QUOTES 12/6/2016

“[Speaking about young people] There seems to be interest in the clothes-free lifestyle but it is a lot less organized, it is more spontaneous.  Things like [festivals] . . . where nakedness is just part of the scene . . . They don't want to be a member of anything and clubs have committees and working bees and duty days and a lot of people these days don't want to get involved in associations like that . . . Young people are not talking about calling themselves nudists, they are just getting their kit off. . . I think that unless clubs change and meet the needs of the young population they will go.” - Stuart Whelan, editor of The Australian Naturist Magazine, http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/australias-oldest-nudist-club-bares-all-to-win-new-members-20151124-gl77uu.html

“Practicing yoga clothes free has influenced every aspect of my clothed life.  I feel more confident than I ever have.” – Bex Honey, http://clothesfreelife.com/2015/12/15/clothes-free-yogi-december-bex/

“Naturism and sex. . . For decades, maybe even centuries, we have been given the idea by our society that the only time men and women are naked together is when they are having sex.  Naturists go against that idea; naturist men and women socialize together, nude, without any sexual act or behavior taking place.  Of course, mainstream society can’t understand that, so they assume that naturism is a sexual activity.  Naturism isn’t sexual.  Naturists have broken that automatic link between being nude and being sexual.  To a naturist/nudist, having no clothes on does not mean a person is having or wanting sex.  But that is not to say that naturists do not ever have sex, think about sex, or talk about sex.  Naturists are human beings, the same as anyone else, and they have the same desires and motivations as anyone else.  All that being a naturist means is that you can be, and enjoy being, naked with others, without it being sexual. . . Of course, there are those who go the other way and argue that naturism is too resistant and oppressive about sexuality.  They may have a point, too – you can seem like you are ‘protesting too much’ if you start telling people how non-sexual it is before sex has even been mentioned! . . . It [Sex] just has as little to do with naturism as it does to do with classic car rallies or rock climbing or knitting, so it doesn’t need to be automatically mentioned when talking about what we do.  But we shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it when we want to, either.” - https://getnakedgetawesome.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/taboos-in-naturism/

“Spending time in the nude is a great way to get in touch with your body . . . Most people in today's society are so disconnected from bodily sensations and this could help. . . Being in the nude reduces shame. . . You can work on self-acceptance and that can be very healing.” - Dr. Jenn Mann, http://www.today.com/health/health-benefits-being-naked-how-stripping-down-good-you-t44911

“I think growing up as a typical American, you are lead to believe that being nude with other people isn’t ‘normal’ (which is still the case I guess, but who wants to be normal).  That was the barrier I had to work through in my head.” - –Jason Moore, Young Naturists & Nudists America, http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/my-european-adventure-into-naturism/