Just Burn It ️🔥 is one of our Signature Series Nature Events that combines the spiritual and ritual of the profound power of the outdoors with human wellbeing. Now in its 2nd offering, we kicked it off last year with nearly 100 souls who sought to clear, cleanse and make a space for new growth.
As both an Old and New Growth Regenerated Forest, it is very special and sacred for us to open our huge fire pit to honor the Winter Solstice and the ancient ritual of closing the year this way.
Fire is an elemental power that shifts everything. It moves life into the phase of death and also creates energy and warmth; when used as a tool of transformation, we can leave behind “the Old” before we even begin to envision the new.
Many of us set resolutions without ever “clearing our inner closet” of clutter and the detritus from the year. When we invite you to pause, recollect, write, pray, walk, drum and meditate over what you seek to shed, it will make the necessary room to allow something new to come forth.
Come with a friend. Come alone. Just join us around the Patch Fire Pit.
Practice an ancient ritual of burning away what needs to be left behind.
See you the Saturday evening before New Years…come…Just Burn It
Event Schedule
Don't miss out on this one-time event.
5:30 - 5:45
Welcome and Introduction to Mindful Fire Ceremony
Arrive, pause and learn the“Catch Your Breath” practice.
5:45 - 6:00
Mindful Arrival and Sacred Circle
Learn about Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, the Mindful Pocket Park, why the science of focus and attention training helps mental wellbeing and the benefits of Nature-based Mindfulness.
6:00 - 6:15
Grounding and Walking Drum Meditation
Ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official inauguration of the world's first Mindful Pocket Park.
6:15 - 6:45
“Let it Go” Offering to the Fire with Gratitude
Pause to “make a wish” and send lovingkindness to Nature, this sacred act invites a contemplation of what’s your highest aspiration for Nature and Earth
to be well.
6:45 - 7:00
Loving Kindness Meditation
Five Sensory Gardens “guide” the experiential aspect of the 5 Senses.
7:00 - 7:30
Silent Forest Walk
“Check-out” choosing two words to describe in THIS MOMENT NOW the state of their heart-mind upon taking “The Nature Pill.”
7:30 - 8:00
Lite Bites
Pause to “make a wish” and send lovingkindness to Nature, this sacred act invites a contemplation of what’s your highest aspiration for Nature and Earth
to be well.
8:00
Closing
Pause to “make a wish” and send lovingkindness to Nature, this sacred act invites a contemplation of what’s your highest aspiration for Nature and Earth
to be well.
What is the UN International Day of Peace?
Release and Let Go:
Begin the evening with reflection & contemplation. Pause, remember and write.
As you honor this ceremonial ritual that humans and Nature have danced through for millenia, tonight's opportunity invites a special way to walk in a mindful way.
Purification and Cleansing:
️🔥Fire as one of the four elements of Nature cleanses and purifies.
️🔥Fire creates a sound to our souls as old as humans themselves.
️🔥Fire purifies what needs letting go and transforms energy from form into light.
Why do we celebrate International Peace Day at Patch of Heaven Sanctuary?
What to Bring:
👕 Comfortable clothing suitable for sitting on the ground & walking around
❤️ An open heart and a willingness to embrace change
Suzanne Jewell
Chief Experience Officer, Patch of Heaven Sanctuary
Founder of the Mindful Pocket Park @Patch, certified mindfulness meditation teacher through the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center/Sounds True training, Executive Resilience Coach and Forest Therapy guide.
