History reveals many cultures were not clothes-minded. Spartans were basically bare & their victories in competitions enticed Greeks to exercise nude, creating the word “gymnasium” (Greek gymnos = naked). Romans mingled in magnificent bathhouses, enjoying dense communal nudity. Adamists (naked heretics) performed stripped-down church services in N. Africa, Bohemia, the Netherlands, & England. Pre-Hitler Germans were avid adherents of Freikorperkultur (“Free Body Culture”) with 70,000 attending co-ed Nacktkultur schools. There’s naked Japanese in hot springs, naked Finns in saunas, “sky-clad” Jain monks in India, plus millions of nudists worldwide going to “Nakation” camps, beaches, and resorts. They hike naked (“free bush rambling”), canoe naked (“canuding”), bicycle naked, play volleyball, badminton, ping-pong and chess naked, etc. And, just maybe, you & I, are both NIFOC — Naked In Front of Computers
Pediatricians agree that infants thrive with a daily dose of “naked time” because the unhampered range of motion aids brain development. Recent discoveries reveal that the “plastic” brain changes and develops throughout our entire lives. Neuroplasticity pioneer Michael M. Merzenich believes, “everything you can see happen in a young brain can happen in an older brain.” This indicates that “naked time” is equally valuable for humans of any age, especially the elderly.
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