NadaGuru
Hosted at ZÁRIA Retreat Center · Samaná, Dominican Republic
Ignite Your Passion and Incinerate Your Fears
Sundoor Firewalking & Motivational Coach Certification
March 5–10, 2027 · 6 days · 5 nights
For the adventurous, the curious, and spiritual seekers who want joy, healing and transformation — so they can inspire others to create the life of their dreams. This spring, the coals glow in the jungle.
Reserve Your PlaceA New Fire
The same walk. A different world.
You’ve felt what fire does to a room. Now imagine the coal bed glowing under a Caribbean sky — jungle at your back, the ocean below, warm night air on bare skin. No coats. No rushing indoors. The land itself is barefoot country.
For six days, ZÁRIA is yours: a private eco-retreat in the mountains above El Valle, Samaná. Fire circle on the land, waterfalls a hike away, food out of the ground that morning, and nights built for exactly this work.
You come to learn to lead people across fire. The jungle just happens to be the best classroom on earth for it.
Why Walk
What the fire gives back
Demonstrate what you are truly capable of doing
You will walk barefoot across glowing coals — and carry the proof of that forever. Everything you thought was impossible gets renegotiated.
Increase your joy
Fire strips away the noise. What's left, night after night around the coals, is an unreasonable amount of aliveness.
Release what no longer serves you
The fire is a threshold. What you carry to its edge, you choose whether to carry across.
Find community
You'll train, eat, walk, and celebrate beside people doing the same brave thing — the kind of bond that outlasts the week by decades.
Expand your energetic body
Breathwork, energetic practice, and fire-tending — learning to raise your energy higher than the fire's, and to teach others the same.
An embodied experience
This is not a lecture certification. Every tool is learned in the body, at the fire, under the stars.
The Training
Six days at the fire
Day 1
Arrival & First Fire
Land in the jungle, settle into your room, share the first meal. That night: your first fire circle on the land.
Day 2
Foundations
The philosophy and physics of the firewalk. Breathwork and energetic practice begin.
Day 3
The Walk
A full preparation arc — hours of raising energy together — and then you walk. And walk again.
Day 4
Fire-Tending & Safety
Building, tending, and reading a coal bed. Safety protocols, legal and permit knowledge, the instructor's responsibilities.
Day 5
Leading Others
You run the preparation. You hold the container. You lead your first walkers across — with Jim beside you.
Day 6
Certification & Celebration
Teaching manuals, certification, a final beach morning, and a closing celebration before departure.
Your Teacher
Jim “Wolf”
Founder of NadaGuru · Sundoor Master & Sakahan (Master Firewalk Instructor)
Jim built the conventional version of success — career, wealth, the world’s airports — and found it hollow. What followed was years of training in the practices that actually change people: breathwork, energetic work, shamanic practice, and fire.
As a Sundoor Master and Sakahan, Jim has prepared and led walkers across coals on multiple continents — including people who swore they never would (ask Marie, below). His courses are accredited by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM).
“You just raise your energy higher than that of the fire. Then you walk.”
Walkers
People who said never
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Me? Firewalk? Never! Or so I thought…until I met and got to know Jim. Ok, I said, if you say you can get me over those coals then I guess you can…no idea how, but I'm in! And I did it. I actually did it. Head strong me and I did it. Jim took us through a wonderful preparation time of 3 1/2 hours, during which we slowly raised our energy. He kept saying – you just raise your energy higher than that of the fire, then you walk. And walk we did. And walk I did. And not just once. What an experience! My energetic sensitivities have been elevated massively, and I know if I could do this, then what else can I do?!
— Marie Schlemm
The Tao of Chocolate
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I had not heard of firewalking until Jim talked to me about it when we were hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa… The change is real.
— Betty Drummond
Relief Veterinarian
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If ever you have the opportunity to do a firewalk DO IT! It was the most freeing, liberating, life changing experience I've ever had.
— Lisa Harris
Firewalker
All In
Everything, once you land
Full instructor certification
Sundoor-lineage firewalk instructor training with Jim “Wolf” — IPHM-accredited coursework.
5 nights at ZÁRIA
Private eco-retreat in the jungle above the ocean — pool, gardens, and the fire circle under open sky.
All meals
Fresh, locally sourced food prepared on site, every day.
Teaching manual & tools
The complete manual, empowerment tools, guided visualizations, and transformation tools to lead your own events.
Safety, legal & permits training
Everything an instructor needs to run firewalks responsibly and legally.
Airport transfers
Round-trip ground transport from Santo Domingo (SDQ) — arrive, and everything is handled.
Community for life
Ongoing access to the instructor community and workshop support after you certify.
The jungle itself
Waterfalls, ocean mornings, barefoot ground — a training environment the Lake District can't offer in March.
Not included: airfare and travel insurance. Fly into Santo Domingo (SDQ) — we handle the rest.
Your Place at the Fire
Reserve now
$2,997
all-inclusive · certification, lodging, meals, transfers
Payment plans available · enrollment opens at launch
Class size limited to 20 instructor candidates.
Questions
Before you walk
What is firewalking?+
Walking barefoot across a bed of glowing hardwood coals — a practice used for millennia across cultures as a rite of passage and a demonstration that your limits are further out than you believe. In this certification, you learn both to walk and to lead others across safely.
Do I have to walk?+
No. Nobody is ever pushed onto the coals. The preparation raises your energy to the place where walking becomes your own clear choice — and almost everyone chooses it.
Is it real fire?+
Yes. Real hardwood, burned down to a real coal bed glowing at over 1,000°F. That's precisely why crossing it changes people.
Do I walk through flames?+
No — you walk on embers, not through flame. The fire is burned down and raked into a coal bed before anyone walks.
Can I have a drink for courage?+
No. Alcohol and the fire don't mix — courage here comes from preparation, not a bottle. The bar opens for the celebration after certification.
How long is the certification?+
Six days, five nights, all on the ZÁRIA property. You'll be at the fire most evenings.
What about meals and lodging?+
Everything on site is included — your room, every meal, and round-trip transfers from Santo Domingo (SDQ).
What should I wear?+
Comfortable natural-fiber clothing you can move in. For the walk itself: bare feet and rolled-up hems. A packing list arrives after registration.
Questions about the venue or travel?
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