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NUDE YOGA + NUDE STRETCHING WORKOUT FITNESS VHS LOT EXERCISE BODY SCULPTING 90’S
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All the traditional yoga positions for flexibility and alignment are presented here by four nude female practitioners.
Naked yoga or nude yoga (Sanskrit or ) is the practice of . It has existed since ancient times as a , and is mentioned in the 7th–10th century and by the Ancient Greek geographer .
, author of the 1931 book , wrote a piece called “The Mental Element in Our Physical Well-Being” for , an American magazine, in 1938; it showed nude women practicing yoga, accompanied by a text on attention to the breath. The social historian Sarah Schrank comments that it made perfect sense at this stage of the development of to combine nudism and yoga, as “both were exercises in healthful living; both were countercultural and bohemian; both highlighted the body; and both were sensual without being explicitly erotic.”
