My First Time Experience
My First Time Experience Alex S So I’m Alex… This is my first time experience. I had never been to any social naturist/nudist place before. It was always private, alone, and usually after dark. I originally planned on first visiting Lake Edun on a good weather weekday, when there wouldn’t be so many people. I had been reading the website constantly, and knew that I wanted to visit, if not join. I just wanted to read my book and drink some beers, sans clothes, with the latter being out of the norm for me. However, when I saw 95 degree weather in the forecast for Saturday the 6th of May, I couldn’t resist. I knew that I was going to visit, and would probably become a member, so I just jumped in, not knowing what to expect. I checked in, and actually, I felt more uncomfortable, being the only person…
Public Nudity
My two experiences of public nudity were on opposite ends of the spectrum. But they revealed common truths.
My first was as a skydiver. It was always joked about, that a skydiver’s 100th skydive needed to be a naked one. Often, jumpers would get skydive friends to join in the nakedness. Not being an exhibitionist myself, I still wanted to experience it. The thought of being able to feel the balance, wind and exposure on ALL my skin, was truly exciting. I went alone on a weekday, and jumped alone. I was fully present (and cold at altitude!), and loved every second of it. There was a breath-taking moment once I was under canopy, and relaxed after the freefall. I had looked down at all the houses – clear out to the city where people were working…and I felt bad for them all. I pitied them for not ever having the experience of flying naked above the world.
My First Time at Lake Edun: A Naturist Experience
When my sister, soon-to-be President of Lake Edun Foundation, asked me to come visit her beloved clothing-free lake, I agreed with only mild hesitation. I’ve jumped out of airplanes a few hundred times (once nude), so I figured I could handle a naturist experience. Plus, I’ve always been a nature lover, camping enthusiast, and admirer of Mother Nature’s creations. All of them. Including us humans.
My Path to Lake Edun
I don’t remember what we were discussing at that particular moment, but I ended my text with the words, “I should be a nudist.” I almost fell off my chair laughing when I got his response…..“I am a nudist.”
First Time Eduners: Aaron & Lisa
First Time Eduners: Aaron & Lisa Aaron & Lisa C Last winter we moved from the country, with multiple acres, to the middle of the city. Lisa had always enjoyed soaking up the sun in the nude, but city dwelling doesn’t lend itself to that. Not wanting to give it up, she suggested we venture out to Lake Edun. Covid was also just ramping up so we couldn’t do much else. We had known of Lake Edun, but never seriously considered it. Aaron was up for a new experience, so we made a plan to head out the next weekend. We were a bit nervous on the drive, but not about being naked. It was more about the unknown. Where do we go? Who do we talk to? What is the etiquette? We’d never done this before, and were honestly flying by the set of our pants (or lack thereof…
How Do You Feel About Being Nude? Families and Nudity
Feelings about public nudity, especially in America where nudity is unnecessarily and incessantly sexualized, can vary widely. All families are different, and our attitudes and feelings about our own nudity are almost always inherited from our parents. If we had open and free parents who accepted their own bodies and didn’t think it was a big deal to occasionally appear nude in front of their children, we will most likely be the same type of parent.
Becoming Nude
Nudism and naturism are lifestyles in which our natural bodies, sans clothes, are accepted and even celebrated. Both words mean basically the same thing: “the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health”. Naturism emphasizes the same freedom of going clothes-less, but with more focus on the outdoors and appreciating being part of nature.