Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
QUOTES
1/30/2019
“We all agree that people shouldn't be discriminated
against whether they have breasts or not.
There's no reason for that.” - Þórgnýr Thoroddsen, Director City of
Reykjavik sports and recreation department (Iceland), http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/01/16/topless_guests_welcome_in_reykjavik_swimming_pools/
“Zwarte Cross 2013 vrijdag & Naked Run for Freedom
Amnesty International” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_siT3adMB0A
“We know what it’s like to be told over and over and
over again by red-faced preachers that our legs, our breasts, our curves, our
bodies have the bewitching power to ‘make our brothers stumble.’ So it is our responsibility to cover them
[our legs] up, to dress modestly to ‘please our brothers’ by keeping them on
the path of righteousness. . . When I caught a male classmate’s eye on them, a
wave of guilt would rush over me—Oh no, he noticed me! I’ve made him stumble. To this day, I have to deliberately avoid
folding my arms in front of my chest because I made such a habit of it in my
youth.” - Rachel Held Evans, http://qideas.org/articles/modesty-i-dont-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/
“. . . I’d forgotten I was naked. I was just a body among bodies. Big bodies, trim bodies, 30-something to
70-something bodies. Nothing special. No shame, no glory. No big deal.
It was a healthy reminder. We
should all get naked with a bunch of strangers sometimes to see who we really
are, to curb our self-preoccupation, to get over ourselves.” – Susan Kraus, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-kraus/getting-naked-with-strang_b_4966707.html
“Take off all your clothes and walk down the street
waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the
police and report: `There`s a naked person outside!’” – Mike Nichols, https://jenniespalette.com/2008/07/12/friday-nude-quotes-3-8/
“I felt my insecurities about body image and exposing
my private parts start to fade away. All
the years of my misconceptions about what other people thought of my naked body
disappeared. All my scars and stretch
marks that told my life story took on a badge of honor, instead of the shame
game I had been playing with myself all those years. . . That day on the nude
beach, though, no one was judging, even though many sunbathers there had
stretch marks, aged skin, and cellulite.” – Sandra LaMorgese, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandra-lamorgese-phd/how-going-to-a-nude-beach_b_7801850.html
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
QUOTES
1/29/2019
“Actually, women are safer overall at nudist resorts
than in public and get groped and such much more when dressed, than when nude.”
- Guy Purcella, http://ournudistlife.blogspot.com/2015/09/reasons-society-doesnt-want-to-allow.html?zx=fed43c64f236e520
“Students in naked run to mark university's
anniversary - 2008” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld5wjTKCZdE
“For the most part, I love being naked . . . It's very
comfortable and I find most clothing, especially footwear, to be very
restricting. I am that person that tries
to go barefoot as much as possible every summer. I also sleep so much better naked than
wearing even the softest, loosest PJs.” – Sarah, http://mic.com/articles/112782/there-s-good-news-for-people-who-just-love-being-naked#.V9iVvt1bR
“When you pose nude for a visual artist you are
opening yourself up to changing: changing the way you feel about your body, the
way you understand how bodies are portrayed in the media, and quite possibly,
the way our society thinks about nudity.” – Jsoh Zykeiwicz, http://www.theonlineclarion.com/opinions/2015/05/11/posing-nude-can-teach-you-about-body-image/#sthash.wCIkWm7w.dpbs
“Nudity isn’t for everyone, but for me . . . Put
simply, being naked is my natural state of being and wearing clothes feels
restrictive. I understand that for many
people this may sound ‘too much’, or perhaps it challenges people because the
only time they’re naked is in the shower.
Either way, I respect that we are all unique in our attitude towards
nudity, but what I think we all need to agree on is spending time nude is
completely normal and natural . . .” – Juliet Allen, https://medium.com/talk-tabu/how-to-feel-comfortable-naked-every-day-2d7bea3d96e2#.y7u2hzv9s
“Earth Day . . . is the day when we give special
attention to the home that humanity has been gutting and destroying for some
thousands of years. For many of us
nudies, the woods, lakes, oceans, dirt, trees –this natural world is our
playground. And it’s important that we
take better care of it!” – Felicity Jones, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/earth-day-nudie/
“. . . many people’s buttoned-up attitude to the human
body is causing them to lead potentially unhealthy lives. The more we hide away and are ashamed of our
bodies – the harder it is to look after them properly and the greater
likelihood of people having body confidence issues.” - http://greatbritishskinnydip.co.uk/whats-happening/
Monday, January 28, 2019
QUOTES
1/28/2019
“Annual Bodypainting Day 2016, New York!” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3MfwdX_IMY
“Floating in the nude in a private hot pool, I was as
far from adrenaline-pumping Queenstown as I could get. . . I went for some
relaxation and found the perfect place to work on that goal: the Onsen Hot
Pools. These six steaming tubs were
located on a cliff overlooking the Shotover River canyon, a scenic 10 minutes’
drive from central Queenstown. My
Japanese-style tub, which could fit four, was housed in a private cedar-lined
bathing room, complete with shower, changing area and a jaw-dropping mountain
view. I touched a button and the roof
and window retracted. If I jumped out of
this tub I could reach down and pick wildflowers.” – Leah McLnnan, http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/there-are-many-great-places-to-get-nude-overseas/story-e6frfqer-1227589287729
“Without clothing, you are who you are.” – Jeffrey
Connealy, https://twitter.com/Nudist_Jeffrey?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&sig=ddc25100d21db519ea9c484244f149cda4963591&al=1&refsrc=email&iid=c2aeb003e48e4ef895ca70cb669e4c69&autoactions=1450735477&uid=396523018&nid=244+123
“Really quite comfortable. I always kept a towel handy
in case I had to cover up. “I love to travel nude but it does tend to make you
a more careful driver.” – John, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=860&page=1
‘‘Your confidence in who you are should not be based
on the artificiality of your clothing’’ - Stéphane Deschênes, http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/how-to-be-naked-in-public.html?_r=5
Sunday, January 27, 2019
QUOTES
1/27/2019
“Home nudity is fun and can be as fulfilling as resort
or beach nudity. It can make your home
life much more comfortable and low-stress.
Going nude around the house for extended periods in warm weather just
makes sense. Why waste the energy to
cool your house when you can be nude instead?
You can be comfortable with a higher thermostat setting, or you may be
able to do without the air conditioning completely! And, as an added bonus, home naturism can
send positive messages to family and friends.” – Kenfreehiker
“Ski Naked!” Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_SixaOryMI
“Naturism is about feeling good and never about being
looked at.” – Roni Fine, http://www.bn.org.uk/news/information/about-naturism/roni-writes/how-naked-is-a-naturist-r392
“We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of
everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of
our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are
ashamed of our naked skins.” – George Bernard Shaw, https://jenniespalette.com/2008/05/09/friday-nude-quotes-2/
“Running naked is a . . . completely liberating
experience, which exposes your body to the environment and allows you to enjoy
the freedom as well as the stimulating experience of being exposed to the
sunlight and cool breeze of the wind. It
also gets rids of restrictive clothing, which allows you to be more comfortable
when running. In addition, running while
nude exposes your skin to the fresh air, which helps to cool off your body and
enhances the removal of toxins excreted through sweat.” - http://blog.vritomartis.com/top-18-things-to-do-naked/
“. . . a woman who pulled up in a car next door [saw
me nude] while I was picking up the mail across the street. It was just after 6 am, and I was already
across the street when a car stopped next door.
A woman got out of the car, she had a package in her hands and walked up
the driveway next door. I smiled and
waved as I walked up my driveway and back into the house.” – Muzbenude, https://www.truenudists.com/group/everyday-naked-living-revamped/2/103585/3/
“[I] . . . became a home nudist-the second I got home
from work the clothes came off. My
friends knew this and even though some of them were not nudists they expected
that when they visited my house I would not be wearing any clothing nor would
some of my other guests.” - Mark P, MI
Saturday, January 26, 2019
QUOTES
1/26/2019
“When we are born into this would we are born naked
and closely connected to the spiritual world, and from then we learn that we
must cover our bodies and close off to what our third eye allows us to see as
society tells us it’s wrong and that we are crazy. . . Embrace the energies
around you and start to tune in to natures vibrations more. Embracing your beautiful naked body will help
allow you to do that on a . . . deeper level as you begin to connect with
Mother Earth. I’m not suggesting you go
running through a busy street naked but more so find a peaceful flowing creek
or a calm mountain to allow yourself to be one with nature. . . I promise you
it will help calm and cleanse your soul.” - http://livenaturism.com.ve/en/embracing-beautiful-naked-body/
“UC Berkeley Naked Run Spring 2014” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRn6lzNEKkc
“The main hang-up in the world today is hypocrisy and
insecurity. I people can’t face up to
the fact of other people being naked . . . we’re never going to get
anywhere. People have to become aware
that it’s none of their business and that being nude is not obscene. Being ourselves is what’s important. If everyone practiced being themselves
instead of pretending to be what they aren’t, there would be peace.” – John
Lennon, A Brief History of Nakedness, 2013, p. 169
“I always remember walking along the beach . . . and
seeing a German couple in their 60s approaching. They had nut-brown tans, were walking hand in
hand, were totally nude and the lady had a massive mastectomy scar down one
side of her chest. I still see that
lady as a symbol of what naturism means.
She was saying ‘This is who I am, I’m proud of me; if you don’t like it,
that’s not my problem.’” – Martin, http://www.nakedwanderings.com/2017/01/12/naturist-talks-martin-uk/
“America's deserts . . . are perfect places to get out
of your clothes.” – Martin Brant, https://twitter.com/RonK_1948/status/811990500236492800
Friday, January 25, 2019
QUOTES
1/25/2019
“Today, 27 April [2015], South Africa celebrates as
Freedom Day. . .we decided to go hiking again as a family but this time invite
my Father in law. I was undecided if I
should use this opportunity to chat to him or drop my kit and go nude and see
his reaction or to walk the route fully clothed. . . ‘What should I do?’ as I
wanted to walk in freedom. . . I took a deep breath and asked him what he
thought of nudity . . . His response was . . .
there is nothing morally or spiritually wrong with nudity . . . I then
told him that I felt more comfortable in the nude within the home environment .
. . His reply was that he noticed that about a month ago when we went away
together that the kids had no issues coming into my bedroom whilst I lay there
in the nude. So with this I asked if he
would object if I dropped my kit and carried on walking. He had no problem with it. So I dropped my kit and ended up walking for
about 6 hours in total in the nude. . . It was sheer magic to have experienced
that freedom today. Freedom to discuss
my clothing optional choice with my father in law and the freedom of hiking 5
hours in our beautiful country in the nude. . .” – Brent, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/800/freedom/
“I like to run down to the beach and have a little
swim in the nude in the morning” – Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary, A Brief
History of Nakedness, 2013, p. 146
“As I watch an image-absorbed society care more about
the sales at Barney's than the homeless people they ignore as they parade by, I
began to ponder: ‘What would the world feel like naked? What if we didn't have clothing to come in
between us? Or if we couldn't show off
our social status? What if all we had
were our bodies to express our personalities? (Many Photos) – Erica Simone, http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a37889/erica-simone-nue-york/?src=nl&mag=cos&list=nl_chg_news&date=031815
“My Doctor actually suggested nude sunbathing as a
treatment for my psoriasis.” – FLBareBear
“This winter the weather in Arizona, USA was warm up
till almost the end of December so hiking naked was really enjoyable. One of the desert rides and hikes I took was
to what is called here the ‘Sand dunes’.
There are three strips of sand that run about a mile long and end at the
foot of the mountain. The way I get to
them is on my quad. . . Since then it has cooled down a lot but now it is
starting to warm up again and I'll be doing a lot more of what I enjoy
doing. Hiking naked out in nature and
taking pictures.” – Lex, http://iyns.net/blog.php?a=viewblog&bid=3
Thursday, January 24, 2019
QUOTES
1/24/2019
“I've been stopped by the police twice while driving
naked. In both cases, I had plenty of time to get dressed (well, dressed
enough) while they were running watches and warrants on the plates. . . I NEVER
try to remove or put on clothing while driving.
About as bad as a cell phone. I take the clothes to the car at home and
throw them on the passenger side seat and dress in the parking lot when I get
where I'm going. Then I undress in the
parking lot and drive home and carry my clothes in to the house. Did it just yesterday.” - R.O
“I have thought about this for a while, looking for a
way to express how I feel about hiking, the outdoors and being naked. . . I
have often thought that there is a spiritual feeling from being in nature. . .
I often feel that connection when I am alone in the woods. . . Being naked . .
. just comfortable shoes and your true self to connect with nature and your
God.” – Nude Walker
“I have loved naturist boating experiences. I spent a week canuding the Green River in
Utah. Along the way I stopped for
freehikes and soaks in warm pools. The
seven-day nude houseboat excursion on Lake Powell was especially
memorable. We anchored at quite
locations in the red-rock canyons to swim and hike nude. We took small-boat excursions to see
beautiful slot canyons and arches. In
the evenings we sang nude karaoke and watched the stars. One day on the lake we were hailed by two
naked friends in a smaller boat – we didn’t even know they were at the lake.” -
Kenfreehiker
“Clothes create a barrier between us and others. Naturism gives us joyful confidence to find
our true self again.” – Rupa, https://twitter.com/Rupa2105/status/795223131480653824
“The application to do the work does not have to
specify the intended choice of clothing by volunteer workers. It should say that the sponsor organization
is a nudist or naturist club. That gives
the bureaucrat an option to approve the application without addressing the
choice of (non) clothing issue.” – Bob Knows, http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/index.php?topic=850.30;topicseen
“Michael Hammond was also charged with Indecent
Exposure in Portland, Oregon in 2008 and, in dismissing the charge, the judge
Jerome LaBarre ruled that cycling naked had become a ‘well-established
tradition’ in Portland and understood as a form of ‘symbolic protest against
cars and possibly the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels.’” - Richard Foley, http://pub.rfi.net/1274-2/
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
QUOTES
1/23/2019
“A Polish woman who snaps nude self-portraits on her
travels has taken the internet by storm. . . ‘It became about photographing
myself alone all the time in different environments and cool landscapes . . .
And then it became about showing the human form in a really natural
environment. . . It's really weird because people are so scared of nudity.’” -
Magdalena Wosinka, http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/88262107/naked-traveller-magdalena-wosinska-says-nudity-removes-notions-of-class-and-status?cid=facebook.post.88262107
“Jenny Hval – The Great Undressing (Official Music
Video)” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmSGEHsSWIQ
“. . . my first social nudist experience was at age 16
on a family vacation to New York . . . we decided to go to the beach. . . after
we were there at the beach for couple hours, I decided to for a walk by myself
down the beach to a lighthouse that I could see in the distance . . . [I] could
see a couple of people in the distance . . . they were in fact completely
naked. I was shocked and intrigued at
the same time . . . lots more naked people [were] on this part of the beach . .
. free and happy . . . [I] decided to go for a dip in the ocean to cool off . .
. [and] give it a try well . . . It felt completely awesome to swim naked in
the ocean with the ocean waves hitting you, it was a great experience. After swimming and playing in the surf
completely naked for about 15 minutes, I realized that I had been gone for
about an hour needed go back to where my family was at on the clothed section
of the beach . . . and decided that I was going to walk all the way back to the
start of the nude beach completely naked holding my swimming trunks in my
hand. This was great; I could feel the
ocean breeze all over my naked body as it dried me off, and when I got to the
start of the nude beach I put my swimming trunks back on and returned to where
my family had been sitting on the beach” - https://www.truenudists.com/members/blogs/
“If we keep posting our decent nude photos without
covering our faces as if we were ashamed of nudity and without hiding our
genitals as if genitals were obscene and should be concealed and if we keep
talking about naturism and our naturist holidays and our naturist lifestyle,
there must come a time when people are so used to seeing and hearing about
decent nudity that it is no longer viewed with disapproval. That is when they are able to draw a
distinction between nudity and pornography.” – T.L. Lim, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/1168/shout-it-from-the-rooftops/
“Charco del Palo, Canary Islands, Spain - On the
island of Lanzarote, close to Africa in the Atlantic, sits this small
village. With no restrictions on nudity,
it is the perfect remote getaway.
Multiple hotels and rental units make up the majority of the fairly
remote village.” (http://charcodelpalo.com/)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/nudism/comments/5lpwz5/places_to_get_naked_nudistnaturist_urbanizations/
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
QUOTES
1/22/2019
“In a study of 3,000 individuals with non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma, individuals who were exposed to UV rays lowered their risk of
developing cancer by 30-40%. Insufficient
sun exposure will likely result in the deaths of over 50,000 Americans each
year.” - Dr. William B. Grant, https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/sun-exposure-cancer/?gl=582828491&mpweb=144-1473256-442413327
“Natmag 47 – Reportage – Naturisme au domaine de la
Sablière, un paradis sauvage” (Video) - http://www.naturisme-tv.com/video/natmag-47-reportage-naturisme-au-domaine-de-la-sabliere-un-paradis-sauvage/
“Buddha, or should I say Siddhartha Gautama . . .
abandoned the classical Hindu and Jainist rituals and carved his own path that
he called the middle way. He came to
reject nudity as being unseemly with the nude body being ugly and not suitable
for polite company. . . he was still a man of his times, a time when nudity was
not considered suitable in polite company.
In other words, he didn’t want Buddhists to be in conflict with cultural
norms. Another reason for his rejection
of nudity was the fact that he was rejecting Hinduism and Jainism and he wanted
his followers to be be distinctive in appearance and dress. Both reasons are sensible when the objective
is to have Buddhism become mainstream. As
far as nudity being objectionable in terms of ultimate moral truth, that would
be a different story, one that Buddha never addressed. . . Buddha also said
that we each must carve our own path to enlightenment, not simply to adopt his
path as our path. My path includes nude
meditation and respect for the naked human body.” - http://rglongpre.ca/naturistlens/2016/08/30/a-self-respecting-naked-buddhist/
“Drove north up the eastern side of CO nude. Not much around and not much traffic. It was enjoyable and helped keep down the
boredom.” – Knude
“I ran in utter and complete naked freedom as fast as
my legs would carry me, feeling the cool earth pounding beneath my feet and the
trickling droplets of heel-kicked dew hitting my bare buttocks and coursing
their way down my backside and legs. I
ran and I ran and I ran, the chill air now flooding into my gasping lungs, legs
flashing freely, over the ornamental bridge at the far end of the holding pond,
past the trees and out of sight of the house, in my very own green-and-silver,
flashing world, until I espied the end of the garden and, with a mental yell of
utter joy, I threw myself length-ways into that dew-bedecked, grassy heaven and
rolled over and over and over in sheer sensual delight until I was saturated,
spent, chilled and joyfully happy. It
was utter and complete sensation, a total aliveness; pure, delicious,
enveloping, sensory contact —- and, god, it felt good!” – George S Mycroft, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/naked-and-free-sweet-memory/
Monday, January 21, 2019
QUOTES
1/21/2019
“I used to garden, even cleared the snow from my
paths, in the nude and none of my neighbors bothered. I lived in a short cul-de-sac and knew all
the neighbors by sight, some spoke to me but all would smile and wave as they
walked or drove past. . . Be warned if you are tempted to move to a anti nudist
country think hard and long whether you will miss being nude.” – Gavin, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=12836&page=1
“Vidéo camping naturiste Bélézy - Film 2014”
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25PQ4dRCtJA&list=PLrNU052C5E-mTXpwWNzyLgLEVABYrHMjW&index=3
“’Woman to woman, why do you need to be naked?’ Well, woman to woman: I don’t. . . I have lived
many years on this planet without a clothes free life. I made my way through college, received
certifications, played in orchestras, practiced and taught yoga, and secured
jobs while wrapped in garments. . . My life has expressed a whole host of
experiences with my clothes on. Clearly,
I do not need to be naked to survive.
What I will tell you, though, is that my clothes free life has moved me
from an existence of living up to whatever (I thought) people wanted into a
thriving life expressed more honestly with each passing day. . . Why do I need
to be naked? I don’t. I choose it. And it feels good.” – Hontouniheart, http://clothesfreelife.com/2016/01/22/woman-why-do-you-need-to-be-naked/
“The greatest realization that you get when you
frequent a clothing option area is that we are all the same! Also because it truly is non sexual you look
at people as people...like yourself!
Truly the best part is swimming sans clothing...there is no better
feeling of freedom!” – BW, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/housekeeping-works-overtime-and-other-confessions-from-a-nudist-resort-224722461.html
“I have driven nude in many situations, many
times. The furthest was from Joshua
Tree, California, to Burningman in Gerlach, Nevada. . . I am observant of those
around me, and cautious. Last week my
girl friend and I drove nude from our hike - about 70 miles. Our next trip to Laughlin, Nevada was about
200 miles, nude to the hotel parking lot.
My understanding of the law (in California) is that it is not illegal to
be nude in your car, but if it becomes sexual, or somebody complains, then it
is considered public nudity. As far as I
can determine, [it is the] same in Nevada .” – Naked Bruce
“With nudism in our lives we add a whole lot of fun to
our lives.” - https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/lets-do-all-this-to-promote-nudism/
“Naturism is . . . my way of escaping the pressure of
life as we know it in this day and age which is vital to my state of
mind/health.” – John Wilson, https://twitter.com/CdnNaturist/status/719978780329185280
Sunday, January 20, 2019
QUOTES
1/20/2019
“When I was a little girl I lived in my home country
of Greenland. . . I wrapped myself in many layers of clothes, like everyone
did. The clothing was another person on
me, so heavy. I didn’t know anything
different until I came to Toronto, Canada.
My half-sister lived in Toronto with her man and their children. The children were young and they liked to go
nude around the house and sometimes go to the country and be naked there. It was strange for me to see them that way,
but I saw how happy they were. I was shy
but I joined them. I tried being nude
outdoors at a forest. We swam in a pond
and sat under the sun. I felt very
different–so free and happy. I wanted to
run around that way. When we would go
home we put on clothes and then it felt strange to me. The clothes were tight against my skin and
rubbed in some places and hurt. At home
I wanted to take off the clothes again.
My sister’s family did the same. . . My sister is a good example. She takes a shower, of course she’s nude,
then after using a towel to dry she goes downstairs to get a drink. Maybe her daughter needs her help so she goes
to help. Or her man is on the sofa
reading a book and he is nude too.
Nothing different, doing normal things without bother to put on
clothes. Even the children usually go
without clothes in the house . . . So if I wear clothes they are loose and do
not rub on my skin. I could never go
back to wearing so much. Even in winter,
it’s not a problem being nude at home.
If I am cold I can put on a robe and socks.” - Ann, https://clothesfreelife.com/2014/05/18/at-home-clothes-free-my-experience-a-female-perspective/
“Maneries” Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR1GvdafN9w&list=PLTAWE1XsQRdpuCP0hPr9SNdEhoVG4qAYp
“Often times it feels like there is so much pressure
to always go and go and go with no true rest or separation from the grind. . .
Always answering email while on vacation.
Never REALLY leaving the office.
Overtime becomes normal.
Answering every call, email, text, whatever…it all becomes normal. Sitting
all day at a desk, not doing things I love becomes normal. Then I wonder why I feel burnt out or upset.
. . But there has to be a balance. It’s
actually NOT OK to behave like a robot, to operate without rest. . . Clothes
free life, especially clothes free yoga, reminds me to live my true
humanity. This has given me access to
having some difficult and honest conversations at work where I’ve begun to draw
boundaries and say No. It has also
helped in my interactions elsewhere in life off that mat. . . It’s clothes free Friday.
I intend to bless my soul by honoring the day with some much
needed clothes free time.” – http://clothesfreelife.com/2015/04/
“Better nude than prude.” – CeeRich, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nudefest-2015-uk-naturists-fear-growing-interest-in-lifestyle-puts-annual-gathering-at-risk-a6743691.html#commentsDiv
Saturday, January 19, 2019
QUOTES
1/19/2019
“Live Nude Body Painting” (Video) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tFijF43CwI
“The segment ends with Colbert stating that until the
art vs porn debate is settled for television, he should ‘probably play it safe
and stick with what’s allowed on network TV: police procedurals where they
stack up dead hookers like cord wood.’
Murder, violence and dead hookers?
America says bring it on! But the
most expensive nude art masterpieces made by the some of the best artists who
ever lived? Cover them up to protect our
poor delicate eyes! Once again we have a
perfect example of true American values in all their twisted and
screwed-up glory. Thank you, Stephen
Colbert, for perfectly mocking this ridiculous censorship. [See entire episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJS0IzZREk]”
- http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nude-painting-censored-modigliani-stephen-colbert-perfect-response/
“When I used to live in the mid-west, I used to pal
around with some truckers. I knew a few of
them were nudist and one of them always wore bib overalls. . . he mentioned he
liked to drive naked, hence the overalls.
They were easy to drop while driving and easy to put on according to
him, with Velcro strips on the sides. . . Several times during the two-day trip
from St. Louis to New Mexico, I managed to drive completely naked when there
was less traffic on the interstate. I
had a sticker on the rear window from my trucker friend which help the truckers
passing me not call on the CB.” – Photomancr, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=860&page=1
“When I was in college I was in a one-act play called
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, about two artists and their interpretations of what
art is. I didn't have any lines. I played the nude model that they are both
painting. I had to keep a pose for
almost the entire length of the show, and then at the end I would come out for
the curtain call nude. I loved doing
it.” – CollegeNudist, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=13079&page=2
Friday, January 18, 2019
A
Third Natural Problem Solved
by
Kensunwalker
Today, many people try to be something they are not –
living in hypocrisy. Unhealthy concerns
about ‘fitting in’ has become a national obsession. Clothing and style, driven by an ever changing,
money-obsessed fashion industry, creates so many problems including body shame
and self-hatred, unrealistic dieting and weight loss, eating disorders, body
modification, lowered self-esteem, and depression. And all of this seems to only worsen in
social situations as these unhappy people try to force their hypocrisy on
others. Indeed, people are so uptight
that they refuse to be human - what and who they really are. This is a major problem!
Consider this contrast:
"Clothes
make the man. Naked people have little
or no influence on society.” – Mark Twain
“I like the naked
body. It’s beautiful. I think the more we try to cover ourselves,
the more we lose an essence of ourselves.” - Rinko Kikuchi
I believe the second
quote is the more realistic view – period!
The first quote is often simply unrealistic and biased. Who doesn’t have fashionable clothes? Well, poor people, of course. And normal people who are not famous. And older people. And people from different cultures. Clothing is biased, biased, biased, biased!
My
Solution: Get real by seeing many people naked!
How can we become less judgmental? By seeing many people naked. The more we see bodies of all ages, shapes,
and sizes, the more accepting we all become of our own bodies, so our judgement
becomes more realistic. This is so
obviously true. Unrealistic
self-judgement results in poor body image which is itself a form of mental
illness. Rather, those who are unafraid
of their nakedness worry less about body image because they can be themselves.
“We can't help but believe that such repeated
messages about how the body must always be covered, even in front of parents
and siblings, helps to create a negative body self-image and, consequently,
lowered self-esteem.” - Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Dr. Louis Lieberman
“We're each a minority of one falling somewhere
along an amazingly diverse spectrum of human possibilities, and we're either
all acceptable, or none of us can be.
God's image is infinite and includes both male and female variations of
many hues, forms and ages. Any narrow
standard of beauty is absurd.” - Glyn
S.
“Not only can naked activities have great
recreational value, recent studies have found that exposure to non-idealized
naked bodies has a positive impact on body image, and, ultimately, on life
satisfaction.” - Bouke de Vries
People feel they must somehow live up to the image
portrayed in magazines and movies and by the Madison Avenue fashion experts who
tell them in pictures and words what a ‘perfect’ body is like - usually
unrealistic, confusing, and harmful messages about how the body ‘should’
look. No one really looks like that. Even the people in the
pictures don't look like that. It's all ‘air brushed’ and ‘photo-shopped’
until the images are no longer natural.
Consider the Barbie doll:
“If Barbie were a real
woman, her body would be nonfunctioning, it’s so out of proportion. . . her
feet would be a size 3, her bra size a 39FF and her measurements 39-21-33. She would stand 8 feet, 9 inches tall. Her
neck would be twice the length of a normal woman’s and would be so skinny,
she’d have to choose between an esophagus and a trachea. I know, she’s just a doll. But for most little girls, Barbie is the
first woman’s body they really get to analyze, besides their mothers’. . .
Barbie is a little girl’s first ideal - what she hopes to look like when she
grows up. . . For our daughters’ sake, parents must redefine what we consider
beautiful. Talk to them about their body
image and tell them they’re beautiful at any size.” - Heather Warlick-Moore
Being open to nudity cures these unhealthy,
unrealistic expectations with a good dose of ‘body image acceptance’.
“Body hatred has become an epidemic of
unfathomable proportions in this culture.
I believe that body hatred lies deep under a host of physical problems:
infertility, cancer, diabetes, the lot.
How can we possibly expect to be healthy if we reject our own primary
residence? . . . Many Americans suffer from this grand delusion: If I am not
thin/tall/toned/beautiful/young enough, I can't live my life fully or realize
my dreams. Rather than truly loving our
bodies, minds, and souls, we want to nip and tuck, slice and dice, starve and
purge our way to being adequate. We
think we need to change something about ourselves in order to be deserving of
love, attention, and affection." – Dr. Susan Corso
Not accepting your naked body results from how we
think about clothes. When people wear
clothes, they imagine that others still have that perfect image under
their clothes, but when nude, all can see the truth that people are equal, and
all have nothing to be ashamed of. Being
naked with others allows people a ‘reality check’.
My
Second Solution: Get naked socially!
To experience a naked reality check, people must get socially
naked with others. This is great therapy,
giving people new confidence so they can accept their bodies.
“Clothing optional people
by and large are the friendliest and most upright bunch of folks we've ever
encountered.” – Jeff & Judy
“There is something about
being naked that means you are obliged to be friendly and welcoming. When all your defenses are stripped away,
and you don’t have the identity of your clothes to hide behind, all you’re left
with is exactly the same as what everyone else has.” – Jessica H.
“Shared nudity brings an
additional psychological dimension to kindness.
Naturism is social and promotes benevolent exchanges.” – Nuetheureux
Being in a social setting with other naked people
causes people to open up in a very honest, healthy manner. Regardless of the context, around the pool,
in the hot tub, or even under a shade tree, discussions happen – about all
topics! And this happens far more frequently
and with far more ease than in a clothed environment.
“I am beautiful on the inside and
out! It took me getting naked in front
of a bunch of people sitting around a hot tub and pool eating pot-luck to
realize we all come in so many different shapes, sizes, ages, and
backgrounds. The human
body is beautiful. Shame on
religions, governments, and especially the media that tell [us] how we should
dress or not-be dressed. It was very
liberating. . . I loved every second of it.
In fact, I recommend it for anyone, especially if you have a problem
with self-esteem.” - Anshel
Without exception, men, and especially women, who
learn to feel at ease while participating in socially nude situations report
that their body image and self-esteem improve dramatically. This is because naked friends express
unconditional acceptance - no one expects people to have a ‘perfect’ body. Naked people more than any other group in
society understand and accept the diversity, the different sizes, shapes, and
ages of the human body, so negative feelings about the body disappear.
“.
. . social
nudity enhances each moment with excruciating delight. I do it because it is fun, fun, fun!” –
Chelmcdonald
So, get naked with others and you’ll soon find that
your best, most trusted friends are also naked much of the time. Then you’ll be able to truly accept your
humanness!
My
Third Solution: Be you!
“Clothes are a wall that
separate us from our true selves.” – Nude Movement
Fur sure, many people need nakedness to be real, to be
themselves.
“I think I have always
been a nudist from a very early age 5 or 6 and experimented with it off and on
throughout the years. But it hasn't been
until I reached my late 30's and early 40's that I really understood the practice
and what being a nudist is all about. It
was this understanding that led to be realize that being a nudist was a part of
whom I am.” – kaspernzl
A naked person is honest with him or herself, open to
reality, and accepting of the truth.
“Going nude is a way for
people to say ‘I’m OK with who I am.’” - Richard L.
“I really am a nudist. .
. Discovering, embracing, and accepting who I really am has given me peace of
mind and calmness. As a result, I also
have a better relationship with my family and I am more productive at work.” -
Delfin Amante
“Growing up a conservative religious person, I
never imagined I would ever become a naturist.
Yet, I had a unique need for nudity, and all my life experiences led me
to be obedient to that uniqueness.
Accepting my unique mission, I learned who I really was, so I could be
truly happy, truly free, and truly able to help others in the unique way only I
could. I now know who I am and why I’ve
felt the way I did throughout my life.
This does not mean I disregard other interests and talents, but as a naked
person I follow the truth and love being me!
When I took off my clothes, I could be
myself. Nude is who I am, who we
all are. Not realizing this is believing
and living a lie. Bottom-line, when I’m
naked, I’m me, I’m who I am, complete, an ‘image of fullness’.” - Ken
When you take off your clothes you can be
yourself. You can
dispose of the ‘image' you are trying to project with clothes. Naked, there is no
status. You can be ‘you’, without guile,
façade, mask, or costume. This humility,
coupled with chastity, results in true modesty - an honest state of being -
simply yourself. You’re not a
freak. You just need to be naked. When you reconcile yourself to living a naked
life it fixes you!
In order to be truly human, you probably need the
truth about nakedness as well. If so,
you instinctively know this. Here are a
few thoughts from others who have come to know themselves through being naked:
“Being naked is about
being one's self, not someone who one wants to be.” – Bruce H.
“. . . a naked me is the
most honest, pure, unaffected me there is, and, after a few years of
depression, anxiety and very low self-esteem I am delighted to have gained a
huge amount of belief in me - and that’s something to celebrate.” - Susannah
“Naked, I know who I
am. The moment I put anything on, it
begins to define me in some way other than what I am. . . So get naked and look
hard and love what you see. It's you! .
. . And naked, you are all you.” - Victoria P.
“When you’re naked there
is no deception – you are who you are.” – Samantha
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