for the duration of the event. From 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m., the pool's

windows will be blocked.
For a nudism greenhorn, Saturday's swim could be an experience that could liberate
the novice from more than just the clothes. After all, human beings are born
nudists, says Teddy van Geemen, an event coordinator.
"It's a remarkable sense of liberation and independence when you first attempt it," he says,
especially when it is done with a group.
"Social nudism is defined by great acknowledgement.
Van Geemen's friend, Connie Robson, was commenced about six years ago when she
"It was an exhilarating feeling of freedom," she recalls. "You can be yourself
when you're clothing-free."
But the instant we leave
the womb, we are wrapped in a blanket, and the skin scarcely ever sees the light
of day again. For the next 70 years of life, we wrap our skin in a cocoon of
Cloth.
Is this healthy for our
bodies? Were our bodies designed to be forever clothed? If you believe in
Development, the answer has to be no. Of course progression didn't create a body
designed for garments.
Judeo Christian divine formation of the human body, the answer must still be no.
That is what their bodies were
Why have this spectacular
organ of skin enveloping our entire bodies, every square inch of it covered with
delicate sensory nerves and innovative temperature regulation pores, then
wrap it up 24/7 in artificial coverings so it's all useless? Garments can keep
But in other cases, it actually hinders with
It's apparent a hot daytime
would be much easier to tolerate naked than clothed. But those with expertise
can also testify that the naked body is able to comfortably withstand trendy
temperatures considerably simpler than most folks think, because clothing aren't
interfering with the body's attempt to regulate internal temperature.
against the elements, against harm while performing risky activities--these
are good reasons for covering the miraculous organ of skin with clothing. But
how can it possibly be healthy to never let it "breathe"--at least for an hour
or two every day?
Pros are now starting
to tell us that children aren't getting enough sunlight. Between the craze of
always remaining clothed and the latest anxiety craze of developing skin cancer,
Kids are afflicted by a vitamin D deficiency, even to the point where that
Allegedly archaic disease of rickets is starting to return.
(By the way, it is much
easier to notice a malignant skin tumor early enough for successful treatment if
you let other folks see you naked now and after that.)
Physical health is simply
one aspect of nudity. What about our mental well-being?
We are
our bodies. Whatever approach we have toward our bodies is the approach we've
toward ourselves.
And what's the mind-set
We've got toward our bodies? Shame.
be the most pervasive emotional conditioning of our lives. We prefer to call it
brainwashing because it is forced upon us throughout our lives, warps our natural
Approaches toward our and others' bodies, and is a deeply emotive, irrational
process. Psychological abuse, in our view.
Is there a child on world
who is born with an aversion to nudity? Does any child care about naked bodies?
Does seeing a bare body mean anything whatsoever to a young child? Does being
nude mean anything to a kid, other than perhaps a more comfortable state of
dress to be in than having clothes pressed against one's body?
What kid wouldn't love
to rip his or her clothes off and run around naked, just for the simple pleasure
of it?
So where does the negative
reaction to nudity come from?
Do kids grow into it
naturally? Junk! All the societies in the history of mankind that have
No, the negative reaction
to nudity must be brainwashed into kids.
Through shame. Children
won't leave clothes on unless we shame or endanger them into doing it.
Now why is not that
Mental maltreatment?
From the instant of arrival,
when they wrap that blanket around the newborn, we're emotionally conditioned
to think of our bodies as shameful. Every minute of every day of our lives, with
Infrequent exceptions, the brainwashing is reinforced. Every instant we cover our
bodies we're communicating the subliminal message to our subconscious that our
bodies are shameful and must be concealed.
Every minute of each day.
Is there any other type of psychological conditioning we are immersed in more?
Even our moments of nudity
Don't save us. When we bathe, we go into a private bathroom, close and regularly
lock the door, pull the shower curtain, and shower nude--all alone out of sight
of others. Bodily functions are done the same manner.
Not even doctor's offices