COME ON feeling good
BARE YOUR SOUL
NAKED YOGA ENCOURAGES YOU TO LITERALLY BARE ALL
Naked yoga is about being comfortable in your own skin and the amazing confidence that comes with it. El yoga desnudo va sobre sentirse bien con la propia piel y sobre la seguridad que este hecho te otorga.
By Jacqueline Hayden Illustration by Raquelisima
After New York’s first naked yoga studio, the nude Ibiza yoga retreat has become a sell-out success. It is the trend that is encouraging New York yogis to bare it all, and now it´s made its way to Europe - in the form of naked yoga retreats in Ibiza. Holiday makers go naked on the beaches of the Baleares in the summer all the time, so what´s the problem with naked yoga? The unusual concept of stripping off to indulge in some downward dog has taken New York by storm, with classes at the Bold & Naked studio in Manhattan full to capacity. Naked yoga classes aim to provide students with a new way to focus on celebrating their bodies and is not intended to be sexually evocative. The practice of naked yoga, or ‘nagna’ yoga, has been around since ancient times and is still practised by religious figures in India. In the 1960s, it became popular among followers of the hippie movement in the US, and now naked yoga is building on the success of mixed-gender classes in cities such as New York and LA! In London, it’s still very much a man’s club, with all-male classes run by YogaNu and Altogether Yoga. Annette’s mixed-gender class at Naked Yoga London is the only one of its kind in the UK. Naked yoga is a critique of consumerism. When we strip down we’re all the same. Designer yoga gym shorts won’t save you. Here, your body – or perhaps your soul – is the only currency that counts. “Women have come to us with body issues and problems with their weight, and they have felt like they’ve
JACQUELINE LYSYCIA Yoga master
THE PRACTICE OF NAKED YOGA, OR ´NAGNA´YOGA HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE ANCIENT TIMES AND IS STILL PRACTISED BY RELIGOUS FIGURES IN INDIA
Jacqueline reveals all the secrets to feeling good about yourself. Jacqueline revela todos los secretos para sentirse bien. consigo mismo.
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