Fire Alchemy

a community gathering of elemental transformation
August 1-5, 2024 | stronghold castle, 90 minutes outside Chicago, IL
ALL bodies welcome to play, flow, experience, and connect!

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transform your life into gold

Join Gaea Lady & The Fire Keepers for 4 days of play, flow, fire, connection & community in Oregon, Illinois

COMMUNITY : TRANSFORMATION : CONNECTION : PLAY : RITUAL

Fire alchemy is a community gathering to connect you back to wholeness and transform your life into gold through fire dancing & flow arts.

Together, we create safe space for you to be yourself.

We see fire as a healing experience, an element that has great potential to change us and can serve as a guide in our self-healing when we approach it with that intention. By nourishing our connection to the elements, to nature, to ourselves, to our community, to the universe we leap from who you were to who you desire to be.

Fire is a powerful element.

When we as humans connect, move and dance with the fire, grounded in ritual, intention, and safety, we can enable our own capacity for healing using the fire as a sacred tool. In the Ignite Fire Keepers, we seek to co-create modern rituals involving fire & movement to ground and center us, creating impactful collective & individual moments to align us in our relationship with change.

Fire roots us to the awareness of the present moment.

It asks for our attention to be here now.

Fire Alchemy is a gathering where all are welcome, regardless of any perceived barrier (such as age, experience, gender, culture, language, ability, wealth, race, blood type, etc.) We ask you to show up in the way you wish to be held, & hold others in community. We invite you to bring your whole self, respect all (including you), and honor consent in every interaction.

You belong here.

2024 tickets

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Event Details

JOIN US FOR 4 DAYS AND 4 NIGHTS OF ELEMENTAL WORKSHOPS AND CELEBRATION.

Bring your friends, bring your partner(s), your parents, your joy, and leave judgement behind. This gathering combines fire, flow arts, play, nature, intention, ritual, and connection to create an elixir for wondrous transformation within ourselves. With focus on the seemingly magical process of alchemy, we collectively (re)remember we’re the gold we seek.

We invite all bodies to play & participate. All levels of experience are gladly welcomed.

August 1-5, 2024

We begin Thursday grounding in with play and connection - no plans. Arrive anytime on Thursday after noon .

Friday morning begins programming with an opening circle.

Friday evening is our mandatory fire safety & consent meeting.

Friday-Sunday all day are workshops, skills shares, rituals, and fire jams.

Saturday night is the Prayerformance Fire Show (you’re invited to perform!)

Sunday late afternoon is our Integration Closing Circle.

Monday is for easy integration, departure, and long goodbyes. Leave by 2pm.

Let's do this.

LOCATION

Fire Alchemy takes place at the Stronghold Castle in Oregon, Illinois, a 90-minute drive from Chicago.

ABOUT STRONGHOLD

What to expect

Alchemy is a process of creation, transformation, and collaboration that seems to be magical but is actually real. Here, we turn the ordinary into the extra-ordinary. (adapted from the Oxford Dictionary)

We embrace Play as the frequency of JOY!

Play is the fountain of youth, it is the foundation of wholeness, and it is wisdom embodied. Our curious natures tap us into curiosity and wonder, which opens to receptivity. It rewires the patterns in our nervous systems and bodies. Through play with ourselves, others, flow toys, and fire we ignite our relationship with the joyful abundance frequency that fuels the universe. Please note, we will have some gear for you to try out, but bring your own gear if possible for spinning at nightly jams!

We co-create ritual each moment as a pathway to the sacred.

At Fire Alchemy we explore co-created modern day rituals to serve the constellation of the community that gathers. Ritual holds space to ground our collective human stories beyond the boundaries of culture, time, & space. Each night, we host a pre-fire jam ritual space hosted by the Fire Alchemy Keepers, and YOU are the most important part as the participant, co-creating with us and making it your own.

Fire Alchemy is rooted in creating COMMUNITY.

Our 4 pillars are Belonging, Authenticity, Aligned Intention, and Oneness. Safety is the root in order to grow & shine. We ask you to show up in the way you wish to be held, & hold others in community. We invite you to bring your whole self, respect all (including you), and honor consent in all ways. Witness and read the Reflection Blog from last year’s event for a taste!

into the Ignite Fire Keepers with our comprehensive Friday night Fire Safety Training - mandatory for all!
to tap into ecstatic flow states in workshops and unstructured playtime.
in the Midwest Forests to clear and center your being.
to inspire your curiosity & play!
during 2 afternoon pool parties (Sat & Sun).
with like-minded humans & forge new deep friendships that will last a lifetime.
Choose to stay in a bed in the castle or camp in the surrounding fields & woods.

with daily fire & flow arts workshops focused towards technique, philosophy, movement, and creativity.
Limited gear will be available to borrow if you do not have your own. If you have extras, bring to share!
Weave intent into every moment.
by Kiki & Gaea and the Ignite Fire Keeper Alumni.
in our community playshops, held in the afternoons.

Essential Info Document: Packing list, Fire Gear & Clothing Recommendations, and more here!

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PRICING 2024

Camping or OFFSITE: $444

Immerse in nature. Bring your own tent + camping gear : Radical Self-Reliance!
Water spigots near camping, and a rustic bath house -10 min walk.
10 min walk to the meadow & castle where events are held. (2 min drive). Bring a bike!
RV hookups (power, water) are an extra $75-100 cost for the event.