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				Safe Haven for Naked Yoga
			 
 (submitted by gekkogecko)
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 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nudists, grab your yoga mats
 and head for San Francisco.
 
 City prosecutors on Wednesday said it was not illegal
 to perform naked yoga in the city -- even at the
 crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf.
 
 Prosecutors dropped charges against a limber nudist,
 known locally as the "Naked Yoga Guy," who made a
 habit of striking yoga poses in the buff in order to
 promote a book and his lifestyle.
 
 The Naked Yoga Guy, whose name is George Monty Davis,
 had stripped to stretch near Fisherman's Wharf,
 prompting a public complaint. But prosecutors decided
 they had a weak public nuisance case against him
 because local laws do not bar public nudity.
 
 "Simply being naked on the street is not a crime in
 San Francisco," said Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for
 the district attorney's office.
 
 "To bring a case, a person would have to exhibit lewd
 behavior, block traffic or impede pedestrians on a
 sidewalk, something along those lines."
 
 In another case involving a Los Angeles teenager who
 dropped his pants to expose his bottom, or "moon,"
 passing motorists from a nearby sidewalk, a California
 appellate court ruled nudity itself is not a crime,
 Mesloh said.
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