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Nude Yoga Classes for 2016

SCNA strives to provide activities that our members have requested. Nude yoga has been a perennial request. There are currently three yoga instructors that offer nude yoga for SCNA members. One is a monthly men-only class in Canoga Park. The second holds classes in Altadena for mixed groups or for women only. The other is weekly classes offered in the West-LA/Venice area.

We are looking for female-only or co-ed classes in the San Fernando Valley.

Canoga Park

$15/person

In the past we have billed these classes as Co-Ed, but the reality is that they turn out to be Men Only, so our instructor has asked that we keep them that way going forward. Those guys who would like to attend this class should RSVP directly to Johnny at urbanbodies@hotmail.com. Directions will given upon your RSVP. Payment should also be made directly to the instructor.

Classes require a minimum of 5 students, with a maximum limit of 20 per class.

Classes are scheduled for Saturday mornings from 10:00am to 11:00am on the following dates:

  • January 9
  • February 13
  • March 12
  • April - No Class
  • May 14
  • June 18
  • July 9
  • August 13
  • September 10
  • October 1
  • November 19
  • December 3

Class includes slow stretching exercises of every muscle of the body for the first 30 minutes. Next, we will progress to very basic/beginners yoga asanas(poses) for 30 minutes. All levels of fitness experience are welcomed (from beginner to advanced).

Instructor Biography:

Your instructor is a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer. For the past 20 years he has conducted classes in yoga, stretch, pilates and cycling all over the USA and Europe. For fifteen years prior to that the instructor was the program coordinator for LA Fitness Health Clubs.

Altadena

Classes will be taught by Christina Sirgun Powers, a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and owner of the Yoga For Balance studio in Altadena.

She has agreed to teach three nude yoga classes for us, a Woman's Only class on the second Sunday of every month, a Co-Ed class on the third Sunday of every month, and a Couples Only class on the fourth Sunday of every month. For the Couples Only class, all gender combinations are welcome! This is not necessarily a class for couples to interact, however there will be shared some kriyas to done by partners.

All classes are 1½ hours and take place from 9:30 – 11:00 AM on Sunday mornings

For a class to be held, a minimum of five students are needed for the Women's and Co-Ed classes, and a minimum of three couples are needed for the Couples Only classes.

The Women's and Co-Ed classes are $20 per person, and the Couples class is $30 per couple. An online processing fee is added for each class. A block of six classes is offered at a discount.

Advanced registration is required.

Christina has many other clothed classes and progams available at her studio, and for more info about them visit: yogaforbalance.org

West LA/Venice

These classes are independent of the SCNA, but are of interest to our members, so we make them known here. The classes are managed via the Los Angeles Nude Yoga Meetup group. To find the class schedules and reserve a space, one should join their Meetup group and make a reservation there. The cost of the classes are $25 per person.

Classes are currently held every Sunday morning from 10:30 - 11:30 and are Vinyasa Flow yoga for the Beginner to Intermediate level.

Class Requirements

  • Bring a towel, a mat, drinking water.
  • No NOT wear perfume or cologne.
  • Do NOT eat 2 hours before class begins.

Why Nude Yoga?

  1. Nude Yoga Enables a Positive Body Image

    Nude yoga helps anyone who wishes to be free of the emotional shackles that prevent us from celebrating all our unique physiques and capabilities. When people who suffer from low self-esteem and poor body image can practice without clothing in a safe, nurturing environment, they come to appreciate their bodies and understand that their feelings of shame are not their own, but a kind of inherited mind-state that comes as a result of societal judgments. It helps you discover an entirely new way of looking at your own body, inspiring you to take embrace your imperfections and open your heart to yourself and to the world with pride, courage and confidence.

  2. Nude Yoga Furthers the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

    When we consider the role that clothing has played in society, it seems to be in direct opposition to the spirit of yoga. By design, clothing reminds us of our differences and serves as a distraction that leads us away from a central yogic principal: the commonality of all living things. So a well-designed yoga class without the restriction of clothing promotes a greater sense of freedom, confidence, and an enhanced appreciation for the body. Seeing and feeling the body as it stretches and moves from one pose to the next results in more stress reduction, increased energy, enhanced overall strength, stamina and flexibility, plus improved respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine and brain function.

  3. Nude Yoga Creates Numerous Physical and Mental Health Benefits!

    Nude yoga allows people to experience freedom from inhibitions, opinions of others and any shame about the body, which can lead to low energy and poor health. As you learn greater self-acceptance, negativity burns away and any physical repercussions resulting from holding toxic emotions get resolved. The body, mind and spirit unite and heal, and you feel deeply energized, vital and calm./

  4. Nude Yoga is Sensual!

    While nude yoga in its true form has little to do with society’s preconceived notions of sex or eroticism, make no mistake, nude yoga can be very sensual internally. It’s the feeling of being authentically connected, confident, and alive. Nude yoga gives people permission to feel joyful and radiant, at home in their own skin, blissfully unselfconscious and aware. It encourages practitioners to uncover their most primal, powerful, sacred, sensual, integrated, original selves.

  5. Nude Yoga Reduces Self-Shame

    Nude Yoga teaches us how to harness the transformative kundalini shakti, our sacred life force, while experiencing the freedom of moving through space without clothing to restrict our movement, and more importantly, freedom from the shame that restricts our souls.

Whatever you learn in any given class, whether it is a new way to focus your breath or a technique to lengthen and strengthen a muscle, or a way to draw earth energy up through your bubbling spring points, you get to take it with you. Yoga is a state of mind, a way of being. It is the ultimate fitness for body, mind and spirit. It can help you to transform your life. And it will inspire you to be the very best you can be.

For more information contact SCNA.

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