article_snippet.sent: lanes of burning hot coals, which we are to walk over.
article_snippet.sent: The idea is that, once you overcome the fear of walking on coals of between 1,200 and 2,000 Fahrenheit, you can ‘conquer the other fires of your life with ease’.
article_snippet.sent: ‘When you walk over those coals, something changes,’ the fortysomething woman next to me in the queue says, the fortysomething woman next to me in the queue eyes wide.
article_snippet.sent: we’re told to take off we shoes and socks and march out of the conference centre to the 8 ft lines of coal in the car park.
article_snippet.sent: Then I’m standing in front of the coals and two men are instructing me to shout:
article_snippet.sent: I put my foot on the coals and after that I remember nothing — until my last step, when I could feel heat.
article_snippet.sent: I’ve walked across a bed of hot coals.