Ancient Fire

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"What I loved most about this workshop was that we were given the opportunity to truly push ourselves out of our comfort zones in a way that lodged deeply in my body.  Walking the fire to the sounds of tribal drumming, under the brilliant, night sky was beautiful, transformative and healing for me." 

~Melissa Potter, LMT, CST, owner of MotherRoots, Dover, NH 

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"My experience of you and your leadership was of gentle, loving, and open - while fearless and powerful. 

Thank you for all that you brought to the event last night."

~Rich Staples, Windham, NH

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"I want to thank you again for bringing this event to our area and helping to empower me to walk through my fears.
Because of all you have done with you, will now impact all I will do with me. "

~Gail S.

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"Your high energy connection and knowledge to the spiritual journey of the Fire walk filled all of us with a comfort that otherwise for many are more apt to guard and hide. Your guidance and assistance showed each of us to spread our wings and fly, which is easy to do after you shed the fears and barriers we’ve all had subjected on us in life. This training and journey goes beyond the spiritual elevation which each of us climbed that night. It goes into your daily routine in life. Breaking through bad habits that created barriers and un-natural fears in us to make us sick. I am still finding my body teaching me everyday to rid the things which are vile to us all. The truth is in the awareness and understanding, “your body does not forget”.  So I pray you will continue to share your energy and knowledge as a guide in the fire walks, as you have great work to do, touching one person at a time, as above so below"

~ Deb Deckert, Wolforboro, NH

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"Wow! What a powerful workshop!
This really got me in touch with my `will` for sure. Its a personal test of challenge, will, faith, personal power and so much more than words can say. Scary...yes, but its the truth of believing in yourself, who you are and what you want to bring into your life and the life of others, along with the sense of community, that gives you the strength for the tests and walking the sacred fire.
Thank you Karen for this amazing workshop!"

~ Donna Stilwell, Bow, NH

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"I have never had such a positive experience in my life.   The whole workshop was amazing.  It started with a positive chant led by Karen.  The energy from the group was amazing.  Karen told us to step outside our comfort zone and push ourselves, and I did.  It was so wonderful, and finding out how much inner strength I have was uplifting and freeing. I feel that I have gained friends from this experience, as the group I attended with was great!  All the positive reinforcement helped with achieving goals through the different tasks the workshop

provided.  Seamus was wonderful on the drums and provided a great rhythm to the evening. 

Crossing the coals and going towards my goal was

an experience I'll keep with me forever. 

I am really looking forward to joining you for another Firewalk.

Thank you Karen for this wonderful experience.

I also want to thank Misty Meadows for providing a beautiful environment and for hosting the Firewalk.  It was utterly amazing and made me feel high on life!" 

I can do anything now!

~ Cheryl L., Derry NH

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"I need to come out (and drag Claire with me).

I have walked on fire.

Last weekend I traveled down to Lee, NH and attended an evening workshop which culminated with both Claire and I walking across a bed of hot coals, not once but three times each.

It was an evening spent looking at what holds each of us back, and discovering that with group support and inner focus we could do things we thought impossible. We broke boards with our hands, and bent rebar between the two of us, all in preparation for fire walking. We looked at our fears. We set intentions of what we want in our lives. And we transformed from 20 people attending an evening seminar to a team supporting each other through feats which frightened each us.

What I took away from this and have been playing with this week is: that what often holds me back from being my own best self are my own fears. It is a very liberating thought that if I give up even some of my fear I can accomplish amazing things."  ... excerpt from article written for the Auburn, Maine Unitarian Universalist Church newsletter.

~ Mary Kay Weisenberger, Auburn, Me.

We moved to Pennsylvania to live/work on a farm - in short, we have made radical and dramatic changes in our lives.  I attribute a lot of my new inner fire to my experience in your workshop.  YOU are a firewalking goddess!!  The way you midwife people through such powerful challenges is awesome!  I am so grateful to you for the work you do with your workshops.
 
The intentions that I identified and set forth at the workshop were all related to overcoming the doubt (in large part, the voice of my mother) and fear of failure hindering me and preventing me from stepping into my true power and fulfilling my real aspirations.  I have come to own my fearless nature, to believe in my courage, and move forward with much greater confidence after the firewalk.  I really brought the fire deep into my belly (my psychic belly, as well as my physical belly) and it continues to burn, controlled but strong and hot.
 
I learned the very poignant lesson of living in the moment in a new and different way.  Since the firewalk I have been able to be more present in the now, more often, and more consistently- instead of setting my sights on the future and working up to things, I have been able to say "The here and now are looking very good, and if we can make it better, let's do it!!" and then make the move.
 
As an aside, I had already begun a trend in better health and weight loss before the firewalk... but I was struggling with releasing a few extra pounds on my physical body, which seemed to be related to the need for psychic protection (my self analysis... but seems to make sense to my polarity therapist friend) and I was able to shed another 20 lbs since the firewalk with no exercise, (besides keeping up with my two little girls) and very little modification of my diet.  I think the experience contributed greatly to strengthening my auric field, not that I know very much about auras, but walking on fire has to be good for them, right??  And it helped me let go of the extra pounds because I didn't need them to feel safe.  I just felt really brave and capable and courageous... and enthusiastic to tackle the next thing I wanted to accomplish.
 
The alchemy of firewalking is potent magic!

I hope I have said something halfway sensible, here.  I have so many things going on in life at the moment, and I had wanted to write to you and tell you how significant and wonderful the firewalk was for me, but I hadn't found the opportunity to do it until now.   
 
I look forward to seeing you again and participating in another firewalk as soon as the opportunity presents itself to me.
 
Your friend in peace,
 
~ Danielle