Body Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness

These books are an exploration into self-awareness, self exploration, and understanding of our bodies, our beliefs, and our myths. Here you find some serious studies on why we are more than our clothes. This series of books debunks archaic dogma and practices that the human body must always be clothed.

Bodies and Souls

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Frank Cordelle photographs naked women. You don't know its unique importance until you see it. This is the photographer's own description: “It is a series of nude photographic portraits of female subjects from the moment of birth through a hundred years of age. Many of the photographs are accompanied by statements written by the participants themselves. These are often highly personal and intensely moving. The combination of words and pictures has proved to be very powerful, based on all responses to date.”

The combination does make strong statements about real women and their real lives. These are not advertising models or movie stars, but women of every age, shape, size, character, and experience, and of diverse races. The women photographed find themselves accepting the imperfections in their bodies, sharing their laughter or pain. Century frees them from striving after the impossible body perfection imposed on them by our culture. Their nudity ends up destroying stereotypes of women. It forces us to confront much of what women really are.

Petals the book

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“A recent released DVD, Petals: Journey Into Self-Discovery, has inflamed more opposition to the work of photographer Nick Karras, whose book of the same title containing 100 close-up shots of women’s genitalia has been described as pornographic and obscene.”

“The nasty-minded members of the moral brigade are never likely to understand that this is not one-handed viewing, but a seriously documentary exploring Karras’s presentation of the vulva as one of the beauties of creation, and society’s reaction to his work and this particular body part. There are, of course, mentally disturbed religious maniacs who see the whole of a woman’s body as evil incarnate, but for the rest of us this scholarly film asks why female pudenda are a taboo subject for some, while other cultures have worshipped what another artist, Gustave Courbet, famously depicted as The Origin of The World.” — Bob Janes, H&E Naturist

Internaturally is proud to stand behind this title. We have viewed the entire book and DVD, and highly recommend them for all women, as the photographer intended. Society has created the taboo of what should and should not be viewed. We hope to help you think unconventionally and see for yourself another positive aspect of femininity.

My Feelings, My Self: A Growing-Up Guide for Girls

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Why don’t my parents ever listen to me?
Can I tell a boy that I like him?
How do I say “no” to friends when they want me to do things that I don't want to do?

Lynda Madaras receives hundreds of letters every year from young people asking these very hard questions. This workbook/journal provides the answers, along with stories and letters from teens and preteens expressing their feelings about what's going on in their lives, and there's a place for you to write down your thoughts and feelings.
My Feelings, My Self is divided into three parts:
• “Your Friends” discusses making friends, popularity, peer pressure, best friends, crushes, and dealing with the opposite sex.
• “Your Parents” talks about how relationships with parents change during adolescence, and offers tips on communication with parents and solving problems and disagreements when they come up.
• “Learning More and Getting Help” provides suggestions for further reading and lots of sources for more information.

My Body, My Self for Girls

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A “What’s Happening to My Body?” companion book

Asking Questions…
Finding Answers
How tall (how short) am I going to be?
Am I normal? Am I different?

Answers to these questions and more are what’s in this fact-filled and fun journal/activity book about the changes that take place in girls’ bodies during puberty. A companion to the award winning “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls, this activity book has over 100 quizzes, exercises, checklists, games, suggestions for diary keeping, illustrations, and lots of personal stories from girls (and their mothers) about their growing-up concerns, experiences, and feelings.

My Body, My Self for Boys

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A “What’s Happening to My Body?” companion book

Asking Questions…
Finding Answers
Why is my voice changing?
Why are my arms and legs so long?
When will I get hair on my face?
Am I the right size for my age?

Answers to these questions and more are what’s in this fact-filled and fun journal/activity book about the changes that take place in boys’ bodies during puberty. A companion to the award winning “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys, this activity book has over 100 quizzes, exercises, checklists, games, suggestions for diary keeping, illustrations, and lots of personal stories from boys (and their fathers) about growing-up concerns and experiences.

The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys

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Everything a young man needs to know about his changing body and feelings.

A growing-up guide for preteens and teens, including a special introduction for parents.
This best-selling classic, written by an experienced educator in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, gives sensitive, nonjudgmental straight talk on the body's changing size and shape, the growth spurt, reproductive organs, voice changes, body hair, and an enlightening chapter on puberty in girls. Also included are sections on eating right, exercise, steroid abuse, weight training, acne treatment, and crucial information on AIDS, STDs, and birth control appropriate for this age.
Filled with illustrations, anecdotes, and real-life stories, the “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys is a comprehensive puberty education and health book for all boys from ages 10-15.

The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls

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Everything a young woman needs to know about her changing body and feelings. A growing-up guide for preteens and teens, including a special introduction for parents.

This best-selling classic, written by an experienced educator with her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, gives sensitive, nonjudgmental straight talk on the body's changing size and shape, breasts, the reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, body hair, and puberty in boys. Also included is advice on “female athletic syndrome” and how to handle “unwanted attention” because of early development; plus crucial information on body types, eating right, exercising, anorexia and bulimia, AIDS, STDs, and birth control appropriate for this age. Filled with illustrations, anecdotes, and real-life stories, the “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls is a comprehensive puberty education and health book for all young girls from ages 10-15.

Ready, Set, Grow!

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For younger girls in her uniquely warm and funny style...

Lynda wrote this entirely new book especially for younger girls to give them what they need to know to celebrate and accept the new and exciting changes that are happening to their bodies during puberty. For ages 8 and up.

Growing Up Without Shame

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Revised edition of "The Naked Child" by Dennis Craig Smith

This hard-to-find book addresses the rantings of the "experts" who think that family nakedness encourages incest, Oedipus complex, castration anxiety, parent seduction, over stimulation, sexual obsession, school failures, penis envy, sexual deviancy, parent hatred, exhibitionism, bisexuality, and obsessive guilt and frustrations. But Dennis Craig Smith was unwilling to accept these opinions as fact. He began a search for the truth that led him to naturist camps and beaches to interview and survey adults who had grown up in nudist families. He found well-adjusted people who blatantly disprove the "experts" theories. The book addresses the need for further long-term research regarding the true effect of family nudity on the developing child and can be invaluable to anyone who is interested in learning more about the philological and emotional effects of growing up in a nudist family. 221 pages, 66 B&W photographs, 6 inches by 9 inches.

The Importance Of Wearing Clothes

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By understanding a society that depends on clothing fetishes and other body adornments, we can better understand the need for nude recreation.

The Importance of Wearing Clothes is the classic history of fashion and human condition by Lawrence Langner, revised and updated for the 1990s by fashion authority Julian Robinson. Here is a look at what inspired the bold, outrageous styles of the 1960s and beyond: the miniskirt, the topless bathing suit and the unisex look!. A full chapter with photos is devoted to nudism, in which Langner states, "We are also indebted to the nudists for emphasizing the importance of removing them [clothes] from time to time for our physical and spiritual well-being." An invaluable resource for social scientists, historians, designers, artists, librarians, archivists, and all those who cover and adorn their bodies. 368 pages, over 350 B&W photos and illustrations with a new 16-page full color section. 6 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches.

Body Self-Image

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Many Americans do not like their bodies. Psychologists treat people with self-image by helping them face their inner attitude toward the body and eliminating negative emotions. How is this brought about?

The technique many therapists use forms the text of Body-Self Image. It follows four individuals who, in the presence of a therapy group, confront their attitudes toward their own bodies and learn to accept themselves on a deeper level than ever before. This book can be used as a guide by readers, either alone or in the presence of family or friends. Ideal for use in overcoming personal fears and inner attitudes that interfere with full self-acceptance. A spontaneous body-information workshop in which four nude men and women experience self-examination with professional leaders. 116 pages, 6x8, 100 B&W photos.

Beyond Nakedness

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Paul Ableman's fascinating look at the weird, wonderful, and sometimes terrifying ways modern society looks at the nude and natural human form - a provoking and entertaining study of why we hide, reveal, flaunt, are ashamed of, and even scorn the human body.

Beyond Nakedness is a no-holds-barred look at human nudity that will delight anyone who seeks constructive dialogue and an applicable philosophy to nude recreation. Ableman writes with a firm grasp of how anthropology, religion, art, and sociobiology have influenced current attitudes toward the nude body. 114 pages, 100 B&W photographs, 6 inches by 9 inches.

Body Packaging by Julian Robinson

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As nudists we are all aware how clothing influences people. We act and feel differently while clothed in various kinds of garments.

We "become" the persona that our clothes suggest or represent. It is precisely why, in escaping this influence, we can truly appreciate nude recreation. We are fully ourselves only when we are nude, naturally. Body Packaging is a copiously and artfully illustrated book about body adornment in all its fascinating forms. Controversial and visually explicit, Body Packaging uncovers the coverings - from cod pieces and penile sheaths to high-heeled shoes and French knickers, from uniforms and bondage to wedding dresses, tail coats and jeans. From cover to cover, this stunningly beautiful photo journal - which also includes many fine paintings and illustrations - traces the effect that clothing has had on people through the centuries. Its an "eye opener", and also a great opener for discussions about nude recreation and why we value it. 208 pages, hundreds of photographs in color and B&W, 8 3/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches.

Being Naked: Attitude Toward Nudity Through the Age

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In this stark and honest book, author Susan Stanton unravels many implications of nudity. Being Naked explores attitudes toward nudity, as well as morality and the history of nudity and body images through the ages.

She specifically traces bodily embarrassment to three distinct sources: Upbringing; Religion, Media Portrayal of Body Images. She advocates compassion and self-acceptance and encourages people to have the courage to follow their dreams, without being restricted by the fear of conventional attitudes. Being Naked satisfies curiosity and a need for candid information on nudity and the body. 153 pages. 5 ½” x 8 ½”.

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