Naked Yoga Bares All at the Unknown

January 4th, 2008

Show Yours Naked

By Jesse Schmitt

Many people have opinions on alternative lifestyles, alternative diets, and alternative exercise methods. It’s actually sort of silly; where did we get the idea to eat cow and not decide that we needed to scour the Pacific Ocean bottom for fish eggs? When did we decide that staying awake in the daytime was what we were supposed to do? A lot of it has to do with tradition and the fact that we had to make due with what we had. It’s true that today there are 24 hour cities all over the world, there are all manner of food we can eat, but the truth is that year and years ago there was decidedly less option, less ability to maneuver around, and we had to get all our work done before the sun sets or vampires would come out of the hills!

While many myths have been debunked (ever seen Myth Busters?) there are some things which have always worked and that’s the reason we keep doing them. Take for example, jogging. It raises the heart rate, gets the blood flowing, makes you sweat, and when done in handy enough fashion keeps you in shape.

But there are always alternatives! There has to be! Yoga has been around in the east for thousands of years; in some marketing department in the 80’s some marketing department came up with the idea that people in America would love Yoga! Women loved Jane Fonda videos but while the men were playing racquetball and talking about their Triple Crown picks at the club, the women didn’t need to leave their 13 channel VHS equipped LCD TV (ah, memories)

Fast foreword to today; men are trying to get back ahead as it’s increasingly becoming a woman’s world (listen to Jane Fonda tell it like it is) and thus came about “Naked Yoga.” This is a world premiere of a new play about sexual politics turned on it’s head, playing at The Unknown Theatre (1110 Seward St; Los Angeles) from writer/director Alex Carter.
Mr. Carter explores the world of Yoga politics in his debut turn as writer/director. Based on a true story, Naked Yoga takes comedy up a notch as there is a whole new rulebook for sexual politics in the modern world.

With a teaser like “She came! She saw! She kicked his butt! And he never knew what hit him.” You can’t help but be intrigued. Weak men are everywhere but the old dynamic of man in a constant position of power just doesn’t apply anymore. Naked Yoga hopes to explore, expose, and exploit this fact with humor and humanity.