Playboy Yoga: Full Video with Sara Underwood. {Nude}
Sara Jean Underwood Playboy’s Yoga Full Video.
Bonus: want to see something better? Best yoga video you’ve seen for a long time.
Bonus: (Tasteful) Nude Yoga.
Bonus: Naked Yoga: Now that’s Hot Yoga (Try this [only] at Home).
Bonus: Tantric Sex (and the City).
I was among several who broke the news on the existence of “Playboy Yoga” a few years back—I swear, I just read elephant for the yoga.
And I’m personally of the opinion that this is fine if it gets folks beyond lust—the videos aren’t that sexy—and back to thinking about yoga. Likely, this video will attract folks who normally don’t belong to the “yoga demographic”—and I’m good with that. But there are serious concerns, too—touched on in my original blog, “Now we’ve seen everything.*”
But we’ve never shared the nude version. Until now.
A few years after the controversy’s died down, I think we’re ready. Or, not. Either way, here ’tis. It’s just a naked body—and, yet, it’s
…the ultimate challenge to those “Yobo” fans who say that Yoga for Weight Loss, Disco Yoga, Bikram, Adidas Yoga with (my friend) Rainbeau Mars and Yoga without all that annoying Granola, Chanting or Sanskrit may not be “traditional
yoga” (a moving target in and of itself)…but nevertheless may help open the door to those who might not ordinarily be interested in pure yoga, true yoga, quality yoga.
…Yup, there’s a new url in town:
http://www.playboy.com/yoga
Just the url itself is enough to provoke convulsions, grimaces, grins, vomiting and/or ogling. Beauty—or otherwise—is in the eye of the beholder.
This is provocative stuff—it raises some tough questions about the Future of Yoga (addressed by elephant, yogadork, itsallyogababy, joellhahn and, in comments, by our readers in the links above).
In any case, as the Buddhists say, it’s our obstacles or enemies that are our best friends, provoking self-examination, questioning and growing pains.
Video:
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Bonus: NSFW! Is Tantra about Sex? XXX? In the West, it is.
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It is an odd position to be in to revere the beauty of the body while at the same time saying that it is 'dirty'. Focus less on the model and more on what occurs within one's mind in watching it.
Amen.
What is wrong with this girl. Who does this? This is totally inappropriate. Do this in private dumbass!
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I have NEVER seen so many jealous women at one time. Sarah is one of the hottest chicks alive she was one of the hottest chicks alive before she had any kind of surgery and she is one of the hottest chicks alive with the surgery. And did this woman really tell sarah to get a life LOL. Can you say JEALOUS? She only got playmate of the year. And i thought she did a good job she was calm she had a good natural form and she explained herself very well. So stop trying your best to think of anything and everything to dog on her about. Its just pathetic. Its not her fault she was born an angel and yall wer born looking like a dam reject. Stop with the jealous pitiful ass remarks. DID I MENTION THAT SARAH IS SOOOO HOT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE??
Someone should tell Miss Underwood that her hips are off and her body is asymmetrical. The right side of her pelvis is anteriorly rotated which pulls the lumbar region of her spine in that direction, which in turn raises her left shoulder up to counterbalance. Y'all are so focused on her tits and vagina and feminism that you're missing out on seriously helping this unbalanced hottie. Get your priorities straight and help her straighten out her crooked body!
Checkout what this release did to the Indian community when it was published, see: http://www.vitalitylink.com/tutorial-Yoga-969-Yog…
scroll down to the section called:
"The Popularity of Nude or Naked Yoga"
this is what she was hiding on AOTS, damn – perfect body
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Very very nice, but do you know your left from right?
It's called playboy yoga for a reason. It's more about promoting playboy, not yoga. The video has a mostly negetive effect on both men and women. I read all of the comments then I saw the video. Please do not mix yoga with playboy.
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OMG… IS THIS A JOKE??? I mean I don't mind if certain individuals want to do naked yoga by themselves in the privacy of their home… But marketing it as a yoga concept or style is really a degrading of yoga.
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Boring!!!
First of all: I have no problem with nudity. At all. But this was kind of creepy. The cheesy music. The lingering shots of breasts and buttocks screamed 'male gaze'. This was objectification of female body disguised as a "yoga" video. No, thanks.
First of all: I have no problem with nudity. At all. But this was kind of creepy. The cheesy music. The lingering shots of breasts and buttocks screamed 'male gaze'. This was objectification of female body disguised as a "yoga" video. No thanks.
LOVED!
I practice Yoga and find this to be nothing more than a beautiful woman being showcased by Playboy. It inspired me to try it at home and its actually pretty awesome. Anyone who has a problem with this either has serious insecurities or is part of some alien race from another planet that doesn’t find beautiful naked women attractive. On a side note, I think women are beautiful just the way they were created, no need for surgery here so I am bummed she did it.
this would be a much more powerful video if it was a normal woman's physique. This just feels like another road leading away from what the yoga path really is, and another video to make women feel bad about themselves and strive for the "perfect body" instead of striving for acceptance of themselves.
Im not attacking or blaming her or anyone, Im sure the intent was never to make anyone uncomfortable or upset, I just feel that we are straying very far away from the purpose of yoga, to find peace within.
I second-guessed watching it, feeling gross at my voyeurism; then I masturbated through some of it, turned away from some of it, then continued to watch and grapple with:
She's really beautiful
It's okay for her to be beautiful, in the way she is
It's okay for me to enjoy watching this for a variety of reasons
Why do I like watching beautiful, nude bodies?
Why wouldn't I like watching beautiful, nude bodies?
Can I appreciate her body, get off on her body, be interested in what she's doing regardless of her nudity, because of it, and in spite of it? Can i take this for what it is, and for all the things it is for me, and accept and be okay with that?
She has a beautiful body and watching this was like watching art, like watching a Renaissance statue in motion. I don't understand why in this day and age even supposedly "enlightened" people still equate nudity with sex. I think we've actually gone backwards in this respect.
Oh, and I can't wait until the fashion of "shaving it all" reverses. Although, in this case, it did contribute to the statue effect.
Marta berry.. STFU. Sara Jean is the most beautiful woman to grace this planet and you’re just talking crap because you must wear clothes to do yoga because you don’t look an eighth as good as she does. Your husband would leave your ass in a heartbeat for her
marta …. of course you would be naked but why would a dumb cow be on the beach of the mediterranean?… makes no sence, its not you're natural habitat unless there are cow farms just off the mediterranean coast… sara is beautiful she can do whatever she wants …. dont like it then stfu….
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