To be naked is to be alive. Unzip and step out. Shed that invention of a shield, that expression of suppression of should be’s. [...]

I’ve been disconnected. I spent my first 25 (or more) years completely out of touch with myself and my body. [...]

I started my Tai Chi Stick... to comfort myself... to BE at the land's end, on the crossing... of land & sea, water & air, air & earth......

My lifelong struggle to accept my body as valuable and beautiful, with all its “flaws,” in our idealized culture, has taken me to the very depth of my...

I stand on the muddy bank stark still, excited, apprehensive gazing at the dark fall-chilled, cold river. [...]

We are mother and son, eternal friends and companions in the great mystery, conspiring to heal our lineage. United and completely naked, we are liberated even from our...

I know I am powerful. I know I am vulnerable. Being both is what makes this Human experience a Divine gift. Being able to share and show all...

Healing Ritual Space is where I spend about half of my time. The so-called "altered state of consciousness" is a place where I go regularly, on my own...

I've mostly been captured with a brush or pencil, not a camera. I love the blending of nudity and nature, and that was a major incentive for doing...

My stark white body against the uninhabited pavement gave me the feeling of what one might call an apparition, as if I was watching myself, completely removed from...

The day of my photo shoot with Erica was going to be a cold one. Though I really wanted to do it out in nature, I seriously debated...

At the ripe young age of 85, I’ve never been happier with all phases of my life. When people ask me “Dana, how are you always so up?”...

My physical issues are real. All I have to do is point them out; they cannot be denied. I do not believe other people do not see them....

There's a temptation to reach for comparisons. To draw parallels between my body and theirs. To seek approval from myself and from others. [...]

Oh Body Me, I have no qualms with Thee! [...]

When I appreciate beauty in whatever it is: in the landscape, in people, in music, in our bodies, I feel like we are opening up in a higher...

I could feel that the suffering—my suffering—was ending here now at this place standing next to Jesus, and he transformed into a symbol of joy and life. I...

A man standing atop a grassy knoll, playing an ancient instrument, reflecting on the ancient music that is now soaring with the wind. He is in control yet...

Today, I celebrate my sexuality as a dynamic, daring and expressive force! I am cultivating a practice of coming back into the present moment to inquire, "What is...

When did my mind get to have a say in how natural I felt in my body? Where and when was I taught to doubt? By what force...

Once upon a time there was a feral goddess who met a wizard from distant lands. The wild nature of this feral goddess attracted the wizard to share...

I actively initiated my healing journey, or maybe it actively initiated me, in 2007. Either way, something began then that I haven’t been able to stop. [...]

I was once a hunter. I hunted for laughter, play and companionship, and the bounty was full. But the prize I wanted the most was the source of...

Some people have told me that I am pretty, and others that I am ugly. I rarely believed either was important. I was embodied. Regardless of what others...

You’re going to find a way (soon) to begin mending. To begin learning how to love yourself. The world’s expectations of what is perfect will continue being relentless...

Run your hands through me. I am almost ready to be mixed into the earth. I am almost ready to become something I won’t even recognize. [...]

Over the years I have pushed myself to an unreachable standard of beauty that I have prescribed only for myself, a perfection I demand from myself that is...

I love posing, I'm a camera ham. Before the shoot I was reluctant…I wanted to lose some weight before being photographed so that I had a thinner belly....

I FEEL SO ALIVE!! Through this experience, I have learned fully the beauty of my body, as well as my soul. [...]

...In the womb of Mother Earth, I really felt to the bone and in every cell of my body, how it feels to be Me, to be NOW,...

Being on an inner Journey since a couple of years ago, I feel more and more that it is about acceptance, surrender and being right here in every...

The spontaneous and unrehearsed way of participating in the project was so thrilling for me, matching the project's intention to demonstrate the unadulterated naked truths of our bodies....

love yourself unconditionally ... because it's more fun that way ... because it's how it was meant to be ... because it helps us love ourselves too [...]

The mystery builds with every magical breath that is given, the natural blossoming beyond the “I” is most infinitely bound. My path is like water, a way of...

And Breath..... the transition begins... the clothes drop away..... my skin feels the space..... images captured on camera's retina.... an awaiting world in need of deep authentic stories.......

I was born with a mosaic of birth defects that required multiple surgical and therapeutic interventions. I think I have done the best I can with what I...

Why can’t I see myself as the artist does - someone who is appreciated for what he gives and provides - inspiration and excellence? Isn’t that who I...

I stand for embodiment, to embrace my sisters and brothers even in disapproving eyes, and even when I shed my judgements on others. [...]

Why is it that we are so shut down from our bodies? When did this start? Who upholds this lack of education? How is this directly tied to...

I am Emily: daughter of Cynthia, daughter of Virginia, daughter of Ruth. I am Emily: mother of Tulsi, mother of a child in my womb, soon to be...

Today, on the day of my photo shoot, it has been four years and twenty three days since I first received treatment for my eating disorder. Needless to...

Here we are, adapting back into the rawest form of humanity: becoming comfortable in our own skin through the courage and strength that lives within us. [...]

Without clothes we are all equal. Common nudity might well be the key to the transformation of the world into the new era. Imagine... [...]

I really enjoyed doing this photo shoot because it reminded me how much I enjoy being naked, especially in nature, and it made me appreciate my body more....

One day while walking, a gust of winter wind chilled my human bones. Pulling my coat up around my shoulders, I shuddered. Instantly, my fleshy body disintegrated and...

I remember dancing. I remember dancing under the moonlight, the drum’s beating heart enticing my body to sway. I remember hips circling, arms swirling, bare feet stomping on...

I know the full impact, the true impact, of this entire experience won’t hit me until these words are shared alongside my picture. My body, my story; they...

This is the circle of my embodiment. By taking my life for real more and more, new circles will open themselves for new adventures and discoveries. They will...

I was 13 when “heroin chic” mainlined into popular culture. This aesthetic exalted women for visible bones and total passivity. [...]

Growing up in New Jersey in the 1970's as a skinny, unathletic kid, I didn't have much of a connection with my body. [...]

Oh, mud. Sitting on the river bank warming myself with a hot toddy after the shoot, I notice a woman in the distance tumbling off the path down...

This is the Dennis that Lisa was hoping for! My precious Lili will rejoice when I am no longer lonely. My tribulation is over, this miracle is on...

I want to be an example for whoever this project reaches, to show them that everyone has these issues, but you don’t have to allow them to control...

Erica just left after taking a generous amount of photographs while I hung around my living room unclothed, completely free to ponder myself in the flesh in front...

If I had been standing in front of a mirror I might have felt differently. My eyes falling to all of the places on my body’s mirrored reflection...

Skin, stone, leaf, river, rain. I came longing for deciduous leaves. I pictured myself naked Among lush foliations of green. [...]

With participating in the project I want to show my female strength, my dignity, my softness, my humour, my pureness, my support to all people who have lost...

To stand naked before the camera I actually laid bare my soul. The experience opened the way, released me from prison, connected me to my body. It makes...

This experience stays with me, it was very transforming. Without judgements and concepts there remained only Being, Loving, and Potential. Since then I feel more connected, FREE in...

My prayer is that other women can join on this path toward re-shaping our culture's expectations of the feminine body. [...]

I realize that I cannot hide how I feel about myself or my body. If I feel shame I will teach shame. If I feel love I will...

The power is building up inside. And I felt my body; the energy comes in and I started to come alive, to fly, free from the supporting base....

Look at this human form and see me for who I am, a genderfluid human being that may express theirself along the spectrum of gender possibilities. [...]

Cold hard metal against my shaking hands, the tip-toeing dancing pads of my feet. I was excited and happy. Thankfully, I had the warm rush I was counting...

I breathe. I soften. I am breathed by the Universe, by Creation, as a promise to Life and Purpose. This radical permission bursts forth from under my hands....

{At Burning Man} The dust, like nudity, is a great equalizer. [...]

There is beauty in the moment, in the skin we are in, in the blood pumping through our veins, through the God-given Spirit in our souls. It’s all...

I loved being a faerie in the wild. Being naked with only my wings on! For years, I have been playing wildly and creatively as a faerie stilt-walker,...

I come from small-city Kentucky, a place on the Ohio River, spreading up into the surrounding hills and forests. I was raised on camping trips and too many...

America is greatly hung up on beauty and youth. At 84 I’m probably less critical and less involved with the height, width, size, and shape of bodies. [...]

I am here in this human body, on this planet, at this time, with these people, and in these situations to love and be loved. What better way...

"Be big." That's something I said to a close friend recently, who weighs just under 100 pounds, and who struggles with worrying that if she eats too much,...