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Family-friendly, non-sexualized clothing-optional/clothing-free/skinny-dipping/naturist/nudist/FKK/body-positive organizations, businesses, areas, communities, resorts, events and activities in the Pacific Northwest (Wikipedia article).

Contents 1 State and provincial pages 2 Organizations 2.1 Regional 2.2 National 3 Burning Man Regional Events 4 Religious groups 4.1 Christian 4.2 Wiccan and pagan 5 History of Social Nudity in the Pacific Northwest 6 Other resources

State and provincial pagesEdit

• British Columbia, Canada
• Idaho, United States
• Montana, United States
• Oregon, United States
• Washington, United States
• Wyoming, United States

OrganizationsEdit

See also communities and organizations on each respective state or province page.

RegionalEdit

• PNW Naked Exuberance (Flickr group for photo sharing).
• AANR-Northwest, serves the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. There are 20 nudist clubs affiliated with AANR-Northwest.
• Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the integration and acceptance of non-sexual social nudity in a variety of public and private settings.
• Sun Lover's Under Grey Skies (SLUGS) is a naturist travel club located in the Puget Sound area. Self describe as a community of ordinary people sharing family naturist values. The group holds events year-round. See their wiki page above and their own site at SlimeTrail.org.
• Cascadia Naturist Assosciation
• The Gated Sanctuary, Centre for Healingin Snohomish WA.

  

  A clothing optional day retreat spa which has the feeling of a Japanese hot springs and features therapeutic massage therapy and hydrotherapy. The spa is on 6.5 secluded, private acres in the Snohomish countryside. The Hydrotherapy Circuit is clothing optional and features Kneipp Therapy. Part of the Hydrotherapy Circuit is outside on a beautiful private deck. While bathing in a jetted warm or hot pool you can gaze at soaring cedar trees or unwind on a teak deck chair next to life-size Buddhas. Cool down in a 62 degree redwood Alaskan cold plunge. Inside, the Hydrotherapy Circuit includes a eucalyptus chromotherapy steam room. Showers, keyless security lockers and sarongs and towels are provided. Complimentary snacks, beverages, ice cream, and warm chocolate chip cookies are offered. Hours of operation are Wednesday - Sunday, 11am to 8pm. Women's day is Thursdays. Men's day is Saturdays. Coed days are Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Everyday is clothing optional. Couples and single men and women are welcome on coed days. The massage rooms are in a different portion of the spa than the clothing optional Hydrotherapy Circuit so both sexes are welcome to come for a massage each day. (425) 334-6277 http://www.thegatedsanctuary.com.

NationalEdit

• American Assocation for Nude Recreation (AANR)
• Clothes Free International
• The Naturist Society (TNS) and The Naturist Action Committee (NAC)

Burning Man Regional EventsEdit

• Critical Massive a regional Burning Man event held a annual Seattle/Northwest area Burning Man Regional event at Lakes Associates near Mount Vernon, WA, an hour and a half drive north of Seattle. (July 15-19, 2009)
• Burning Man Seattle Lists various happenings of interest to the Seattle area Burning Man community.
• SOAK Portland, OR's regional event.
• Burn In the Forest Vancouver BC's regional event.
• Otherworlds 2009 Victoria, BC's regional event.

Religious groupsEdit

ChristianEdit

• The Original Inner Circle Yahoo! group
• The Original Inner Circle Web Page
• The Natural Christian
• Naturism - The positive naked truth about naturism.

Wiccan and paganEdit

• Non-sexualized nudity within PNW Pagan groups and festivals

History of Social Nudity in the Pacific NorthwestEdit

• Nudity within Native American Tribes in the Pacific Northwest during traditional times nudity was common among many tribes during the warmer months.
• Freedomites, also called Svobodniki or Sons of Freedom They were Russian immigrants who settled in British Columbia in the turn of the 20th century. A sub-sect of the Doukhobors they were known throughout the first half of the 20th century for occasionally holding fully nude both gender public protests against government policies.
• The Home Colony This was an utopian anarchist community on the Key Peninsula in Washington state from 1895 to 1919. Nude bathing was popular with the residents which led to trouble with their conservative neighbors. A member of the community Jay Fox, had a community paper called "The Agitator" in which he wrote an editorial defending this practice called "Nudes and Prudes" for which he was arrested and jailed for two months for.
• The Tacoma Parks Department minutes of July 11th 1896 notes an controversy where on Sunday July 5th 1896 two women and one man were bathing on the beach in Point Defiance Park in a nude condition. They passed a resolution to identify and prosecute the bathers.

Other resourcesEdit

• TNS Naturist Network Do a search by the area you in which you are interested.
• Cascadia Naturist Association
• C/O Hiking & Soaking in the Western U.S. & Canada An interactive Googlized map of Clothing-optional Venues and Events, favoring hot spring locations.
• NWFunintheSun Links page
• Nude Hiking and Soaking in the Pacific Northwest
• PNW Baconblog Blog of an area nudist who is a member of Lake Associates Recreation Club.
• My Personal Nudist Blog Blog of an area nudist who is a member of Lake Bronson Nudist Club.
• Marauding Naturist Blog of a Naturist who lives in Victoria. British Columbia.
• Clothing-Optional Opportunities in British Columbia. It also has a pretty good section on the rest of the Pacific Northwest.