Mothers and Daughters Free From Body Problems
Mothers, Daughters and Body Problems:
Eden. Absolute Heaven. Those were the only words when thinking back on my day at Rock Lodge that were adequate to describe my encounter and all in a brief visit to this charming refuge.
"Packing light?" my husband joked with me as I set my sarong, towel and hat in my canvas plage tote. Conspicuously missing a swimsuit, I grinned. I had wanted to see Rock Lodge all summer - a nudist paradise - beautiful lake, scenic hiking trails, wildlife and nature in prosperity and the choice to be definitely clothing free. I 'd offered to instruct a naked yoga course at 11:30am that day and after a few wrong turns on my experience there, I arrived just in time for the class. I was joy-filled to see an extensive range of yogis in the class, as old as seventy and as young as seven, each celebrating their body and the spirit of yoga sans clothes. In my yoga practice thus far, naked yoga had been about actively removing clothes and the identities behind them and thus finding a fresh, deeper layer of liberty that'sn't ordinarily accessible in the hurried metropolis of Awesome York City living.
Yet, now I was faced with a group of people who already had that layer of independence available. There was no disrobing service. These strong yogis were already in celebration of their body, adored yoga and wore whatever clothes at Rock Lodge that felt appropriate in the present moment, including, most commonly, nothing at all. Sitting, meditating, Om-ing with this community, I believed - nirvana is really here on earth. This is what a planet looks like when we are free of shame, guilt and fear.
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Discussing over a potluck supper that evening with my host Sandy, he mentioned of one young woman - eighteen years old, a budding opera singer and regular at Rock Lodge since she was eleven. "She will never have an eating disorder," Sandy said quite frankly to me over our potluck. "When one grows up with body love and approval in all shapes and sizes and sees their parents embrace that, one never feels the need to change who they are."
I knew precisely what he spoke of. I envied this young woman who had been exposed to heaven from the impressionable young age of eleven, while I grew up fighting with body image issues from pre teen to adolescence.
While these recollected seconds felt like historical memories and my shame long since transformed, today, seeing a awesome possibility being taught to future generations of girls and young women left me rolling through the memory box seeing just how far we have come.
There was no idea of hiding, concealing, judging what my body should and should not look like. Here, in the nudeness of nature was the quiet ecstasy of oneness. I hiked. I swam. I talked with friends old and new. I bared myself to the world.
Accompanied with her mother, an accomplished yogi practicing next to her, I saw what my relationship to my body would have been like if I 'd the muscle memory to both be in side crow and to be naked publicly, free of shame at seven years old. I wondered what my life would have looked like if my mother had modeled for me how to love my body instead of loathe it. I wondered for sometime what our world would look like if mothers taught and modeled for their daughters that their bodies could be both sacred and shame-free. It would be in our blood. It wouldn't be something we would have to hunt for, starve ourselves for, we'd just be in it, naked in nature, in side crow, in love of our bodies.
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Isis Phoenix is a lusty shaman who facilitates ceremonies for individuals desiring to create transformation in the area of sexuality, spirituality, intimacy and relationship. Isis eases individual training and group Shamanic Immersions and retreats. She is also the creator of Naked Yoga NYC, a bare yoga movement that continues to gain international interest. https://s3.amazonaws.com/nudist-beach-picture/family-nudism-photos.html and her work has been featured in Jane Magazine, Vogue, Elle, NY Post, BBC News and MSNBC. To find out more visit www.sensualshaman.com or email [e- nudisn protected]
