bending down :)

    x

  • marmitetoasty on April 06 at 12:37 p.m.

    Please take your own mat lol

    x

  • DFO on April 06 at 12:37 p.m.

    @ CoeurGenX; you shoulda seen the other possible photos. There’s one I coulda published. But I’m afraid Cindy couldn’t handle it.

  • Charlie on April 06 at 12:38 p.m.

    I think I’ll pass on this twist.

  • Sisyphus on April 06 at 12:58 p.m.

    Is this something you’d be interested in doing?—its not something I’d be interested in watching you do. ;-)

  • MamaJD on April 06 at 1:05 p.m.

    Do not need to see Downward Facing Dog or a Sun Salutation in the buff. Some of the ladies in my yoga class are enrolled in the Biggest Loser local program so you know it ain’t gonna be pretty.

  • Cabbage Boy on April 06 at 1:07 p.m.

    Plain yogurt and now nude yoga. What is this world coming too?

    And isn’t yoga about focusing in on yourself? How do you do that sitting in a room of good and bad nakeds?

  • Phaedrus on April 06 at 1:08 p.m.

    if yoga involves having your knees next to your ears, then no.

  • Cabbage Boy on April 06 at 1:19 p.m.

    Brown mats. I said, “order BROWN mats.”

  • Digger on April 06 at 1:41 p.m.

    I dunno, I can’t see their faces. :-)

    Seriously though, nude yoga? Maybe in New York with hot guys. But not at a BlogFest, thats for sure!

  • Stickman on April 06 at 4:15 p.m.

    As Jerry Seinfeld used to say, there is good naked and bad naked. Anything that has to do with a male is kinda bad. As for women, I enjoy the form, but surely not in front of me bent over.

  • JohnA on April 06 at 4:45 p.m.

    Somehow, I can’t help but think of the late, great Gilda Radner:

    “Do I like Yogi Bear? Yes, of course. I mean, there’s Jellystone, the Ranger, Boo Boo and all, and Yogi with the pic-ca-nic basket…

    What’s that? Yogi Berra? Yes, of course, Yankee’s catcher, seven World Series…

    What? Yoga Bare? Oh.

    Nevermind…

  • JohnA on April 06 at 4:51 p.m.

    Besides, if I want to be naked around someone, while deep in prayer for something special, I’ll just stay in bed. :)

  • Liz on April 06 at 5:12 p.m.

    Ewwwww!!!!! That is just a BAD VISUAL. With all those bent over poses. Just no, that’s all.

  • reverendrick on April 06 at 7:27 p.m.

    Nude yoga isn’t about seeing other people nude or being seen nude. It’s working without the restrictions of clothing, acceptance of your own body as it is and others’ bodies as they are. Maybe I’m the odd one but when I’m in a yoga class, I’m barely aware of others in the room as I’m focused on breathing, the pose and what my body feels in the pose. I find I’m more distracted by sexy, tight fitting yoga outfits than by nude bodies. Once you get past the novelty of it, it just “is.”

  • Cindy_H on April 06 at 7:41 p.m.

    This is why I now do Wii Yoga in the privacy of my home.
    And that’s all I’m going to say.

  • Escapee on April 07 at 2:59 a.m.

    Perhaps this thing called Nude Yoga
    Will spread from here to Cuyahoga
    But if you don’t mind
    I’ll clothe my behind
    By wearing my big Yoga Toga.

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