You can probably provide several other answers without having to think too hard about it. When you take off your clothes, you do more than just peel away the layers of fabric. It often feels like you are removing your worries, stresses and particularly any hang-ups you have about your body. After all, it's just a body - we all have one - and they are all very different, just as our faces differ greatly from one another

Why naked swimming is one of the best ways to feel part of nature and better about your body. Have you ever swum completely naked — no swimsuit, no wetsuit, just you and the water? In Scandinavia swimming naked is part of the ancient ritual of the sauna. Sauna is a key part of family life in Nordic countries, and saunas are often taken naked. I once stayed with a Finnish family at their rural cabin by a lake, where they had a traditional wooden sauna fired up to a sweltering heat by a log fire. The whole family piled in, and when we got too hot we all ran naked down the little wooden jetty outside and jumped into the freezing water of the lake — the final part of this old purifying process. I often get asked if skinny-dipping is legal.

I'll be in Tulum for a couple days in Feb and was wondering what the attitude is toward skinny dipping, nude tanning and thong swimwear for men. I think the thongs look better on women!!! I agree, do not like a man in a thong but if you are comfortable, there should be no problem in Tulum.

Nude swimming , or skinny dipping , is the practice of bathing naked , whether in natural bodies of water, in swimming pools , or in hot tubs. The term skinny-dip was first recorded in English in In , the Bishop of Bath and Wells , Thomas Beckynton , issued the following "injunction and order to the archdeacon of Bath and his official, and all the rectors, vicars and chaplains of the city and archdeaconry of Bath":. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in