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Naked Yoga expert Doria Gani recounts her own transformational journey to help you challenge your hang ups, combat shame and develop new body positive attitudes.In this inspirational story, discover how Doria overcame critical illness, learned to deal with unexpectedconsequences for her life as a woman, and set out on a new path to reconnect with her soul.Enjoy the benefits and freedom that practising Naked Yoga can bring and discover your true self - with no barriers, limitations or social constraints. With Naked Yoga, you really can learn to love your body and heal your mind.Includes photographs and easy instructions for practising Naked Yoga either at home or in a group.DORIA GANIDoria Gani is a Naked Yoga teacher and an ambassador for body positivity. She started practicing yoga in 2010, as a form of rehabilitation after fighting cervical cancer. From that beginners class, she found that the clear, mindful asana instructions improved her memory, spatial relations, focus, and sense of connectedness with her mind and body. On a greater scale, the daily practice showed her the value of acting deliberately. Yoga was the key to her recovery and transformation, and now she lives her life with a greater sense of purpose and intention.Eventually, her expanding yoga path led her to India and Bali to train as a professional teacher - she is now qualified in Ashtanga Vinyasa, Rocket Yoga, Yin, Mandala, and principles of Ayurveda and Shamanism. But it was after a liberating experience at Burning Man festival that she decided to start practicing and teaching Naked Yoga. There were no barriers, no inhibitions, and no restrictions - just like with yoga practice. Naked yoga finally taught her to accept her body and accept herself exactly how she is today, with all her imperfections. She now wants to share this feeling of calm acceptance with others.Doria has been featured on the BBC and in many press articles including in Cosmopolitan, H&E Naturist, The Sun, Unreported London, The Londonist, the i and Dojo.STEVE ROBSONSteve is a successful entrepreneur who came to naked yoga as a means of release from the stresses of business life. He has found that it enables him to be very present in his body, and allows him to develop a way of moving meditation and a way to slow down and notice the here and now. Steve worked with Doria to write the book and felt strongly that her story should be told.REVIEW:Doria's inspiring story is the pathway for anyone wishing to explore the freedom of naked yoga. It's a story of huge courage, of overcoming pain and hurt, and o f finding hope through the healing power of nature and the purity of self expression! - Russell Amerasekera, life coach & stylistWatch the booktrailerhere

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Publié par	Distributed By PublishDrive
Date de parution	09 juin 2021
Nombre de lectures	8
EAN13	9781913641122
Langue	English
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Doria Gani
Doria Gani is a Naked Yoga teacher and an ambassador for body positivity. She started practising yoga in 2010, as a form of rehabilitation after fighting cervical cancer. From that beginners’ class, she found that the clear, mindful asana instructions improved her memory, spatial relations, focus, and sense of connectedness with her mind and body. On a greater scale, the daily practice showed her the value of acting deliberately. Yoga was the key to her recovery and transformation, and now she lives her life with a greater sense of purpose and intention.
Now qualified as a yoga teacher in Ashtanga Vinyasa, Rocket Yoga, Yin, Mandala, and principles of Ayurveda and Shamanism, Doria teaches Naked Yoga classes online as well as all around the world.
Doria has been featured on the BBC, East London Film Festival and in many press articles including in Cosmopolitan, H&E Naturist, The Sun, Unreported London, The Londonist, the i and OM Yoga Magazine.
www.doriayoga.com
Steve Robson
Steve is a successful entrepreneur who joined Doria Gani’s Naked Yoga classes two years ago and found it helpful to reconnect with his body, improve his energy and enhance his spirituality.
www.brumbymediagroup.com
First published in the UK in 2021 by SUPERNOVA BOOKS
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Supernova Books is an imprint of Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.
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The Naked Yoga Effect: From Cancer Survivor To Naked Yoga Teacher text copyright © 2021
Doria Gani & Steve Robson
Images: Lorenzo Lessi, Roberto Nencini, Ranger Ric, Maurizio Cecchini, Pink Agency, Alessandro Sigismondi, www.vallejoopenstudios.com
Sun Salutations graphic courtesy of Souvik Maity
Artwork R-evolution by Marco Cochrane www.marcocochranesculpture.net/r-evolution Editor: Cheryl Robson
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This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Printed in the UK by Short Run Press, Exeter, UK.

ISBNs:
978-1-913641-11-5 (print version)
978-1-913641-12-2 (ebook version)
The Naked Yoga Effect
From Cancer Survivor To Naked Yoga Teacher
by
Doria Gani
& Steve Robson
“I feel my purpose in this life is to free the world from body shame, and my contribution is my naked yoga.”

“Naked yoga finally helped me to accept the person that I became today embracing all my imperfections.”
CONTENTS
Introduction
Part One: My Journey
1 Life Before Cancer
2 Facing The Big ‘C’
3 A Life-Changing Decision
4 Finding Doria
5 Discovering Yoga
6 Journey To India
7 Teaching Yoga
8 Yoga In The Desert
9 Becoming A Naked Yoga Teacher
10 Fighting Body Shame With Naked Yoga
11 Taking Naked Yoga Online
Part Two: Connect With Your Body
12 How To Get Confident Naked
13 How To Love Yourself
14 Benefits Of Being Naked
15 How To Reconnect With Yourself
Part Three: Beginners’ Yoga Guide
16 Sun Salutations A & B
Part Four: What They Say
17 Student Feedback
18 Endnote
19 Index
INTRODUCTION
“Nothing is more beautiful than a naked body.”
– Yves Saint-Laurent
Every day that I teach yoga, I feel honoured to be in this profession and to have the pleasure to share with my students something that has been so life-changing and empowering for me.
My experience of working in this field for several years has led me to realise the need for advocates of body positivity and for more people generally to challenge outdated notions of shame and embarrassment about the human body.
This book is aimed at those who want to improve their health and fitness in mind, body and spirit. Although some readers will be comfortable with nudity or be practising naturists already, others may have negative attitudes towards their bodies which they wish to overcome, or they may be seeking to achieve a particular physical shape or look. Naked Yoga can free you from the shame and embarrassment of feeling that your body is not good enough, and help you to feel good about being nude in front of others.
Naked Yoga has also helped people suffering from unachievable ideals of bodily perfection, and it can help those suffering from eating disorders or obesity to learn to love their bodies and care for them.
By making a deep and lasting connection with your body, you can learn to listen to its needs and take pleasure in exercising, feeling that you belong in your own skin and that you have a bond with your fellow humans.
In a world where we increasingly spend too much time looking at screens, the simple joy of stretching and bending your body to feel your muscles working, to breathe slowly and calmly, and to set time aside each day for self-care, is more important than ever before.
In this book, I share my own story of rehabilitation from a life-threatening illness and my journey of self-discovery, first of all in taking up yoga and then why I finally decided to teach Naked Yoga.
In Part Two, I aim to build your confidence and fitness through practising yoga naked. By getting used to doing things in the nude, it normalises being naked – by yourself and around others. You will find that many of the ways in which you now judge others no longer seem necessary, and you will start to appreciate new qualities in yourself and other people. By stepping out of your comfort zone you challenge yourself to grow. This leads to greater self-confidence in other areas of your life too, as you are more willing to take on new challenges.
In Part Three, we offer a Beginners’ Yoga Guide with advice on how to do simple exercises to get you started with your naked yoga practice in your own home. You will soon find that the idea of wearing yoga pants seems unnatural. Your mind will also grow accustomed to the idea of loving and caring for the body you inhabit and you’ll find a new appreciation for walking barefoot. Whether you go on to join a naked yoga class either online or in person, is for you to decide.
Nevertheless, the practice of naked yoga will change your life for the better and help you to understand and appreciate not only your naked body but also your naked self. In Part Four, we hear how it has positively helped some of my students.
Learning yoga is a lifelong journey. I am both a student and a teacher at the same time. I invite you to come on a journey of discovery by reading and following the Beginners’ Naked Yoga Guide we have included in this book and realising that, whatever stage in life you are at, naked yoga can only enrich it.
CHAPTER 1
Life Before Cancer
“In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.”
– Andrea Dykstra
Once upon a time, in a small village in Tuscany, Italy, there lived a lost soul who had no idea what to do with her life or what direction to take. My mother did her best to raise me, but my father was the controlling type. I had a very intense love-hate relationship with him which shaped my life.
I had my first taste of body shaming when I was six years old. One morning I woke up and my mother looked at me and began screaming. I was suddenly affected by strabismus, abnormal alignment of the eyes, characterized by a turning inwards or outwards from the nose. This squint was caused officially by paralysis of an eye muscle, and unofficially by a slap in the face.
To correct my squint, I was forced to wear an eye patch and glasses, which inevitably led to my being called “four eyes” at school. Although I was dying of shame and embarrassment, I learned to laugh off those stupid jokes and to redirect the bullies’ attention to something else so that they’d leave me in peace. It was two years before I had the necessary eye surgery.
My father’s authoritarian behaviour meant that he liked to give orders and expected obedience. Whatever I asked for, the answer was always “No” or “Because I said so”. I never had a good relationship with my dad and as much as my mother tried to get us closer she failed in every single attempt. I was 2 years old but her words still run through my head at times: “She’s here, happily playing by herself and you come home and make her cry in a matter of seconds.” But my father didn’t listen. As I grew older, my seething anger made me disruptive at school where I’d often get caught smoking in the toilets or be reprimanded for swearing at the teachers which led to me failing 7th Grade. This behaviour incensed my father, who would often lash out when he got home from work while my mother tried in vain to intervene. I was 12 years old when I exhausted my emotional reserve and attempted suicide.
My brother is ten years older than me, and he still lives at home. He has always needed looking after, and my parents did a great job at making his life much easier. He would often gang up with my father to take his side in family arguments, but if he ever got into trouble, I would go to his defence. Eventually, it got to the point where I often physically fought with my father; he would slap me and push me around. I felt unseen, unheard, and like I wasn’t part of the family. An outsider. It was