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ihviiimattvincent

🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇸

You know how to give me and @bonschro some perfect ways to end the day. Socking in natural hot springs watching your 4 hour sunset.

#nakedinnature #hviii #shap #butts #assesout #iceland #hotsprings #skinnydipping

Just a couple of photos before soaking on Iceland becomes wintery.

Though soaking may be a predominant social affair, other than above the rest of the contributions are singular. Possibly the significant other is behind the camera?

acroyogaguy

This. Hits. Hard.

The inability to receive support from others is a trauma response.

Your “I don’t need anyone, I’ll just do it all myself” conditioning is a survival tactic. And you needed it to shield your heart from abuse, neglect, betrayal, and disappointment from those who could not or would not be there for you.

From the parent who was absent and abandoned you by choice or the parent who was never home from working three jobs to feed and house you.

From the lovers who offered sexual intimacy but never offered a safe haven that honored your heart.

From the friendships and family who ALWAYS took more than they ever gave.

From all the situations when someone told you “we’re in this together” or “I got you” then abandoned you, leaving you to pick up the pieces when shit got real, leaving you to handle your part and their part, too.

From all the lies and all the betrayals.

You learned along the way that you just couldn’t really trust people. Or that you could trust people, but only up to a certain point.

Extreme-independence IS. A. TRUST. ISSUE.

You learnt: if I don’t put myself in a situation where I rely on someone, I won’t have to be disappointed when they don’t show up for me, or when they drop the ball... because they will ALWAYS drop the ball EVENTUALLY right?

You may even have been intentionally taught this protection strategy by generations of hurt ancestors who came before you.

Extreme-independence is a preemptive strike against heartbreak.

So, you don’t trust anyone.

And you don’t trust yourself, either, to choose people.

To trust is to hope, to trust is to be vulnerable.

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-Jamila White, @inspiredjamila

-Photo credit: @tinna_sif

-Model: @acroyogaguy

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#iceland #icelandtravel #iceland🇮🇸 #travel #barefeet

anniecfit

What a crazy, dramatic, wild ride life is. We literally have NO idea where it’s going to take us or where we’ll end up.

If this pandemic has taught me anything it’s that taking chances is the ONLY way to live - because we don’t know when life is going to show up and stop us dead in our tracks.

I refuse to be still in this moment, I refuse to stand and wait for this to be over. Life is happening right now, so I’ll do what I can with the time and opportunity that I have. I may not be able to sit (or stand) in a geothermal hotpot in eastern Iceland at this particular moment but I reject the overwhelming emotion of feeling stuck. I can’t and I will not let uncontrollable circumstances take over every part of my life.

In times like these I look back at moments in my life when I really went for what I wanted. When I threw the fear and doubt and the “what-ifs” right out the fucking window. I’m so grateful I have those moments to look back on and be proud of myself for leaning into discomfort. I’ve often failed in those moments but I’ve always failed upwards, learning as I went.

So I’ve made the choice to not retreat during COVID19 because one day I’ll be looking back at what version of myself I decided to be.. and I’ll be dammed If I’m not proud of that lady! 🙌🏼

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Outfit: birthday suit (link in bio)

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#djúpavogskörin

#iceland🇮🇸 #covid19

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itstianyang

The spa of the volcano earth 🌍 Iceland is such a beautiful country, no words can describe 🌿

tynnda

#iceland #hotsprings #bathing #enjoyingiceland #mountains #naturism #nudity #hiking #mountainlovers #iceland🇮🇸 #hotspringiceland #nature #naturelover #czechgirl #🏔

halldora.e

Náttúrubarn vol I🌿

#hrunalaug #suðurland #iceland #icelandtravel #nature #naturepool

angielockwoodkurtz

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icelandic.naturist

Had a relaxing soak at Heydalslaug which is a natural hot spring located close to the camping place there. I can be busy but you will see people comming so it is easy to stay naked there while you have the place to your self at least.

#hotsprings #hotspring #naturism #nudism #fkk #naturist #nudist #skinnydipping

miquelcastellsagupiqu

the_heliumbrella

Leaving Iceland behind 🍑

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Along the valley of the Tet in France's Languedoc is a fault zone which has resulted in a particular high number of thermal springs ranging from the hot spring under Vinçà lake (Nossa) up until the Bains de Dorres. 

Excluding exactly these two, Taillefer et. al. (2017) mention 29 springs, though these are clustered in 6 sets.

Concerning the hot spring of Nossa there's this on its history and there's a Wikipedia page. Basically it was a small thermal establishment which was flooded due to the construction of a dam on the river Tet.

Besides the Bains de Dorres another high altitude hot spring is that of Llo. And that's the subject of this post.

Located at the start (or finish) of the accessible and gorgeous Gorge de Segré lies the Bains de Llo. Entrance fee is €13,50 for a couple of chlorine laced and mostly busy pools. 

Tripadvisor rates a soaking experience here with 3,5 stars, while Google is more complimentary, with 4.2 stars.

But we are more interested in wilder things. 

In the vicinity is a "lavoir" (lavoir is where washing was done in times past) which receives its water from a thermal source. There's a sign indicating a temperature of 33°C, though the basin into which the waters are stored is a lot cooler.

There's also a sign forbidding bathing, alas.

Other information. The Lavoir.org site notes for this entry: 

'Located behind the Llo baths, at the start of the forest road, the water flowing there is at 33 °C'.

If you are in the vicinity, a walk into the Gorge de Segré should be on the cards.

Elsewhere there's the very informative Maison de la Vallée d'Enye in Enye adjacent to the Indret bistro which has local food and pastries available. 

Probably the most well-known (at least for ornithologists) there's also a spectacular bird viewing hillock (source) a bit further from Eyne.

References:

A. Taillefer, Soliva, R., Guillou-Frottier, L., Le Goff, E., Martin, G., Seranne, M. (2017) Fault-Related Controls on Upward Hydrothermal Flow: An Integrated Geological Study of the Têt Fault System, Eastern Pyrénées (France) (2017) In: Geofluids 2017 1-17 0.1155/2017/8190109.