Firewalk

So, I have to tell you about our firewalk we went to! oh my gosh, it was so much fun! So, we were invited to a Firewalk Siminar. It was interesting, and I knew Dad would love to walk on fire, so I signed us up. It was actually a cognitive class. All the things the instructor was saying was cognitive thinking skills that I teach in parenting class, and my cog class. Amazing! This was stuff I really could sink my teeth into. They started with the board between to chairs the you can break with your hand. Oh dear! I didn't think I could do that, but my neice Becky went right up and bam..she just broke it right in half. Hurray Becky! so, I thought , if Becky could break it, then surely I could break it. I went up, and looked at Becky, and bam, I hit that board...it hurt my hand, and i did not break the board. The class decided I only gave 20% intention. Well, I should say, my husband said, I only gave 20% intention. So, I concentrated really really hard, and bam i hit the board again, and it didn't hurt, and it broke into pieces! Hurray!!
So, I figured if I could and would put 100% intention on braking the board, then I could walk on fire. Ya right. I just didn't know that the fire that was burning outside, would be red hot coals when we went out. I kind of thought that the coals would be ash white, not red hot. But, NO they were red hot when we went outside to walk. The fire was raked into a ten foot pathway. and did I mention it was RED HOT COALS? So, people just started walking across this, as if it were no big deal. Go Figure. So I decided if everyone else could do it, well then I just jolly well could also, so Nik went by on his first pass to walk, and I just tagged onto him. Right after Nik got to the other side, I took off. I really didn't feel anything, until I got to the other side, then my feet were hot. I stood there and watched everyone walking across. Then Terry walked and Robert. Terry told me if I would walk again, he would be glad to take my picture! FAME! I saw my name in lights RED HOT LIGHTS and so with this pressure, I was off. I did feel a little heat on my feet, both of them, but I thought "What the heck, I just walked on red hot coals" so I thought it would be alright, after all, I didn't pay for this experience just to burn my feet off.
On the way home, I noticed my feet were getting hotter. I took off my shoes and socks, and put my bare feet up on the window of the car. It felt really good, as my feet were so hot. when i got home Brandi put oitment on my feet, and then the pain was gettin really bad. Terry went and got some buckets of cold water so I could soak my feet. Terry also gave me a pain killer. I also sat on the floor in a YING/YANG position for about an hour. This really helped with the pain. I went to bed, (did i mention that terry's feet had NO pain, or burn in them at all.) and was able to sleep with the aid of the pain killers i am sure. The next morning, I got up and was totally fine. I mean to tell you I had NO pain in my feet at all. Terry was amazed as on Saturday night, he and Brandi say blisters on all my toes, and all over the bottoms of my feet. Amazing that they were all healed. The instructor of the class asured us that if we did burn the bottom of our feet, that sitting in the YING/YANG position would heal our feet. I am a believer of that method, however, I do not believe I will ever walk on fire again. Twice was enough for me.