{"id":23,"date":"2017-08-30T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/08\/30\/volcano-mud-baths"},"modified":"2021-09-21T05:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:20:36","slug":"volcano-mud-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"Volcano Mud Baths"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nothing can heal your body and mind quite like the natural earth. The rising steam from a volcano and the mud that churns from deep within the bowels of our planet are filled with mystical powers of herbal medicines.<\/h5>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">You only need to believe.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/24877-g0071558.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I reach deep into the cold mud and slowly lather it over my entire body until I am camouflaged in darkness. The monkey gods that swing in the tree branches above scream out gleefully as they see this dark Neanderthal lumber through the forest.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I stand still and listen to the mud dry and crackle on my skin as the steam tickles my nostrils. I feel the poisons of our modern world seep out my pores and die on the jungle floor.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/240d4-g0091560.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/240d4-g0091560.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I wash the dried mud off my body, submerse in a hot mineral pool for a spell, then go back and complete the ritual over and over again until I become new.<\/h5>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vWcr1ZV4wHA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing can heal your body and mind quite like the natural earth. 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