Two weeks ago, it snowed in New York City. A beautiful blanket of white. Then, this past week, it rained torrentially — a beautiful blanket of wet. Neither, alas, the ideal climate for outdoor topless book-reading (or outdoor topless much of anything else). What does our noble band do on days like these?
We meet indoors. And what do we do indoors? Well, a bunch of different sorts of things, but one of our favorites is to work on our strength and serenity, since both of those are a) in short supply and b) much needed in the world today. So on the eve of the big protest marches in D.C. and New York (and every other place on the face of the planet), a dozen of us went to learn yoga and Pilates from Willow, the instructor/owner of New York’s Naked in Motion.
And what a wonderful evening it was! Talk about an inspiring leader — Willow was the model of a welcoming, knowledgable, warm and thoughtful instructor,
helping us through stretches and poses and exercises
that many of us thought we wouldn’t be able to pull off. Were we sore after? Sure — but only in the best way. (And she brought strawberries and Oreos to soothe the hurt.)
This wasn’t a special naked session just for us, by the way — as the name suggests, Naked in Motion is all about the naked. (And about the motion, of course. But that you can get at any yoga class.) There are weekly co-ed nude sessions and monthly women-and-trans-only classes for anyone more comfortable in a single-sex environment. Boundaries are respected (and politely but firmly enforced), to ensure a positive experience for all. If you’d like to try it yourself sometime, or just for more information, you can write to Willow at info@nakedinmotion.com.
And if you’re a body-positive woman in the New York area and would like to join us for one of our events (can’t promise it’ll be yoga — but it’ll be something cool), drop us a note: toplesspulpfiction@gmail.com.
Either way: get naked. And savor both stillness and motion.
Love, respect and admire you ladies more than you will ever know. Keep up the good work.
Naked in motion, poetry in motion. And a very welcome post in these cold January days.
That is all very lovely. One of the things I liked about Germany and Holland was that they’re OK with being naked without it being sexual.
The link in my nick is a bunch of “this is me now” nude pictures from over 30 years. I don’t know whether it means anything, but I like the “this is who I am” quality of what you girls are doing.
Naked in pure motion. How cool is that
Love the courage and confidence of these ladies
Very good. Kisses of Brazil.
There are similar classes in the UK, for instance http://www.fitbunny.uk, although the link seems to be down just now, I have left a message via British Naturism for the sites’ owner.