It’s all of the above for me. To get back to my core being and become part of the nature and not just as observer of it. Yes we all need to start connecting not just on line but in person. Being part of all. After all we are all family and one in spirit the same.
I chose other - and while "Nakey time" is key to the experience, the base of it for me is to be on a trail at one with the environment. Hate to sound like a cliche, but if I boil it down, nude outside and in nature is what makes my core happy.
Even in retirement the to dos of every day are driven by screen time. I used to walk the dog to get fresh air and exercise, however now I can work in the garden naked (when weather allows) and that is even better.
How about a back to civilization moment? Being One with Everything may have its appeal, but that's been the sales pitch for the past fifty odd years and we are where we are. What social nudity requires is social trust, and that's what has been eroded most in the past few decades. Restoring social trust may require less of a grand vision and more just reintroducing people to the idea that things can be pleasant. And that pleasant is, more than often, enough. Pleasant doesn't need to be instagrammed or vetted for ideological purity, pleasant can simply be getting along with people, having a conversation, and a warm spring or a cool lake can be great aid to that. We may find we don't need to go all the way to the wilderness if there's a perfectly serviceable garden right there.
For me.. none of these quite fit, and some miss, but the ones that come close I would instead describe as, "Setting asside all the bs I have to deal with when out in the 'real world', including clothes, then spending as little time as possible thinking about those things." The problem with, "back to nature", other than it can mean, "back to our own natire", I suppose, is that for most people, and that includes even those who just can't plausibly afford it right now, getting "too" nature, especially sone place they can also be nude, is just not feasible. Its why the largest growing segment seems to be, "people at home", who are utterly disconnected from the traditional naturist/nudist experience. The question should not be, "How does it go back to what traditionalists think it should still be?", which is kind of inherent in the wording of the question, but rather, "How does it connect to all those trying it, but adrift in their homes, with no feasible way to participate in the traditional form of it?"
I've been a "back to nature" guy for most of my life and I'm old enough to have lived most of my life without being tied to technology. My happy place is in the woods, preferably alone or with my husband, far from any cellphone signal. If I can be skyclad, great, but just being outside in the natural world is more important. I'm fortunate that we live on 5 acres that's mostly private, so when the weather cooperates I can be outside in our garden or woods without the bother of clothing. We like to think of experiencing our world through all five senses, including feeling breezes or the soft touch of plants on our skin, breathing the scent of warming soil or blooming flowers, hearing rustling leaves or singing birds, seeing the fresh new growth of spring ephemerals emerging from the soil, and perhaps bringing some wild plant to our taste buds. I absorb the calming energy of the natural world, which helps shut out the chaos of the built world.
A question often raised in r/nudism is where one can experience social nudity besides traditional clubs that cost money and have an older demographic. What I recall from my much younger years was a naturist movement that similarly didn't want to hang out in traditional clubs but instead wanted to swim, canoe, hike, and gather nude in nature. There was a risk of course of being busted for public nudity, but that meant either finding remote hassle-free locations or creating established nude beaches where there would be strength in numbers.
The folks who did that back then are now the older demographic that populate the clubs. But the challenge for younger folks today, the ones who want to venture outside the safety of their own homes and untether themselves from their phones, is to go out and do the same thing those older folks once did, taking the risks, but enjoying nature as nature intended and maybe reclaiming some public spaces for nude use.
My wife and I are fortunate enough to live part-time in a nudist resort where there is plenty of undeveloped space for short hikes as well as a river on one end that flows year-around. And when we travel, we are always looking for opportunities to be nude in nature.
Yes we do we need to normalise naturism totally. Being able to be naked in the real world without having to hide behind fences or look over your shoulder. Going to places on holiday and not have to dress at all
My country is not a nude country. At all. And even less a naturist #NakedInNature country! All the so call "naturists" do here is skinny dipping - and wear clothes all other times.
I love going on long hikes "au naturel" but even though it is legal in the national forests here, I usually take some care that the trail isn't in use at the time.
There was a survey indicating that many women considered meeting a bear on a trail less frightening than meeting a man. I imagine for those women, a naked man would be even more disconcerting. A hostile or fearful encounter would ruin the vibe for me - as well as for anyone with me or whoever I might I encounter. I usually try to control the time, place an manner of encounters to minimize those risks.
It’s all of the above for me. To get back to my core being and become part of the nature and not just as observer of it. Yes we all need to start connecting not just on line but in person. Being part of all. After all we are all family and one in spirit the same.
I chose other - and while "Nakey time" is key to the experience, the base of it for me is to be on a trail at one with the environment. Hate to sound like a cliche, but if I boil it down, nude outside and in nature is what makes my core happy.
Even in retirement the to dos of every day are driven by screen time. I used to walk the dog to get fresh air and exercise, however now I can work in the garden naked (when weather allows) and that is even better.
How about a back to civilization moment? Being One with Everything may have its appeal, but that's been the sales pitch for the past fifty odd years and we are where we are. What social nudity requires is social trust, and that's what has been eroded most in the past few decades. Restoring social trust may require less of a grand vision and more just reintroducing people to the idea that things can be pleasant. And that pleasant is, more than often, enough. Pleasant doesn't need to be instagrammed or vetted for ideological purity, pleasant can simply be getting along with people, having a conversation, and a warm spring or a cool lake can be great aid to that. We may find we don't need to go all the way to the wilderness if there's a perfectly serviceable garden right there.
For me.. none of these quite fit, and some miss, but the ones that come close I would instead describe as, "Setting asside all the bs I have to deal with when out in the 'real world', including clothes, then spending as little time as possible thinking about those things." The problem with, "back to nature", other than it can mean, "back to our own natire", I suppose, is that for most people, and that includes even those who just can't plausibly afford it right now, getting "too" nature, especially sone place they can also be nude, is just not feasible. Its why the largest growing segment seems to be, "people at home", who are utterly disconnected from the traditional naturist/nudist experience. The question should not be, "How does it go back to what traditionalists think it should still be?", which is kind of inherent in the wording of the question, but rather, "How does it connect to all those trying it, but adrift in their homes, with no feasible way to participate in the traditional form of it?"
I've been a "back to nature" guy for most of my life and I'm old enough to have lived most of my life without being tied to technology. My happy place is in the woods, preferably alone or with my husband, far from any cellphone signal. If I can be skyclad, great, but just being outside in the natural world is more important. I'm fortunate that we live on 5 acres that's mostly private, so when the weather cooperates I can be outside in our garden or woods without the bother of clothing. We like to think of experiencing our world through all five senses, including feeling breezes or the soft touch of plants on our skin, breathing the scent of warming soil or blooming flowers, hearing rustling leaves or singing birds, seeing the fresh new growth of spring ephemerals emerging from the soil, and perhaps bringing some wild plant to our taste buds. I absorb the calming energy of the natural world, which helps shut out the chaos of the built world.
When it comes right to this being able to lay out in the sun nude outside and in nature is what makes me happy.
Maybe we need a "back to nature" movement.
A question often raised in r/nudism is where one can experience social nudity besides traditional clubs that cost money and have an older demographic. What I recall from my much younger years was a naturist movement that similarly didn't want to hang out in traditional clubs but instead wanted to swim, canoe, hike, and gather nude in nature. There was a risk of course of being busted for public nudity, but that meant either finding remote hassle-free locations or creating established nude beaches where there would be strength in numbers.
The folks who did that back then are now the older demographic that populate the clubs. But the challenge for younger folks today, the ones who want to venture outside the safety of their own homes and untether themselves from their phones, is to go out and do the same thing those older folks once did, taking the risks, but enjoying nature as nature intended and maybe reclaiming some public spaces for nude use.
My wife and I are fortunate enough to live part-time in a nudist resort where there is plenty of undeveloped space for short hikes as well as a river on one end that flows year-around. And when we travel, we are always looking for opportunities to be nude in nature.
Yes we do we need to normalise naturism totally. Being able to be naked in the real world without having to hide behind fences or look over your shoulder. Going to places on holiday and not have to dress at all
"Do we need a new 'back to nature' moment?"
OH YES! At least here in Sweden we sure do!
My country is not a nude country. At all. And even less a naturist #NakedInNature country! All the so call "naturists" do here is skinny dipping - and wear clothes all other times.
So yes, we sure need a “back to nature” moment!
I love going on long hikes "au naturel" but even though it is legal in the national forests here, I usually take some care that the trail isn't in use at the time.
There was a survey indicating that many women considered meeting a bear on a trail less frightening than meeting a man. I imagine for those women, a naked man would be even more disconcerting. A hostile or fearful encounter would ruin the vibe for me - as well as for anyone with me or whoever I might I encounter. I usually try to control the time, place an manner of encounters to minimize those risks.