“There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body. In fact it is not only among artists but among all people that a greater appreciation and respect for the human body should develop. When we respect the nude we will no longer have any shame about it.” — Robert Henri, The Art Spirit “Seeing other naked bodies, though, did not make me feel disrespectful. It was wondrous. The shared ease made being human more palatable. And I soon...
Nov 30, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 70
“Naturism allows people to make peace with their bodies as-is, without all the unrealistic ideals and judgments our society otherwise places on them. As we expose our bare selves, we expose the flaws in how we’ve been taught to see nudity as well. We begin to shed the irrational shame that has weighed on us for so long.” —Marc, https://www.nudeandhappy.com/2023/10/05/the-nudity-we-were-born-with/ “It is our duty as naturists and nudists to question and challenge these purveyors of discontent. We...
Nov 26, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Wearing nothing is divine, Naked is a state of mind, I take things off to clear my head, To say the things I haven't said, Live inside the elements, The earth and sky are my best friends, Water is the evidence, That washes me from end to end, —Luscious Jackson, Naked Eye As I sit in naures embrace, The warmth of the sun upon my face, It speaks to me through wind and breeze, It's guiding power for me to seize. The shackles of clothing cast aside, No more the modern world I have to abide. The gift...
Nov 24, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 68
“Naturism involves accepting and embracing our bodies for all their flaws and fortitude while connecting with other humans in a very real and authentic way. It’s literally shedding the walls that divide us from the natural world as we were born to experience it.” ~RMNC Member https://x.com/rmnaturist/status/1549767105377013760?s=46&t=fpiEy5CqbBOXR1N66BxSTw “Discovering naturism has given me the freedom to be myself, free from judgement & expectation, teaching me to love & embrace my ...
Nov 20, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 67
“It’s the invention of clothes, not nature, that made “private parts” private.” -Mokokoma Mokhonoana “Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean. And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?” —Kahlil Gibran “Nudism, in my mind, is sort of like the ultimate display of vulnerability between people. It is, as has been noted, actually opposite of exhibitionism as opposed to being related to it. Of course, there are some ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 66
“Human beings to me are as much a part of nature as trees or birds, and the unclothed body expresses this belongingness directly and powerfully.” Wynn Bullock “What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!” Henry David Thoreau, Journals “The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.” Alan Cohen
Nov 13, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 65
“Many of us may be unaware that nudity is a normal condition that has prevailed throughout most of mankind’s existence.” —Aileen Goodson “The naked body is the normal base state of a human being and that clothing is put on to fit the needs of a person at a given time”— A Nudistory, this Naturist Catalog Shocked an Industry https://youtu.be/p_znATRhZiA?si=mjq9pQbatWgW2NJ- “People without clothes are in their natural, default state. It is being clothed that is artificial and alien. I think our sou...
Nov 10, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 64
“Naturism is clearly very different from the nudity portrayed in magazines, newspapers, video and television. It is not for titillation. Mass nudity is far from erotic. Uncovered genitalia do not lead to an inability to control sexual urges. Nor does clothing prevent rape or assault, or hinder amorous advances.”—Karen Gorham & Dave Leal, Naturism And Christianity Are They Compatible “Christians have been partly responsible for this in their attempts to control people's sexual expression and ...
Nov 07, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 63
“To be naked is more than merely to be without clothes. To be naked is to be at ground zero in a moral and a political struggle.” —Philippa Levine, The naked and the nude: Undressing the false dichotomy “Naturism allows people to make peace with their bodies as-is, without all the unrealistic ideals and judgments our society otherwise places on them. As we expose our bare selves, we expose the flaws in how we’ve been taught to see nudity as well. We begin to shed the irrational shame that has we...
Nov 03, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 62
“What the nudist does believe is that the artificial conditions of our machine age have robbed man of light and air that are not only valuable but essential to his physical well-being.” -Frances & Mason Merrill “My favorite thing is to be naked, which is why I always live in remote areas. My ideal is to wake in the morning and run around the meadows naked. I think it’s a good idea to live in harmony with nature.” – Daryl Hannah “I am convinced that there is an intimacy that we are missing ou...
Oct 30, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 61
“In all nudity that you ever get to see, whether it’s in movies, strip clubs, or museums, it’s always meant to trigger a feeling or emotion in the viewer. Whereas in naturism, there is no viewer. There are no emotions to be triggered in other people, only in ourselves.” Nick & Lins, Naked Wanderings, https://www.nakedwanderings.com/getting-comfortable-around-naked-people/ “I think clothing is about control and power. One of the loveliest elements of being nude with others is there are no mis...
Oct 25, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 60
“For girls especially, there is so much pressure in our society to be a perfect size. As a result, there is a whole generation of people killing themselves to meet a standard that is impossible. Part of living a naturist lifestyle is accepting your body and regaining a normal body image.” —Nicky Hoffman “Discovering naturism has given me the freedom to be myself, free from judgement & expectation, teaching me to love & embrace my body. Society gives us an unrealistic idea of what a beaut...
Oct 22, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 59
“The trouble with these men who try to adjudicate upon what is moral or immoral in dress is that they really know nothing about the subject.”— George Bernard Shaw “Inherent in the condition of laws that prohibit exposure of certain body parts is the circular justification revealed by the following: we know exposure of these parts should be outlawed because showing them is immoral. We know exposing them is immoral because doing so is against the law. Bring into the equation religious dogma based ...
Oct 19, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 58
“So it's being a follower and devotion to Christ first, then naturism is an aid given to me by God to help me walk in the Christian way,... But now I see how the very idea of thinking nudity is a moral crime, is a moral crime. Because it's a moral crime to blame God for creating live porn and tempting us to sin just by what He created” —DaveT, naturist-Christians.org “But treating the body as “decent” only when dressed, and “obscene “ when naked , slanders the moral purity of the Maker’s handiwo...
Oct 16, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 57
“Christians have fallen into the trap of equating nakedness with sin alongside a culture which uses intimately revealing clothing and nakedness to entice and seduce. Such a heady combination has created an unhealthy and unbiblical attitude to the human body.” - Bob Horrocks, Uncovering the Image https://a.co/d/7iseHu1 “You, reader, were created by the divine Word in your mother’s womb no less truly than Adam & Eve were created by Him. The same beautiful, wonderful, creative God still creates...
Oct 12, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 56
“The driving force behind my desire to be nude with others is authenticity. It is an intentional letting go of who I think I'm supposed to be or others expectations of me and embracing who God made me to be. Being naked with others is vulnerable and it is much more difficult to hide. It develops my own self-awareness and practices intuitive empathy with others. Being naked with others cultivates the courage to be imperfect, exercising compassion that comes from knowing that we are all made from ...
Oct 10, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 55
“The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.” —Alan Cohen “What we need is both freedom from prudery and the freedom to express our feelings.” —Margaret Mead “A body is a body is a body. There is nothing innately sexual about exposing your torso — it’s not suggestive or provocative, simply freeing and enabling.” —Ulrika Jonsson
Oct 05, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 54
“Nudism is not about seeing others naked or being seen naked, per se, but I also think it would be disingenuous to say that seeing and being seen are not part of what makes nudism so liberating and empowering. Overcoming the fear instilled in us throughout our upbringing and, for many of us, throughout much of our adult lives, by confronting head-on the anxiety associated with being nude in front of others is one part of it.” Almost Wild Blog https://almostwild.blog/2022/05/29/on-seeing-being-se...
Oct 03, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 53
“Our aim is the healthy mind in the healthy body. We aim to make nudism not merely a fad, but a new social practice. We believe nudism can rid the world of sex ignorance and prudery by making the human body familiar and accepted without eroticism. People ask us why we’re organized, why we don’t just practice nudism as individuals. Well, sir, we believe in this thing, we want it extended and legalized in public places, not merely in such hidden spots as this.” -Rev. Illsey Boone “In learning to b...
Sep 30, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 52
“Body acceptance is radical and risky. It runs against the cultural current by blowing three whistles on how we see and treat the body. First, it denounces Western society’s propagation of the “perfect” body—an illusory standard of ideal beauty popularized by media and marketing. Second, it debunks slanderous fallacies and conventional fantasies about our naked anatomy by refusing to see he body as a sexual indecency and by esteeming all body parts as elements of personal identity. Third, it tur...
Sep 28, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 51
“I'm fairly convinced that our current culture's clothing compulsion and obsession is counter to God's design (call it "sin" or "perversion" if you like). I'm not saying everyone should be a nudist, and we should all be naked everywhere. But there is a troubling spirit around the way nudity is treated in modern America - and the Church is probably the worst offender. “ —Name Withheld , Naturist-Christians.org “Naked you are unencumbered with human decorations and coverings that cover God’s human...
Sep 26, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 50
“Nudity is the purest expression of the beauty which is the visible, perfect and manifest work of God.—Alexandre Najjar” “Furthermore, because God created it, “The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.” – Pope John Paul II “How is it possible for the human body, which was created in the image of God, to be offensive to anybody? Satan would love to see God’s greatest creation be considered offensive.” —Author Unknown
Sep 23, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 49
“Body shame, like prejudice, is not natural. It is learned from others and benefits no one.” —Author Unknown “When we are ashamed of God’s handiwork, it is really God Himself whom we are setting ourselves up to criticize. Instead of being a mark of piety or reverence, the obscenity superstition is itself the most filthy and brazen insult in which mortal man ever aspired to fling into the face of his Creator.” —Hartman, Fithian, & Johnson 1970, 1991 “Once you remove shame from your body, ever...
Sep 21, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 48
“[When] one is nude, your senses are heightened ... You become open to the universe, not only physically, but emotionally, unprotected, unmasked. It may be symbolic of allowing the Divine and the World to see you as you really are.” —Alkemie Jane “The state of Nakedness increases and demonstrates humility and increases our openness towards our fellow man.” —Phillip Oak, Surprised into Freedom ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL? ) “We find that relaxing with clothes off at Elysium Fields [A N...
Sep 19, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 47
“Many of us may be unaware that nudity is a normal condition that has prevailed throughout most of mankind’s existence.” —Aileen Goodson “If there had been no fall and clothes had never been invented, we would have no word or concept of "nude". Everyone being nude would never have seemed strange. In a way it is clothes that make us nude. Nudity really is our natural state. Interesting how powerful conditioning is to make being nude seem strange and being clothed normal. I wonder how many other t...
Sep 14, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 46
“People without clothes are in their natural, default state. It is being clothed that is artificial and alien. I think our souls know it, deep down. We shouldnt even have a knowledge that our naked bodies lack anything. It is part of the fall.”—Name Withheld “The key to being Naked is not just about taking your clothes off ... It's about seeing, feeling and acknowledging every inch of your skin as a holy temple.” —Stephanie McManus “In nakedness I behold the majesty of the essential instead of t...
Sep 12, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 45
“Clothes, as crafted objects, are victim to the whims of stylistic fads, but ‘the artifice of Nature [i.e. the naked body] is supreme, no period fashions change it”, as the character of Leonello d’Este said in Angelo Decembrio’s On Literary Polish (c.1462).—Jill Burke, Nakedness and Other Peoples: Rethinking the Italian Renaissance Nude “When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul takes a deeper, freer breath.” – August Strindberg, p...
Sep 09, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 44
“Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean. And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?” —Kahlil Gibran “The convention mis-called “modesty” has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature an reason and is therefore an artificiality and subject to anybody’s whim— anybody’s diseased caprice.” —Mark Twain “A girl in the Pacific islands wearing hardly any clothes and a Victorian lady completely c...
Sep 07, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 43
“We have come into the world naked, and all the animals are naked, why should man hide his body behind clothes?” —Osho “By its very essence, clothing is a cover-up that is a reminder of the naked body underneath.” —Aileen Goodson “Our clothes … are on us to expose us -- to advertise what we wear them to conceal. They are a sign; a sign of insincerity; a sign of suppressed vanity; a pretense that we desire gorgeous colors and the graces of harmony and form; and we put them on to propagate that li...
Sep 05, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 42
“Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue” – John Kenneth Galbraith “Primitive societies have moral values, of course, but since they do not associate shame with genitalia, their social signals tend not to concentrate on those areas.” — Aileen Goodson “Actually, in light of the Bible, there is no sin in nudity itself; but if a person uses the nudity for lustful or immoral purposes he has misused it, and this constitutes a sin. The Bible does not speak against nudity nor does it teach the body is sha...
Sep 03, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 41
