As we step into October and the last three months of the year, our Global Firewalking Association Board of Directors has been reviewing where we have been in the past two years and visioning the future of our firewalking membership organization. We are grateful for your support as we crafted a new membership website filled with videos, articles, an events page, and other resources; shared multiple online events (all recorded); and offered monthly Firewalk Instructor Circle gatherings for over a year now (also all recorded). Now that our foundation is stable we look forward to getting more input, inspiration, and ideas from you, our fabulous members. Here is what is coming up this quarter:
Global Firewalking Association
Newsletter - October 2022
Hello, Friends!
News from the fireside
THE GATHERING 2022 October 13 - 16
Next week much of our Global Firewalk Association Board of Directors will be in the Czech Republic for the 2022 Gathering called: ToGather with Fire, Celebrating Unity, Community and Firewalking.
The International Firewalk Gathering is annual event for firewalk professionals from any school. At the gathering Firewalk Instructors and Masters come together to celebrate firewalking, to share knowledge and create awesome firewalks.
We are grateful to be a major supporter of The Gathering. Our core GFA team: Asa and Rolf Beckman, Kevin Axtell, Barry Collins, and Steve Consalvez will be joining firewalk instructors around the world to host workshops and create ceremonies of healing. Peggy Dylan will share a practice via zoom. (Board member HeatherAsh Amara is not able to attend this year as she is tending to her land that was recently burned in a wildfire.)
Stay tuned to our GFA Facebook Page as we hope to be able to share some live feeds and recorded videos from The Gathering on our Global Firewalk Association page (link below.)
UPCOMING EVENTS
FIREWALK INSTRUCTOR CIRCLE
A monthly gathering for our Associate and Professional members
Wednesday, October 19th
11 am Los Angeles (PDT), 7 pm London (BST), 8 pm Johannesburg (SAST)
Check your timezone here
Join Kevin Axtell and others who attended this year's Gathering for a report back of inspirations, learnings, and firewalking wisdom.
2 BELONG:
Global Firewalking Association's 2nd year anniversary celebration
Sunday, November 20th
10 am Los Angeles (PST), 6 pm London (GMT), 8 pm Johannesburg (SAST)
Check your time zone here
Mark your calendars to join us next month as we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the GFA! Look for an invite in your inbox soon. We'll be sharing updates and visions for the future and celebrating all the ways the GFA and our members have grown in the past two years.
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Since we began the expanded expression of the GFA in November 2020 we have accomplished so many things! Along with the updated website filled with videos, articles, and events, we offered our first ever virtual Firewalk, shared multiple online events (also recorded for you on the website!) and now host International Firewalking Day.
We are dreaming and visioning for 2023 and beyond of how to best support our firewalking community, and we look forward to getting your insights and suggestions and also hearing about your celebrations in sharing the firewalk.
PLANNING FOR 2023: INTERNATIONAL FIREWALKING DAY
Saturday April 1, 2023
Let's plan for a global show of live firewalks (and maybe a few online ones!)
Each year on the first weekend of April we celebrate International Firewalk Day; and we invite you to join us by hosting a firewalk on April 1, 2023 and sharing about your event on social media.
More info on International Firewalk Day, which is now hosted by the GFA:
The idea of a Global Celebration for Firewalking was discussed at the Firewalk Gathering in Latvia 2017. It was the perfect place to gauge interest and know if the idea had potential. The aim was set – have as many Firewalks as possible, taking place all over the world and on the same day.
Firewalking holds a tremendous potential for all humans. The globe and its people can develop magnificently by firewalking. A Firewalk Day is in the long run one of the tools to make firewalking more known for everyone. It is also something that strengthens the communion of the firewalkers.
Firewalking Day is always at the first Saturday in April. After looking at different seasons all over the world, it was agreed that this was a time when it’s possible to do firewalks almost all over the world.
Of course, an idea is only an idea unless it grows traction. And it is fantastic that the wider Firewalking Community has answered the call. With this ancient transformational tool, we can help people improve their lives and collectively, we can raise awareness and consciousness. And we can encourage healing, while celebrating the Joy and Wisdom that comes with Firewalking.
VIDEOS! Did you know that we have videos on the Global Firewalking Association page for every level of membership? Sign in and go to Members: Videos (under Library) to access specific videos for Firewalkers, Associate Firewalk Instructors, and Professional Firewalk Instructors. We also offer recordings of all of our Firewalk Instructor Circles, including 06/22: Firewalk Insurance and Liability for High Risk Events - Steve Consalvez; 07/22: All About Burns - Peggy Dylan; and our most recent 0922:
We are dreaming and visioning for 2023 and beyond of how to best support our firewalking community, and we look forward to getting your insights and suggestions and also hearing about your celebrations in sharing the firewalk.
PLANNING FOR 2023: INTERNATIONAL FIREWALKING DAY
Saturday April 1, 2023
Let's plan for a global show of live firewalks (and maybe a few online ones!)
Each year on the first weekend of April we celebrate International Firewalk Day; and we invite you to join us by hosting a firewalk on April 1, 2023 and sharing about your event on social media.
More info on International Firewalk Day, which is now hosted by the GFA:
The idea of a Global Celebration for Firewalking was discussed at the Firewalk Gathering in Latvia 2017. It was the perfect place to gauge interest and know if the idea had potential. The aim was set – have as many Firewalks as possible, taking place all over the world and on the same day.
Firewalking holds a tremendous potential for all humans. The globe and its people can develop magnificently by firewalking. A Firewalk Day is in the long run one of the tools to make firewalking more known for everyone. It is also something that strengthens the communion of the firewalkers.
Firewalking Day is always at the first Saturday in April. After looking at different seasons all over the world, it was agreed that this was a time when it’s possible to do firewalks almost all over the world.
Of course, an idea is only an idea unless it grows traction. And it is fantastic that the wider Firewalking Community has answered the call. With this ancient transformational tool, we can help people improve their lives and collectively, we can raise awareness and consciousness. And we can encourage healing, while celebrating the Joy and Wisdom that comes with Firewalking.
VIDEOS! Did you know that we have videos on the Global Firewalking Association page for every level of membership? Sign in and go to Members: Videos (under Library) to access specific videos for Firewalkers, Associate Firewalk Instructors, and Professional Firewalk Instructors. We also offer recordings of all of our Firewalk Instructor Circles, including 06/22: Firewalk Insurance and Liability for High Risk Events - Steve Consalvez; 07/22: All About Burns - Peggy Dylan; and our most recent 0922:
One Thought Away - Barry Collins.
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LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW
We recently changed our membership names to make our different tiers easier to understand: Firewalker, Associate Firewalking Instructor, and Professional Firewalking Instructor.
Firewalkers: For all people who love Firewalking; anyone can join for free.
Associate Firewalking Instructors: For certified Firewalk Instructors and Masters (including fire tenders).
Professional Firewalking Instructors: At our highest level, Professional members are certified Firewalking Instructors and Masters who are leading their own events. Professional members get access to our largest array of articles, support and marketing.
We still have special rates for our Associate and Professional members, so if you want to upgrade now is a great time.
This is just the beginning; now that our foundation is laid we will bring more energy and resources to fire up your life, your teachings, and your vision. Imagine what we can do together, connected by our love of the fire.
The Global Firewalking Association is a not-for-profit membership organization that serves professional firewalk instructors and firewalking enthusiasts.
The GFA aims to serve its members by being a source for the millions of people who have become interested in firewalking over the last five decades. Apart from creating the biggest knowledge bank on firewalking, providing an opportunity for its active members to reach millions, and offering live and online teaching events, the GFA also uses its shared purchasing power for insurance and other services.
Thanks for being a member, and stay tuned for more!
