Sunday, February 23, 2014

Nude Yoga



 I hope everyone has had an opportunity to enjoy at least a bit of the warmer weather and sunshine that has come our way this past week.  On one of the warmest days I spent time tending my garden naturally which is one of my favorite things to do.  Just as a reminder, we haven’t had much sun all over, all winter so do be sensible with the exposure.  I had a slight pink glow after my day digging & raking. Sunshine has many healthful benefits, it provides much needed vitamin D and natural spectrum light elevates mood while fighting depression.  Just remember sun screen is your friend, eyes need protection from over exposure, and hats aren’t just a fashion statement but help regulated body temperature.  
I like to call attention when advertisers use nudity (in good taste) to high light products.  I very much like the following photo by Toesox.  I have not used any of their items but just may order the sox as they seem to make sense for use in several yoga postures.  Yoga Journal often runs their ads and there are several photos used with this model who is a yoga teacher.  In case you are interested here’s a link to their posters and products.    www.toesox.com
As you may imagine not everyone in the yoga community loves these ads and images and there are several scathing letters about this being exploitation.  Please take a look and judge for yourselves.  
Namasta’ from the WW Naked Lady.

 

Friday, February 14, 2014

Welcome to the Wildwood Naked Lady Blog



Welcome to the Wildwood Naked Lady Blog.  My hope is this will spotlight the less well known activities at Wildwood and aspects of natural living in general. 

For those folks who don’t know WW has a relaxing yoga class on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. The goal is to stretch & strengthen the body while relaxing body, mind, & spirit.  Yoga & meditation (relaxation) has long been known to benefit a healthful life style and what could be more relaxing than yoga naturally.  We do not do head stands or any of the advanced asanas but concentrate on the postures that invite relaxation and always close with a guided meditation.  Please consider joining us, if you can get up and down from sitting on the floor you will be able to do these exercises.

As I look outside now it is snowing, however, I am anticipating weather that will allow the solar heat on the pools to get us back to water aerobics in spring. We can also try yoga in the fresh air or a guided meditation in the hot tub.

Maybe I have watched too much Olympic coverage on TV but I’m ready to go for the “Gold” and recover from the marathon eating of the holidays and way too much time on the couch indoors. If you are too then let’s get busy.  Remember the trails are maintained all year so walk, jog, or run off some of the winter insulation while you lower blood pressure and improve your health in general.

Your Wildwood membership is a passport to many exercise opportunities and they can all be enjoyed naturally. 

Namasta’ from the WW Naked Lady.