Nudism

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Somewhere in the claps, the whoops, the shutter clicks and the blur of sunlit faces, it hit me. For the first time in my life, I wanted to be naked in public.

Let me back up.

When I called Jacob Sayles a couple days ago, it was to ask if he could connect me with someone to interview about one of the most talked-about events in Seattle, not to be in the bare butt, painted skin thick of it. But the seven-year veteran of the naked bike ride that for over a decade has crashed the annual Fremont Solstice parade had a better idea — and an extra seat on his tandem bike.
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For the past 10 years, Ray Whetstone has been teaching a nude yoga class in Oakland Park. Whetstone demonstrates the pigeon pose. (Sun Sentinel/Michael Laughlin / May 5, 2009)

I repeat that to myself as I walk into a dance studio, pull off my shirt, and drop my shorts and undies onto the wood floor.

I’m surrounded by 17 other nude men — and mirrors.

In a moment, we’ll start practicing yoga.

For 20 years, I’ve taken yoga classes in sweaty gyms, incense-drenched studios and even in an office conference room. But always with my clothes on. Read the rest of this entry »

We don't know who this guy is. Maybe he's looking for a team?

The University of Oregon’s club-sports board stripped the season away from the national title contenders just because the team, in achieving its high ranking and higher consciousness, stripped away the shackles of society’s clothing puritanism for a game at Oregon State on April 11.

Here we are obligated to note that “Animal House” was filmed at Oregon.

The team was placed on double-secret probation in November after police broke up a party featuring kegs and minors. Also, there was a rash of speeding tickets as the boys headed down I-5 to play Stanford. Read the rest of this entry »