Shanan Flows History

The first time I twirled fire I fell in love with the whoosh of the Flame.

Whoosh!     Whoosh!     Whoosh!     Whoosh!     Whoosh!

For a brief moment everything melted away.  No worries. No fears. No outside distraction. Just myself and the whoosh of the Flame.

Sadly when I returned back home I forgot this feeling. I struggled with  Dr. prescribed opiates which numbed my days for several more years before finding that Sacred connection  again.

I found myself in the loneliest of places trying to find a new path for myself. 

Thankfully Flow found its way back into my life. With it I found Community that also found joy and purpose being in the circle. 

I found A tribe forged not in the dim haze of bars or the isolating hunger of addiction, but in the shared, primal pulse of Creation and Courage. 

Creating safe and sacred space for learning growing and healing.  

We gather here because the fire demands presence.

It teaches the deepest liturgy: Fearlessness 

To stand before the consuming blaze, not in flight, but in focused flow, is to reclaim dominion over one's own being. 

It whispers: "You hold power. You are not defined by what nearly destroyed you."  

It resurrects the divine birthright stolen by struggle: Play 

The joyful abandon of movement, the laughter echoing as fire flows .          This is the pure, unmedicated ecstasy of being alive.

We share this flame because it is living testimony.

To every soul gasping in the dark, we spin a beacon: Showing joy exists beyond the bottle, or prescription. It dances, wild and free, right here in the warmth of shared purpose. We show our children, our neighbors, ourselves that true connection ignites in the vibrant, awake, trembling aliveness of the flame.**

This group is built on the ashes of what was burned away.

Every swirling pattern is a prayer of gratitude. Every shared spin is an act of communion. Every face illuminated in the flickering light is a sacred reflection of resilience. We tend this fire not as spectacle, but as sacrament – a visible, visceral reminder that:

• Transformation is Possible: Like wood to light and heat, pain can fuel radiant becoming.

• Community is Medicine: Held in the circle's warmth, isolation melts away.

• Embodied Presence is Worship: Moving with intention, mastering fear, embracing play – this is devotion in motion.

• Sobriety is Abundance: The pure, bright, exhilarating fun found here needs no artificial enhancer. It is complete.