QUOTES 5/3/2017

“We need to build our culture to respect the human body as it is and not embrace the photoshopped body.  We can do this, if we all together stop being so afraid of breastfeeding in public, stop being afraid of seeing a topless woman in a park or beach, stop being afraid of people being different and stop being afraid of the naked body.  If you are afraid looking on the naked body, what scares you?  I think most people who are scared or offended by the naked body, in reality is afraid of their own body and their body image.  Instead they should take a look on themselves and think what can I change, so that I feel more confident in my own skin.” - http://spotnaked.com/kill-childrens-body-shame/5518/

“A Naked Cycle Ride” (Video) - https://vimeo.com/45652125

“My boyfriend Steve and I stood, naked . . . We were at CHM Montalivet . . .the resort is 175 hectares set in a pine forest and bordered by a huge section of white sand beach on the Atlantic coast.  There are around 1000 private bungalows on site, some of them owned by families who live there permanently, others let out to tourists in the summer months.  There is a corner shop, a boulangerie, a newsagent, a hardware store, a bicycle rental, several bars and restaurants, two swimming pools, a spa, an archery range, tennis courts, a cinema and a hairdresser.  It’s a town, really.  A naked town.” – Abihail Moss, http://www.refinery29.uk/my-first-time-at-a-naturist-resort

“Remove your clothing and body image hang-ups slip way.” - http://www.gogirlfriend.com/reviews/experiencing-naturism-21820

“The media is full of unrealistic examples of how we as women should look, clothed or nude.  No wonder we don’t want to be topless in front of one another; we live in constant fear of falling short of unattainable standards.  On top of that, it’s basically illegal for women to be topless in 35 of our 50 states.  Meanwhile, men have complete freedom.” – Natalie Brown, https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/how-nude-beaches-can-improve-body-image/

“. . . we need to strive to achieve our ideals — in the same way we might go to a church to meditate or pray, even though none of us are saints.  Naturism is a philosophy with ideals that require effort on our part.  I think that’s one of the reasons we attend social nudism events, even if our thoughts may not always be 100 percent pure when we are there.  Naturism events are as much educational experiences as they are pleasurable ones.” – https://jillianpage.com/2017/05/02/nudismnaturism-discrimination-against-single-men/

Sunwalkerism

“Women are empowered where being naked is safe and respected.” – Kensunwalker

QUOTES 5/2/2017

“We can no longer remain silent on nudism.  Remaining closeted on nudism won’t help promote the lifestyle.  It may have worked to remain closeted until some years ago, but not anymore.  The purpose of promoting nudism is to make the lifestyle accepted by the general population and help get more nude recreation and social nudity in more places.  Then more people can become nudists.  Keeping nudism a secret causes more aversion and rejection of nudism.  Let’s stop this cycle.  Coming out of the closet helps to gain nudist rights.  It’s the only way a nudist can be accepted by others . . .” - Jose Arellano, White Paper

“Bowling naturiste en FRANCE” (Video) - https://vimeo.com/124806476

“Inside the naturist community at Bare Oaks, clothing is only used for protection, whether it be from the cold or from work that might injure your body. . . Karen Grant gardens with her husband Bruce.  Karen believes living at the naturist park has brought a level of comfort and stability for her children. . . Imagine a campground where people perform everyday tasks but without a stitch of clothing on.  Mowing the lawn, coffee with friends, dinnertime with family members, even board meetings with colleagues — at this camp, there were no exceptions to the no clothes rule. . . many embraced jogging or daily hikes, relishing in the gentle breezes of the woods.  Many of the park’s visitors love to swim and said repeatedly they couldn’t understand how anyone would want to wear a wet soggy bathing suit while swimming.  You quickly learn that clothing is only used as a tool. . . you can see people tanning, reading, barbecuing, socializing, swimming, walking the dog – and just about anything else you see in any campground.” (Short Audio Clips Included) – Mark Blinch, https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-bare-oaks-naturist-park?utm_campaign=web-share&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

“I demand the right to sunbathe nude in my garden, and so should we all.” – Mike S.

“I like to swim in the nude, I like to walk the beach in the nude, but you wouldn't catch me playing tennis in the nude . . . It's just not 'pretty' nude to me.  Other people play tennis in the nude.  We encourage people to be nude whenever it's comfortable for them.” – Nancy Tiemann, https://www.thrillist.com/sex-dating/nation/bare-necessities-benefits-of-clothing-optional-cruises

“I was surprised by the unlikely diversity of what I saw.  I love the fact that certain body parts are available in all shapes, sizes and colors, with and without hair, with or without wrinkles, with or without fillings.” - Emilia van Hauen, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/1099/balls-and-sausage-therapi/

Sunwalkerism

“Practicing yoga clothes free helps body appreciation.” – Kensunwalker

QUOTES 5/1/2017

“When you practice naked yoga, you will find that you can really connect with the way that your body moves without the hampering presence of clothing.” – Jordan Blum, http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nudists-and-the-nudist-lifestyle-defined-by-yna/

“Naked in the Storm (Umbrella rescue)” (Video) - https://vimeo.com/191430216

“Kids love being naked and it is good for them to see an alternative view of the world.  In my house, my children were used to not having to wear clothes but after a while, they started to look at other families and they decided that ours was weird – no one else took their clothes off, right?  I think of how amazing it would have been if every summer we had gone to a camp where all of the families they knew did.” – Vicki Pinkerton, http://www.thebulletinmagazine.com/bareoaks.html

“This summer I stumbled into nudism by chance.  The personal change I experienced was so profound that I decided to document and describe the journey . . . I am a man in my early 60’s, 5’10, 190lbs . . . One day while cycling near the river, I spied a huge group of ducklings near the shore and so went down to see and photograph them.  I came upon several groups of people, sun tanning naked on the large boulders near the water. . . I decided that I would try this out . . . I stripped off my clothing and lay down on a large flat rock. . . I closed my eyes and began just to feel my surroundings. . . an almost electrifying energy enveloped me.  It was magical . . . I began to come alive.” – Happy Bare, https://happybare.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/welcome-to-happybare/

“Mayor Cynthia Mqwebu revealed that after months of applications, appeals and public backlashes, Mpenjati beach near Trafalgar on KwaZulu-Natal's South Coast [South Africa] is expected to be officially opened as a nudist beach later this year. . . Reverend Mike Effanga, who led the pastors group, said they are against the presence of a nudist beach in their neighborhood.  ‘They are in violation of the beach by-laws, which are yet to change.  We cannot accept any contravention of the laws.’  According to the laws, ‘no person shall be on the seashore or in the sea or any other place to which these by-laws apply, other than a booth, toilet or change room, unless so dressed that if a female, her nipples are concealed from view and, if male or female their private parts are concealed from view.’  Sipho Mbhele, who heads the forum against the nudist beach, said the beach had brought nothing but shame to the citizens of the South Coast.  ‘We're all out to fight the municipality not to implement those by-laws, even to go to court. It is really a disgrace and we don't want a nudist beach.’ . . . Currently, beach-goers maintain that police have no grounds to arrest them because their nudity is not sexual.” - By Xolani Dlamini, http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016/03/02/first-round-winners-are---the-nudists

Sunwalkerism

“The best way to spend time in nature is all natural.” – Kensunwalker

QUOTES 4/30/2017

“I love nude hiking.  I have done it off and on for most of my life.  I used to walk around on our family farm when small. . . I loved wondering about the woods and fields naked.  I started hiking on the AT and doing back country hikes when I was around 18.  I often hiked nude with a pair of shorts in my hand I can slip into if I heard others approaching in time.  I now hike about once a week or so in the Mountains of Western NC and Eastern TN nude.  I have a great group of friends I hike with and that group is growing.” – Richardetnp, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=132&idt=99690&page=last

“Nude Body Painting Day” (Video) - https://vimeo.com/142569319

“The connection between wearing bras and painful and bothersome non-malignant breast fibrocystic disease as well as malignant breast cancer . . . first identified by researchers Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer came out in 1995.  They surveyed 5,000 women and discovered that women who wore bras for 12 hours or more greatly increased breast cancer risk than women who wore bras less.  Dr. Gregory Heigh of Florida has discovered that over 90% of women with fibrocystic breast disease find improvement when they stop wearing their brassieres. . . Not only are breasts’ movements inhibited by bras to not allowing proper lymph nodes draining, but the actually tight enclosures of bras constrict the breasts and restrict lymph material flow.  There was a study that attempted to debunk the link of excess bra wearing to breast fibrocystic disease and breast cancer, but that study itself was debunked in an earlier Real Family article.  If a Florida doctor has observed 90 percent healing from fibrocystic breast disorders upon not wearing bras or wearing them less, and many other women have written in with positive results on their bra abstinence, it follows that wearing bras less or not at all helps prevent breast cancer.” - Paul Fassa, http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/scientists-recently-advised-women-stop-wearing-bras.html

“The Fauve (wild beast) painters of the early 20th century, who painted in bright bold colors, were often naked and created paintings of nude men and women dancing in joy.” – Roger Coupe, http://www.newsweek.com/rise-nudity-britain-why-you-have-nothing-lose-your-clothes-469475?rx=us

“I think I’ve finally figured out why nudism caters mostly to people over sixty.  That’s just how long it takes to see the truth.  In every aspect of our society, from our parents to religion to the media, we are taught that the human body is shameful and obscene, a thing to hide and be disgusted by, but is sometimes, paradoxically, arousing.  But this is a lie—the most prevalent lie in history.  A great many more people never overcome the ‘shame of being human,’ going on to their graves fully dressed, in church clothes no less.” – Nick Alimonos, http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/naturist-story-part-5-finding-naked-paradise/