fire walk
Hot coal traverse
Fire walk refers to the ritual or practice of walking barefoot across a bed of hot coals or embers, typically as a spiritual ceremony, demonstration of faith, or confidence-building exercise.
Corporate retreats and self-help seminars sometimes feature fire walks as challenges meant to prove that mental focus can overcome fear: After the fire walk, participants said they felt empowered.
The verb fire-walk describes performing this act.
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- coalsBurned or burning carbon
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- barefootWearing no shoes
- heatTransferred thermal energy
hot coals · burning feet · ceremony · trance · burning · ash · tribal · tribal tradition · sacred · spiritual · soles · pain · courage · leap of faith · mind over matter · initiation · hot · flames
- featsfeat, stunt, exploit, daring feat, deed
- sacred firesacred flame, ritual burning, burnt offering, agni, Zoroastrianism
intensity/danger of movement
fire walkstroll
Relaxed walk for enjoyment
leisurely walk · amble · saunter · promenade · meander