QUOTES 3/21/2018

“Have you ever seen a toddler look ashamed of her body?  No, it’s impossible.  She’s all like LOOK AT MY BELLY HAHHAHAHAHA!  People smother her little body in love, and she knows in her little heart of hearts that there is absolutely nothing wrong with her.  The feeling of wrongness doesn’t come until later, when her psyche forms enough to realize that there are in fact hundreds, if not thousands, of things wrong with her, including the fact that she owes it to people to be sexy.  Each of us is born with an inherent sense of belonging and rightness in our physical form; it’s our birthright.  That sense gets snatched away however, and can disappear for years, or decades, or even your whole life, if you let it.” - http://jessikneeland.com/why-im-getting-naked-on-the-internet/

“Irish Winter Solstice Naturist Hike 2016 (Video)” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnANfs1ntfg

“I freehiked three times in the desert east of El Paso during the last part of February and the first part of March, 2011.   All three were morning hikes, from about 8:30 am to 10:30 am.  Morning is a wonderful time to freehike in the desert.  The sun on your nude body is warm, but not too hot, and the breezes are light and refreshing.  It’s too early for bothersome flies.  And best of all, morning is a great time for healthy exercise, and what could be healthier than freehiking, clearing you mind of the workplace stresses, and getting some all-over vitamin D?” - Kenfreehiker

                   

“As soon as a person is able to be comfortable enough taking off their clothes socially with others who are also naked, then the additional social issues that we are navigating regarding beauty hierarchy, regarding social class, regarding gender expression—often those fall away because clothes are the big thing we are using to solidify all of those things.” – Kimberly Dark, http://www.humanistexperience.com/podcast/episode4/transcript/

“I was aware of being naked for about three minutes, then I forgot.” - Juliane Hiam, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/04/juliane-hiam-gregory-crewdson-cathedral-of-the-pines

“Nudity Is Beneficial to Family and Society - The results of the research presented would seem to speak clearly and with force: Children's exposure to nudity is not only not harmful, it appears to be beneficial. Children who are raised as nudists (or in nude-friendly families) grow up to be adults who are comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality.” – Bill Peckenpaugh (bishop-abbot with the Independent Catholic Church of America), http://nudebeaches.co.nz/nudism_and_families.html