I can’t believe that tomorrow ends my second week here. I just came back from a run around the Barrage D’Avène (a reservoir that is more like a natural wonder than anything else…I will add a photo at the very end of this post…its so beautiful!). I have not been looking at my lesions too closely but when I was out in the sun today, I swear I could see new pink skin starting to peek out from behind the coffee-colored continent that is on my shin. All of this is because of water?! 
This water IS the Natural Wonder. I’ve heard many here call it “magic”. I’ve even found myself saying that. But to call it magic, means that it is not of this world or that it’s supernatural. So to call it “magic” takes away from the beautiful reality that is this water. And the fact that it is incredibly “real” and “explainable” is proof of what this planet is capable of… and knowing this, moves me to believe that my potential to evolve and heal is endless!
My treatment includes baths, showers and massages with this water which is directly from the spring. I also drink around 1.5-2 liters. It looks, feels and tastes like any other water. And now that I’m seeing small signs of improvement, I find myself staring at the translucent bubbles and pearls that surround me.
I have never thought about the water that I’m bathing in, that I’m drinking. 
Water has always been a means to cleanse and to hydrate.
I have never felt what I am feeling now.
I find myself having this new perspective, this bizarre and lovely partnership with the water. We share a goal… to recover… to strengthen. We share a goal to take me one step closer to a new understanding of what it means to heal.
And now that photo of Barrage D’Avène that I promised 🙂
Shirin In Avène 