A new growing trend in yoga featuring you, au naturel.

I suppose it was only a matter of time but one of the latest trends in yoga appears to be naked yoga.  I stumbled into an article by Tolly Mosely on Salon.com where she describes her first and perhaps only foray into naked yoga.  If you are a yoga person you can probably imagine doing your best to breathe and get into your poses and dive into the meditative and spiritual quality of it all without being particularly aware of the balls hanging at eye level next to you.  But somehow downward facing dog takes on a whole new definition and I am not sure it wouldn't be a total distraction to be surrounded by naked bodies in all these somewhat revealing and exposed positions for periods of time.  According to Tolly, you do get into it and the liberation from your body image was a definite plus and part of the allure, but ultimately she did wonder if everyone in the class was just more liberated than her and therefore more comfortable or if perhaps some of them were actual perverts?

These classes are held with little marketing but likely there are naked yoga classes in cities across the country.  If you are really looking for a challenge or even perhaps an unusual way of meeting new people, than perahps it's time to ask your local studio for a referral. Give your chakras a shock.  I, for one, wouldn't want to waste all that money I spent on great workout clothes that work hard to keep me from sagging and drooping everywhere.  It does, however, offer a whole new definition for hot yoga!