Amy Poehler says the experience of writing while being topless makes her feel relaxed.

The 43-year-old even kept herself motivated when penning new memoir "Yes, Please" by stripping as she wrote, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I find that writing topless relaxes me," the mother-of-two told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview.

"I think it was probably accidental, like I was out of the shower and I was like, 'I have to finish this thing' and then I was like, 'This feels really good'."

"And then as I was writing the book, as you know when you're writing a book, you're like anything to get you inspired to write. As a treat to myself - I'd be like do this one topless," she added.