Fire-walking

Fire-walking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot coals. This feat sounds like defying the laws of nature - one would expect to burn one's feet - but according to physicists it is just an application of those laws.

Application

Fire-walking is practiced

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• by fakirs and similar persons,
• in management seminars.
• by Eastern Orthodox Christians in Greece and Bulgaria during some religious popular feasts.

The people organizing the firewalk often claim that in order to prevent your feet from burning, you have to prepare your mind by meditation or other techniques.

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