Au naturel is natural for Naked Yoga Guy
Since this story originates from San Francisco (or, Sodom & Gomorrah, depending on your point of view), no one should claim to be surprised that there is both nudity and an attention-seeker involved. Of course, being the open-minded, live-and-let-live sort that I am, I could care less about the nudity. One naked, middle-aged body looks pretty much like the next. I’m more concerned about Naked Yoga Guy catching pneumonia. For those of you who have been to San Francisco, you’ll remember that it is not exactly renowned for it’s warm, tropical breezes.
Of course, since this is still (for now, at least) a free country, a man is held to be free to market his…um, “assets”…in whatever manner he sees fit within the scope of the law. And guess what, y’all? Public nudity is not a crime in California. You can let it ALL hang out, it that is the sort of thing that gets you through the night. Of course, you have to be careful not to engage in any sort of lewd behavior…never mind that no one has been able to successful define “lewd” in a court setting.
Prosecutors, we’ve been told, plan to drop the misdemeanor public nuisance complaint lodged against the 58-year-old self-described naturist.
“Being naked in San Francisco is not a crime,” explained D.A. spokeswoman Debbie Mesloh, “unless the gentleman had lewd conduct or was obstructing traffic.”….
The Naked Yoga Guy’s journey into the legal system began a few months back when he started giving impromptu demonstrations at Fisherman’s Wharf to plug his book and his nude lifestyle.
Davis, a onetime theology student who claims to have a trophy wife, 27- foot yacht and season tickets to the opera, said there was plenty of tourist reaction to the act….
Only a few showed any real interest in Davis’ book or, for that matter, taking up naked yoga.
In short — aside from a bit of press — the nude demos have largely been a dud from a marketing standpoint.
Of course, if Davis had trotted out his alleged “trophy wife” au naturel, I’d hazard a guess that his “marketing” efforts would have drawn a much more enthusiastic crowd. A trophy wife, demonstrating Naked Yoga? Well, take into account the Horny Guy factor, and…well, I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this, eh?
Most San Franciscans, long since immune to this sort of wierdness, have taken a rather laissez-faire view of Naked Yoga Guy. The general view of it seems to be “the last time I saw something that small, it had an eraser on the end of it.”
As for the anatomy area that’s upsetting so many people, [SFPD Central Station’s captain, Stephen] Tacchini said, “I’ve seen the guy, and it’s no big deal — it’s an infraction, not even a misdemeanor.’
Of course, San Francisco isn’t the only place where Davis isn’t universally well-received.
At the recent Burning Man celebration in the Nevada desert, a bastion of nudity and free-spirited expression, the Naked Yoga Guy was told by a camp director that going nude was OK, but to keep his clothes on at meals.
“People were freaking out because your (privates) were too close to the buffet,” he said.
Yeah, you’re going to definitely want to watch out for those little cans of Sterno. Drag your Johnson through one of those, and you’ll be rendered hors de combat for quite some time…and the ol’ trophy wife surely won’t be happy about that, eh?
