裸体瑜伽是指身体在没有任何外界束缚的情况下，练习瑜伽。这其实是一个挑战，一个对自己身体完全接受，甚至崇敬的挑战。身体没有美丑，没有好坏，当我们去除身体的所有束缚，纯然的去练习瑜伽时，我们感受到的是真实的毫无掩饰的自己。它与美丑或性没有关系，它关注的是每个人自己，关注的是性灵的打开。当没有外界束缚时，我们更容易集中意念在身体的感受上，感受身体、精神和心灵的真正融合。从心灵深处放下外在的东西，只是一个天然的“我”。坦然的接受、温和的舒展、用心的感受，直到身心融为一体，爱在心中流淌。
裸体瑜伽，作为对自然、灵性的追求，早在60年代就以及在欧美开始受到关注，目前国外裸体瑜伽的习练者也越来越多。但是目前国内的习练者和接受度还比较少。
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Peel It Off
For nude yoga practitioners, doing yoga in the altogether can be a liberating and respectful experience.
By Jaimal Yogis
Practicing yoga in a room full of naked strangers may sound unappealing—or even downright offensive. But like it or not, from New York City to Salt Lake City, from San Francisco to Atlanta, yogis are baring all on the mat, and business is booming. And the practice is gaining converts.
By her own admission, Judyth Greenburgh is an unlikely candidate for naked yoga. For starters, she's British, and the British, she says, are more private than most. At 41, the five-foot four-inch yogi is no model or hard body either. But since taking a nude yoga class six months ago, she says it's improved her focus and concentration.
"It's like, 'Yeah, I'm naked, and that's natural,'" Greenburgh says. "It's about being at home with your body."
Other naked yogis concur. After a recent class at One Taste Urban Retreat Center in San Francisco, where people of all shapes and sizes packed the studio to strip and stretch, several said nude yoga helped them feel more comfortable with their bodies, allowing them to peel off yet another layer of ego: namely, the one attached to their clothing.
"I'm seeing the beauty in accepting my body," says Sumati Ganeshan, a yoga instructor who was attending a coed nude class for the first time. "It's a practice of honor, dignity, and respect."
Not all nude classes are so high-minded. Aaron Star teaches a class for men in Manhattan, and he admits it carries an erotic charge. "It's a bunch of naked gay men doing partner yoga," he says. Still, he maintains, he's not crossing any line. "I think that a lot of yogis forget that we live in the world," he says. "And living in the world means we have to confront our senses and tame them." Star's first class proved so popular that he now leads men's nude yoga retreats in Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Europe and just released a four-part DVD series, titled Virgin, Strength, Partner, and Tantra.
The coed class at San Francisco's One Taste is sensual, but not sexual. Students meditate with their clothes on, setting a pure intention. Then they enter a separate room where they undress "mindfully."
Meredith Medland leads the class with her partner, and she thinks the mutual respect of their relationship establishes a safe vibe. "There's no 'woo woo' energy," she says. "It's seeing the god in each other. That's what class is all about."
Medland has had a lifelong battle with her body. She once weighed 200 pounds, underwent breast-reduction surgery, participated in a 12-step weight-loss program, and worked with Dr. Phil in the Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge. But teaching naked yoga is what helped her feel content. "It's my deepest desire," she says, "to help people fall in love with themselves through falling in love with their bodies."