You know I couldn't leave San Diego without stopping at my favorite nudie beach! 🌊🫶
Watch me wiggle off this godforsaken kini👙 and casually bask in the pure magic that is being nude in nature. I sure hope you, too, get to experience the aliveness and bliss that comes with freeing your body in the great outdoors one day!
Althoughhh, this sesh was NOT all rainbows and butterflies unfortunately (I touch on it briefly in the vid). I’m about to get vulnerable and honest with a little story time:
When I first arrived at the beach, I set up my spot with no others around. It was a gloomy weekday and not many people were playing at the beach. A man approached me and asked if he could sit right next to me. Being solo in nature is a sacred experience for me, and on this particular day I wanted to be in my own little Steph world.
I told him I’d actually prefer my space, and that I respectfully would like to be left alone. He wandered down the beach for a few minutes then circled back to set up his spot…like 5 feet away from me!…
I felt extremely disrespected, uncomfortable, and a little annoyed that my boundary was broken. I immediately put my swimmy back on, packed up all my stuff, and walked down the coast to find more seclusion. I didn’t want my energy bubble to be penetrated by this stranger, or anyone for that matter.
It threw me off for a bit, and I got in a pretty negative mind loop about societal conditioning around nudity. I realize not all people are ready to be in casual nudity settings until they reframe their perspective around nudity in general. Another crucial layer I was deep in thought about was the importance of CONSENT and respecting other people's boundaries. Just something to ponder today🙏
Anywayyy, I share this whole debacle not to complain but to raise awareness!
I decided that I wasn’t going to let this weird interaction dim my shine for long. I enjoyed the fuck out of this beautiful day, embraced my freedom to feel empowered in my body, and sunk into the connection with nature and MY nature.
I washed away all the crunchy, icky energy by hopping right into the ocean and diving into the waves (photos on the next slides💦😇🤙)
