Nude Yoga Girl
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You were looking for a new exercise regime for the new year right?

You may already be aware of Nude Yoga Girl. The woman (who wishes to remain anonymous) only started posting pictures of her naked sun salutations on Instagram seven weeks ago but already has over 132,000 followers.

The account, as the name suggests, is made up stunning black and white shots of the 25-year-old model/photographer balancing in the buff.

Although occasionally she likes to add an accessory like a pair of boots or a statement necklace.

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‘I want to inspire people to try yoga, and maybe they can also find body acceptance from there,’ she told The Cut of her reason for starting the account.

‘Doing nude yoga gives me a feeling of freedom.’

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She has been practising yoga for many years but only started doing it daily in the last year.

She has, she admits, struggled with body image in the past.

‘My biggest issue in the past was that I saw faults in my body all the time, and that made it impossible for me to love myself fully,’ she says, adding: ‘The way you look doesn’t matter — anybody can see faults and have that feeling of not liking themselves.’

Her boyfriend takes the intimate pictures and he shoots in black and white to give the page a ‘simple and minimal’ feel. ‘In real life we see everything in color, and by doing black-and-white photos the nudity doesn’t come across so aggressively but in a more artistic way,’ she explains.

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Although the account is anonymous, she writes long captions beside each picture to help connect her with her followers and, ultimately, to see their bodies differently.

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‘Yoga helped me accept my body exactly the way it is. Nowadays people can easily get a very false idea of ideal beauty and what nudity truly means because it’s shown mostly in a sexual and unrealistic way,’ she says.

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‘With my account I want to inspire people to realize that everybody is very beautiful and capable of [doing] amazing things with their bodies.’

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