Nude Meditation

I live in Oregon so I can't meditate every day outside easily. I love to meditate this time of year in the nude on my back yard lawn swing! I would love to hear from others in the NW who have found somewhere and some way to meditate in the nude. It is much more free flowing and enlightening than doing it in clothing!

 

The only advantage to meditating naked would would be to shed the distraction of uncomfortable clothing.

 

or you can just wear no shirt/more form-fitting clothes.

I would be all about doing nude yoga in private, or in nature, but I don't know about in a class. Not because of self-consciousness reasons, but because I feel I might be distracted by all the naked people around me, haha.

 

I have yet to experience yoga, if I ever do it seems more comfortable in the nude.

 

I am a naturist yoga teacher and in the UK @ Perranporth will be running a 4 day yoga session. Tai Chi, Dance, Sacred dance, plus the usual activities of a fully serviced campsite. Since this is naturist there is no silly nude prejudice and we can all concentrate on athletic activities naked with no shame. "Nudity may distract from the yoga" is a rather silly idea. Clothes which send out a clear sexual message detract from the yoga and when one is nude one is pure. Come and learn it with me (British Naturism protocols apply) or ask on here!
Love and light;
New Perran 16-20 Jun 2010.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1413/4602949453_af476a6847_b.jpg
Here is the brochure and it is me in the top left hand picture wearing the red headband.

 

I have never thought about it, I might give it a try someday

 

Even though I may be frowned upon reviving a thread zombie (well, hey, the season for zombies is beginning now, with Halloween less than four weeks away, after all! ), the recently glorious early fall weather has given me lots of occasions to practise nude meditation outdoors, surrounded by trees, resting on soft grass or soil, both being Mother Nature's skin.

From my reference to Mother Nature, Mother Earth, the Goddess, whatever name you use for Her, you can guess that I'm sort of a spiritual stew, made up of various ingredients. My HF nickname also is an indicator of that - the name ~*Ganesha*~ was bestowed upon me by a beautiful and merry (and nude on that occasion, too) sister at a Rainbow Gathering, who adores my large belly and said that this as well as other qualities of my personality reminds her a lot of that blissful and happy god. Since then, it has become the name of my true self, which I use when introducing myself to kindred spirits who See and understand such things.

OK, so much for a little explaining, what my personal spirituality is about, and what the basis for my individual meditation and relaxation technique is. Now, when going out to maditate in Nature, I start by taking a slow and considerate barefoot walk (since I'm a barefooter, I don't wear shoes in my free time anyway), feeling the different textures and surfaces underfoot, taking slow steps to get in touch (literally) with my surroundings. This is already the first part of a meditation, even without getting into a lotus position or the like. After finding a good spot - letting my bare feet guide me, acting as my personal scanners to locate a spiritual energy spot - I take off my clothes, now open to all of the four elements. Earth is already with me by ways of my bare soles, Air is now wafting freely around my skyclad body, Fire is sending its warmth with the rays of the sun and Water went together with Earth, when my bare feet touched dew-wet grass. When I am near a lake or river, I also take a nude swim, to get closer to the Water elementals. Now, standing relaxed in the right spot, I begin my breath meditation exercise, drawing my arms up sideways in a circular motion on inhaling, bringing my palms together overhead, then drawing my hands down slowly to take the position of the Namasté greeting and blessing. On exhaling, I let my arms fall back to the sides of my body. This breathing cycle enables me to draw good and positive energy from the Earth, then putting it into my heart as I reach the Namasté position and letting out the excess back into the world together with feelings of fear, anxiety, sorrow, whatever might have ailed me emotionally. I silently pray to the Elements to take that energy, to cleanse and purify it to become just pure energy, bereft of whatever feeling it transported formerly. Since this is a sort of purification and cleansing ritual, I "rinse and repeat", meaning: doing that cycle several times until I feel that I am filled with nice and good energy.
The next step is then returning the gift of this benign power to Mother Nature by going over to a tree and hug it in the nude. From my heart to the heart of the dryad living in it, I am giving my love to the Goddess, thanking Her for what She just gave me. Honestly, I have come to realize that the best way to really commune with Nature is being without clothes. And while hugging a tree is a happiness booster already, naked tree-hugging tunes that up a few notches.
To complete this type of meditation session, I sit down in a comfortable position, for instance beneath the tree I just hugged, relaxing and doing a "classic" meditation session (as described here, for instance).

This relaxation and meditation technique is what I exercise on a weekly basis (or more than once a week, if my "normal" office life stresses me more than usual), enabling me to be the happy hippie person I am. And, yes, being a naturist, I do feel that nudity makes a difference in this, especially when out in Nature. To quote one of the hugest fans of Nature, Walt Whitman:

"Never before did I get so close to Nature; never before did she come so close to me... Nature was naked, and I was also... Sweet, sane, still Nakedness in Nature! - ah if poor, sick, prurient humanity in cities might really know you once more! Is not nakedness indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability, that is indecent. There come moods when these clothes of ours are not only too irksome to wear, but are themselves indecent." -- A Sun-bathed Nakedness



Wiggling bare toes, sending out smiles, a nude blessing and free hugs,

~*Ganesha*~

 

don't be focusing on your nudity while you are meditating....Where did you get that idea...I don't think you need to feel erotic when your trying to meditate

 

Actually, I don't focus on the nudity while meditating, since being nude is my natural state of being whenever possible - therefore, meditating in the nude is merely the natural extension of my natural self. On the contrary, it helps me to unfocus, when meditating in Nature, since I am able to be fully open to my surroundings, uninhibited by clothing. Now, that the cooler seasons are here, I will have to limit my meditative experience outdoors to barefoot walk meditation and breathing exercises...

And this is not about feeing erotic. OK, I love my body as it is, having learned to accept my corporeal self. But nudity is not always connected to eroticism and/or sex. There is also spiritual nudity in the world (e.g. the Jainist monks/sadhus, Gardnerian Wiccans, etc.), which has nothing to do with sex whatsoever.

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I'm in UK for around half the year. I have only just found out that yes, I am totally into nude meditation. The neighbours won't be thrilled though, hehe.
When I seen this thread I was hoping to find some pics.

Want some guidance, eh? Give me a shout then!:afro:

 

I often practice my Yoga naked and also meditation. admittedly I do this privately even my wife Is not privy to my sessions they are highly personal.
I feel restricted If Im clothed even In cold weather I will practice naked.
I dont think naked yoga classes are appropriate for the simple reason that some of the postures could be embarrassing to perform In a class situation,