This post was last Updated on June 28, 2020

Depending on which statistics you believe, about 10 to 25 percent of the world population prefers to sleep naked. That’s not much. Of course we can understand that if you’re an eskimo living in an iglo or a nomad sleeping on the floor of a tent in the desert at temperatures going well below zero that you may perfer to put some socks on, but other than that, why on earth would you choose to wear clothes in bed? And yet, more than three fourth of the world population prefers to do so.

We’ll let you into a little secret here… wait for it… YES! We sleep naked!

Since long before we became nudists, or better, since we started to consider ourselves nudists we have chosen the option to sleep naked. We never actually gave it a lot of thought really, sleeping nude always felt natural. Pyjama pants just got stuck in our butts, causing annoying wake-ups in the middle of the night involving pulling and squeezing and turning and meanwhile waking up our partner who was not particularly happy with the sudden energy in the bed either.

At least, that’s how we imagine that things would go, we sleep nude since way before we met each other and here’s why you should sleep naked too.

Sleeping nude is a first step into a healthy life

A lot of research has been done over the years about what to wear in order to have a healthy night’s rest. As soon as the results got pubished, the fashion industry demanded their sponsorship money back. No matter how many tests and surveys were done, the answer was always the same: Nada. Nothing. Not a single fibre. Sleeping nude was the one and only answer.

This doesn’t really come as a surprise, our skin has to breathe. All day it’s stuck in layers of t-shirts and socks and trousers and pullovers and bras and boxershorts and when you get undressed in the evening it thinks “FINALLY, some air!”. But then you put your pyjamas on and your skin gets suffocated again and it can only think of a sweet revenge… “Tonight, when you’re fast asleep, I’m going to start itching like hell!”

It all has to do with chemicals. While you are dreaming about sipping cocktails in a hammock under a palm tree, several processes in your body are trying to recover the mess you made during the day. Your muscles relax, your heartbeat drops and chemicals are released to set your body temperature to a perfect level. We’re not going into detail here, a quick Google search on the terms “cortisol” and “melatonin” will give you a good scientific explanation which we could never produce, but long story short: if you wear clothes in bed you give your body a hard time finding the right temperature. This results in worse sleep quality, increased stress, increased aging of the skin and many other side effects you’d rather not have.

And you start sweating, your body and whatever you’re wearing gets moist. The perfect breading ground for bacterias and fungi. You may be feeling lonely, but those companions are better not to have in your bed.

Sleeping nude is a first step into a free life

decrease of your stress levels are already a good start to feeling free, but there’s more. A good night’s nude sleep and feeling awake in the morning are some of the most important factors for having a positive view on the world. Whatever issue you’re struggling with, you’re more likely to tackle it well if you had a good rest.

All nudists will tell you how being naked (both in and out of the bed) gives you a certain level of freedom, a quick getaway from the material world. Even when it comes to sleeping this makes perfect sense. You don’t have to think about what to wear, you don’t have to wonder whether it will be loose or tight enough and if you wake up in the middle of the night with a bladder about to explode you don’t even have to take off your pants when you reach the toilet. Pretty convenient, isn’t it? Thelevels are already a good start to feeling free, but there’s more. A good night’s nude sleep and feeling awake in the morning are some of the most important factors for having a positive view on the world. Whatever issue you’re struggling with, you’re more likely to tackle it well if you had a good rest.All nudists will tell you how being naked (both in and out of the bed) gives you a certain, a quick getaway from the material world. Even when it comes to sleeping this makes perfect sense. You don’t have to think about what to wear, you don’t have to wonder whether it will be loose or tight enough and if you wake up in the middle of the night with a bladder about to explode you don’t even have to take off your pants when you reach the toilet. Pretty convenient, isn’t it?

Sleeping naked is always a win. You save money by not having to buy and wash pyjamas, you save time by not having to spend hours in the shop searching for the perfect night dress and you could even avoid the discussion with your partner about why you’ve spent so much time and money getting something you’ll only wear when it’s dark and you’re both in another world.

But the fashion industry will tell you a different story. They’ll convince you that sexy (and expensive, of course) night dresses are perfect to spice up your sex life. Baloney. Cuddling skin to skin will get you more in the mood than a piece of fabric ever will.

Sleeping nude is a first step into a nudist life



Sleeping naked is a perfect first step. You’ll feel more comfortable in bed and thus you’ll start feeling better being naked in general. The short walks from the shower to bed to the bathroom and back to bed will be your first nude hikes. After a while you won’t bother anymore to put on clothes to get to the kitchen for a midnight snack or for breakfast on a lazy Sunday morning. You’ll find yourself cleaning up the kitchen naked, doing the laundry naked (and be amazed of how little there is lately) and realizing that you were about to walk the dog naked.

That’s when you’re ready to hit the nude beach! We’ve told you in previous blog posts that becoming a nudist is often a step by step process. Only a few of us remember their first time at the nude beach as the most comfortable experience where they dropped their pants, walked over to the beach bar, ordered a beer and had a chat with the other nudies. One important step we advise to aspiring nudists is to get a bit comfortable being naked solo before trying out a social setting.Sleeping naked is a. You’ll feel more comfortable in bed and thus you’ll start feeling better being naked in general. The short walks from the shower to bed to the bathroom and back to bed will be your first nude hikes. After a while you won’t bother anymore to put on clothes to get to the kitchen for a midnight snack or for breakfast on a lazy Sunday morning. You’ll find yourself cleaning up the kitchen naked, doing the laundry naked (and be amazed of how little there is lately) and realizing that you were about to walk the dog naked.That’s when you’re ready to hit the nude beach!

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