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Q. Why did they go to you?

A. Probably because I was the only one willing to do it. I had been in conversation with somebody who was a part of that group and I said I would love to teach a class like that.

Q. What do you think the group gets out of doing yoga naked?

A. I think there’s a psychological piece to the practice of naked yoga. People are contending with a lot of issues around self-hatred in terms of body issues. The first phase is the challenge of facing that head on and being exposed in a way you can’t do any other way. When people start to engage and meet that challenge they see that everybody is in the same boat as everybody else: We’re not these Photoshopped hairless beings, that we’re all normal, and that our natural state is beautiful. There is no barrier, there is no doctor, lawyer, janitor; no socioeconomic status. There are just people in their purest form.

Q. What was it like the first time you stepped into a naked yoga class?

A.Absolutely terrifying. The first time I ever had to do it I was teaching it, so not only was I in the room naked with everybody I was naked in front of everybody. A powerful guru once said to me that at every moment we’re the student and at every moment we’re the teacher and we teach what we most need to learn. And for me working with body issues and self-love has been a lifelong process. Naked yoga brought that lesson to the Nth degree in terms of really connecting with my pure form and loving it.

Q. Do you ever find that certain pieces get in the way when you’re not wearing anything?

A. No, in fact it’s easier to do it naked. I find that in tree pose holding my foot in my inner thigh, my foot’s always slipping because of the clothing that I’m wearing. Nothing gets in the way, it’s totally freeing