So some of you are wondering, just what the heck is naturism?  Also sometimes commonly known more simply as nudism, naturism is defined as:

A way of life in harmony with nature, characterized by the practice of communal nudity, with the intention of encouraging respect for oneself, respect for others and for the environment. -International Naturist Federation

      The first time I ever went nude alone in my house for about 6 hours of the day, I was hooked.  For those of us that always wear clothes, there's always a bigger picture, a greater world to explore that many are never aware of.  What does being nude for hours do, exactly?  Well, if you're by yourself, just doing things you'd normally do during the day, most would say it doesn't do much.  But for me, I noticed a brand new heightening of all of my senses, everything became amplified, and suddenly the entire world around me, not just myself, seemed to live and breathe as I treaded water through my nicely air conditioned house.  It's very convenient these days, because houses didn't always have air conditioning, human beings didn't always have it this good, and things like this weren't always very practical or preferable.  Yet, look at us now!  We've got it all now.  We've got food delivered to grocery stores, beds made for us to sleep in, and loads of other wonderful treasures.  Strangely, common American society and the usual cultural conditioning often put to shame the human body, being nude, and enjoying the thing that should be a right for every human being to enjoy - their own body!

        A common misconception with naturism, especially in the wonderful United States of America, is the associative link of nudity to sex.  It's only natural that in a massively media directed society, where sexual repression itself is present, that the media would only show nudity with sex.  Any other time, like the instance of Janet Jackson that we all know(please!), nudity of any kind, or rather - the exposure of the genitals has become a ridiculous and absurd thing to react to in the USA, and many other countries, sadly, as well.  What everyone must come to understand, is that all parts of the human body are natural, everyone of your same gender has these parts.  If you're new to naturism and reading this, which is the likely case - I'm sorry to have written that previous sentence as if I were saying it to a child, but unfortunately, I had to.

        In the 1960's, naturism exploded in the United States, with resorts that have sprung up across the nation, as well as nude beaches.  The concepts of "hippie" and "nudie colony" were coined, and with them a persistence that lasted for many to modern day.  These are terrible conceptions of what naturism really is.  It's become a pet peeve among naturists when people refer to resorts as colonies, making it out to seem like they're a cult(yet another rare misconception), or a group of freak shows.  Nevertheless, naturists are normal people.  Someone from every line of work will be a naturist, all over the world, no matter who, or where you are.  It is a state of dress, not a religion.  It is a state of dress, not an organization.

Naturism With Children
        Children don't know the difference!  As children, we're taught that nudity is wrong, but naturally we don't just develop this conclusion on our own.  Of course, obviously, someone did at some point in history, but out of the 6.5 billion people that are on this planet today, a good solid amount of them will be taught as children that nudity is wrong, and their natural obliviousness to it will vanish.  Even so, there's nothing to be oblivious about, because the notion that nudity is wrong, or that not wearing clothes when it's not necessary is wrong - is...well, wrong!

Naturism With Teens
        Teens go through a very troubled time during their years.  It's strange to me, that out of elementary school, intermediate school, and highschool - the intermediate years always seem to be the worst, always the most severe in so many different ways.  Why is that?  One element to the troubling times of the intermediate years is puberty, and alienation from one's own body.  Wouldn't it seem more beneficial if children were taught about their bodies early on and not sheltered to be dealing with a lot of difficulty and usually some kind of low confidence and self esteem later on?  Why are we letting kids deal with it on their own?  Why are schools teaching them the knowledge that their parents should have?

Naturism With Adults
       Every day, adults all over the world are experiencing naturism, and many times, for the first time.  Adults, amazingly enough, you would think would be the ones to often evaluate the intelligent perspective behind naturism, but like many other traditional creative solutions to various problems around the world, adults and their preprogrammed perspective of the world serves as a block to the understanding of naturism, causing a worldwide dismay to the human body.  If you have the time, go learn about how people around the world of various ages and cultures view nudity.  The multi millennium history will astound you.  It has taken hundreds and hundreds of years of cultural, societal evolution to create the common views that become present in everyday adults today.  Break that view, and the world in your eyes can just as easily change.

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