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Five years later, she opened an institute for women, teaching Yoga Gymnosophy - a name that conveys the blending of yoga and nudism. In 1914 she was put in charge of a yoga school for women in New York City. Blanche de Vries combined a popularity of Oriental dancing with yoga. In the early 20th century, the term gymnosophy was appropriated by several groups who practiced nudity, asceticism and meditation. The movement had since the end of the 19th century highlighted yoga and nudity. Modern naked yoga has been practiced in Germany and Switzerland through a movement called Lebensreform.
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The order of Naga Sadhus, conspicuous in the processions and bathing ritual at the Kumbh Mela, use nudity as a part of their spiritual practice of renunciation. The practice of spiritual nudity is common among Digambara Jains, Aghori sadhus, and other ascetic groups in the dharmic religions. Nigamananda Paramahansa, yogi and Hindu leader, India, 1904.
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Onesicritus claims those Indian yogins ( Mandanis ) practiced aloofness and "different postures – standing or sitting or lying naked – and motionless". One of Alexander's companion was Onesicritus, quoted in Book 15, Sections 63-65 by Strabo, who describes yogins of India. Along with his army, he took Greek academics with him who later wrote memoirs about geography, people and customs they saw. A sannyāsī should avoid carrying anything but a daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu.” Īlexander the Great reached India in the 4th century BC. If he wears anything at all, it should be only a loincloth, and when there is no necessity, a sannyāsī should not even accept a daṇḍa. ”A person in the renounced order of life may try to avoid even a dress to cover himself. Yoga has been practiced naked since ancient times.