When we start practicing yoga, we try our best to make ourselves comfortable when in action. We find the best place to practice, a place where we will be at peace, both in our bodies and in our minds. We get the best yoga mat made of natural materials, just the perfect size and thickness.

Finding comfortable clothes for practicing yoga is another thing that matters a lot for most of us. It is impossible to fully concentrate on calming your mind and moving with the flow when you wear uncomfortable clothes, too loose in some places and too tight in others. That is why there are clothes designed specifically for yogis and yoginis – yoga pants and tops.

However, it appears that not all people need comfortable clothes to practice yoga. Even more so, some people do not need clothes at all and feel quite comfortable doing yoga wearing nothing whatsoever.

The notion that practicing yoga without clothes is better than wearing the best set of yoga clothes has given a birth to “naked yoga” movement. It seems that this trend is getting more and more followers every single day. Although, practicing yoga naked has been known since ancient times.

Admirers of naked yoga state that taking off your clothes helps you overcome the limits of your body, mind, and spirit. In this case, releasing yourself of clothes symbolically means removing any bounds. It helps you become free within the body and within the mind and, through this freedom, understand your true self.

Many people might think that naked yoga is not for them because their bodies are not perfect. In truth, these people just feel insecure in our society with its cruel beauty standards. And, to be honest, practicing yoga is just what they need to start feeling comfortable in their bodies.

Naked yoga helps us to be body positive. It can be used as a part of therapy to overcoming anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and other eating disorders. Yoga combined with intuitive eating helped a lot of people to overcome their struggles with poor body image.

When you have accepted the idea that practicing in nude can be an option for you, you can be shocked by the fact that some people do it in public. There are even several yoga studios in the US that hold naked yoga classes. There are classes for men, for women, and co-ed naked yoga classes for those who want to push all the limits.

Of course, public naked yoga classes are an option for only a few of yogis. Not everyone is ready to do Downward Facing Dog wearing absolutely nothing in a class full of people. Practicing solo at home is a much better option. If you want to feel that you are not alone in it, yet are not ready to do it in public, you can practice with an instructional video. There are loads of naked yoga videos available at YouTube.

Naked yoga must have a lot of benefits, if so many people are into it. Here are some of them:

• It will help you love and appreciate your body with all its rolls and wrinkles.
• It will help you go deeper in your mind-body-spirit connection
• It will increase your sexual energy and tame it at the same time
• It will boost your self-esteem
• It will help you understand different poses much better
• It will help you become more open to the world
• It will help you realize that the material aspect of our life is not as important as most people think

As you can see, no best quality yoga pants can offer you all the advantages you can get from practicing without clothes. If you are still not sure if practicing naked is fun or weird, you can always try it yourself, in the comfort of your own home. Just take off your yoga pants and top, and go with the flow.