I don’t know if you’ve heard about this already… hot, nude yoga! It is said to be a form of sensualized tantric yoga practiced nude. Yeah right!
I read that it is fast becoming popular in the US these days. It is targeted mostly for the gays. There are also male and female fans. Heterosexual ones. According to the article I read, for fans, the nudity aids in deepening their yoga practice while building a close — and emphatically nonsexual — community. I have my hesitations in believing this. For one, admit it or not, when someone is nude in front of you, you tend to stare. You get distracted and stare at the body of the person naked in front of you. All of a sudden, the yoga practice is not focused on fitness anymore but more on the beauty of the body of the persons around you. You can deny all you want but unless you are a nudist and have been practicing for years, you can’t help yourself but stare at other naked persons around.
Plus, men especially gays are highly sexual in nature. Instead of cleansing the mind and focusing their energy on yoga itself, I am sure they will concentrate more on the male and female anatomy of the ones who caught their eyes.
Again, you can deny all you want. Maybe, there’s one or two from the nude yoga movement who are actually in for the physical fitness. But I doubt if every one of the recruits are of the same agenda.
Read the article in MSNBC and let me know your thoughts.
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