Walking on Fire, Lighting Your Possibilities

Walking on Fire; Igniting Your Drive to Create the Life of Your Dreams

Sometimes life gets hard. No reason! Those perfect plans aren't coming together as you planned. The schedule is behind the projected date.

Have you ever had the feeling that you needed some challenges in your life? It happened to me. No longer could I keep my eyes closed, moving forward, with no complete direction.

I guess you would say that I'm not afraid to take chances or try something new. I was healing from some emotional trauma and I wanted my grit to return.

I noticed my neighbor laughing. I asked her what she was so excited about? She said, she would tell me if I joined her at a seminar? I said yes. Off we went. After watching the presentation I signed up for Impact Training. I enrolled in all four areas, graduated, and worked one semester as a coach. One Christmas with snow on the ground, they set us out on a new adventure. Firewalking!

Most of you have heard about Tony Robbins Firewalking, and his statement “The Experience of a Lifetime!” This was my experience.

We all met in a secluded area with a big open space between many giant trees all around. There was a very large pile of wood stacked quite high in the corner. It was winter and we had just had light snow the night before. We all made a large circle and the 'Head counselor" began telling us Indian stories about wolves, skunks, lions, tigers, and bears.

Firewalking had been practiced by ancient cultures around the world to demonstrate strength, courage, faith, trust, and overcoming fear. Like the wolf, one must be vigilant. Like the bear, unafraid. Like the lion and tiger, able to spring into action. Like the skunk, not turning backward in fear.

We are told about the firewalkers of India in 1200 B.C. It was a rite of passage, a test of individual strength, courage, and faith. It may also be used in initiations and tests of faith or belief in a higher power. Similar to the Indians that send their braves out of the camp to return only after successfully bagging a deer for the tribe to eat. The successful brave is now a team member of the tribe, willing to live or die for the continuation of the tribe.

This activity brings a person stuck in habits of fear and grief and raises the quality of life. You soon find out what you are really capable of. What are you made of, as my mother would always ask! Keep your chin up, never show fear!

The wood is now set on fire as the counselors tell history that has empowered surviving tribes. As the wood is reduced to embers, the embers are raked out in a square. They line us all up and unless we are afraid of our own shadows, we walk across the fire and embers to the other side. Many return and walk across it again. If we doubt, we are told that the fire will blister the soles of our feet. If there is no doubt, no blisters will appear. The final benefit is the move past your fears. You become a new being, alive, and full of power, able to take on challenges with new courage.

Amazing as this event is, you will never be the same. My feet did not blister. I have no fear. Do you think you are ready for the walk?