At the Nude Yoga Class in Buenos Aires

T'was on a cool day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that my female companion and yours truly decided to attend a nude yoga class. It wasn't so much a passion for yoga that led us there, but more because nudist activities are reduced to a minimum in cold weather, and we also wanted to experience the phenomenon that's been sweeping several continents.

Nude yoga is really just yoga without clothes, nothing more, much less! I would argue it gives you more freedom of movement to practice this discipline while nude, as I've found working-out in the gym sans-clothes. The big difference is that in yoga, many positions will prominently display your genitalia. What we soon found-out is that everybody is so busy executing the movements demanded, nobody is paying any attention to anybody else anyway!

This was to be a very small class of just us two and the professor, Eduardo Ferrara, who, by the way, is the gent who maintains the only nudist portal in Argentina, sernudista.com. He offers nude yoga classes throughout the week, some just for men, others mixed and then some just for couples, as well as private classes, as was our case.

Eduardo greeted us at the door of an apartment building in the heart of the city and took us up to a small, unfurnished apartment with the requisite Oriental music and incense. He informed me that he only uses this location for the classes. He led us to a closet in a corner of the room and instructed us to hang our clothes there. We promptly stripped and each sat on a tatami covered with a towel which had arranged at the center of the room. He then appeared, nude of course, dimmed the lights and posted himself on another tatami at the back of the room, facing toward a wall.

We first began with relaxation exercises, and then after a while, he turned the lights up and we got to more complex (and sometimes painful!) positions. We ended the hours course with exercises for couples, which was a nice touch.

The cost of the course was only about 13 US dollars for both, and we both left happy with the experience and intend to take more classes with Eduardo when we visit this magnificent capital again. He does speak a bit of English, by the way, although his website is only in Spanish (http://www.yogadesnudo.com.ar)

I should point-out that this was my companion first experience in social nudity and she took to it like a veteran. This suggests to me that this may be a good way to introduce someone to nudism!