Residents reveal interest in nude yoga:
City event viral hit around world
TOOWOOMBA yoga instructor Aleea Moodie started hosting nude yoga sessions as a way to empower women.
Many people do yoga to help relieve stress or tone their bodies, but she encourages her class to strip off during the session to make them feel more confident and empowered.
Ms Moodie of Yoga Bhava started hosting the classes mid last-year with about 15 women attending each session but her latest nude yoga “save the date” event post has gone viral, with more than 500 people saying they are attending and 4500 people interested.
The online event has reached 775,000 people from all over Australia and the world.
She said some of the people interested were men being “silly” but many were genuinely interested in the concept and asked Ms Moodie if she would come to their city to host nude yoga classes.
“The event has gone absolutely viral. It’s crazy but really exiting,” she said.
“When I started hosting these, my plan was take it around Australia and since this post has reached so many people I am getting requests from people all over the country.”
Ms Moodie makes the setting as comfortable as possible.
The room is dark, the women line up in a row with backs facing a wall and they only focus on comfortable positions.
Ms Moodie said she understood the concept wasn’t for everyone, but those who did attend her classes loved it.
“Nudity empowers some people, but I understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay,” she said.
The classes are strictly for women.
The next nude yoga session will be held on Sunday, April 15 from 7pm to 8.30pm at Pure Pilates and Wellness Studio.
For more information about nude yoga, or to book tickets head to yogabhava.com.au.