Burning Man Pictures – Healing Foot Wash at Burning Man https://healingfootwash.org 2024 Location: 2:30 & E – Burning Man Theme Camp since 2013 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:32:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://healingfootwash.org/files/2018/06/cropped-3x3_banner-sm-32x32.jpg Burning Man Pictures – Healing Foot Wash at Burning Man https://healingfootwash.org 32 32 92936638 Gabriel’s 2016 Healing Foot Wash Burning Man Theme Camp photos https://healingfootwash.org/gabriels-2016-healing-foot-wash-burning-man-theme-camp-photos/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:09:26 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=318 This was our 4th year bringing the Healing Foot Wash camp to Burning Man. We had a great team this year and welcomed an estimated 1400-1800 people to our camp to participate in foot washing. Once again, people were moved and touched to be offered both the gift of having their own feet washed as well as the option to give that same gift to another visiting person. We were fully packed during our open hours from 9:30am – 5:00pm, Monday through the Saturday morning before the Burn. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

These are Gabriel’s photos from this year’s camp.

Thursday, August 25 — Packing the truck

Friday, August 26 — Fully packed and ready to roll!

Saturday, August 27 — Building camp

Monday, August 29 — Prepped and ready for visitors

Tuesday, August 30 — Foot washing in full effect, exploring Burning Man

2016 Healing Foot Wash Anna Lisa

Wednesday, August 31 — Bacon, zip lines, lines at our camp

Healing Foot Wash Burning Man Theme Camp

Thursday, September 1 — Dust storms and a moment of relaxation

Friday, September 2 — Catacombs burn at sunrise, giant Buddha hand art car and a beautiful sunset!

Saturday, September 3 — Exploring the playa – awesome lighthouse, giant crows, temple and Space Whale!

Monday, September 5 – Tuesday, September 6 – Strike camp, head home, unpack!

]]> 318 Anna Lisa’s pictures and thoughts from 2015 Healing Foot Wash at Burning Man https://healingfootwash.org/anna-lisas-pictures-and-thoughts-from-2015-healing-foot-wash-at-burning-man/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:39:23 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=255 Each of my three years at Burning Man has been a different experience, each with different challenges and opportunities.  2013 was a year of just getting out there in that dusty, vibrating, lively place, learning that by our kind acts and loving embrace of all came by, we were living Church in an unchurchy place.  Finding a spot at the outer fringes of the Black Rock City, we washed perhaps about 100 pairs of feet, and gave away a lot of copies of Science and Health, the textbook on healing spiritually, by Mary Baker Eddy.  In 2014, we applied for and received “placement”, meaning our camp was recognized as being of sufficient value to have a designated spot.  We were placed close to some big sound camps, and across from the Spank Bank… and interesting answer to prayer about where to be placed!  Embracing the opportunity, we continued to wash feet to the amazement of many, sharing with folks who were interested what moved us to do so.  We probably washed at least 300 pairs.  In 2015, we were placed near the heart of the Center Camp neighborhood, and found people were both delighted and grateful for clean feet, and generally accepted the invitation to wash their neighbor’s feet.  Giving them that opportunity proved a surprising and very enriching gift for many.  Each day, all 16 chairs were occupied most of the day, with folks waiting (patiently) for their turn. We estimate that well over 1,000 folks had their feet washed.  Most of those 1,000 stayed to wash someone else’s feet.  Here are a few moments from my 2015 week.

A cross in the sky as we arrived Cheerful dust as we get unpacking ]]> 255 Healing Foot Wash camp at Burning Man 2015 https://healingfootwash.org/healing-foot-wash-camp-at-burning-man-2015/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:06:08 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=211 Some more pictures from our time at Burning Man 2015. Over a thousand people had their feet washed and also had the opportunity to give the gift of washing feet at Burning Man this year. A lot of work and a great success!

Healing Foot Wash Healing Foot Wash Gathering in the shade Maybe a little more sunscreen next year? Hanging out with our neighbors Healing Foot Wash camp Healing Foot Wash camp Healing Foot Wash group photo View from the top of the shade structure Taking down the shade structure Happy Burner View from the top of the shade structure The high winds broke the ropes holding the flag to the pole Playing on a crazy rope bridge Black Rock City Burner bikes The Man is burning The Man getting ready to be burnt The Man getting ready to be burnt Burning Man latte art Now that's a camper! On the way back to the default world ]]> 211 Arrived to 40-50 MPH windstorms, setting up our Burning Man theme camp https://healingfootwash.org/arrived-to-40-50-mph-windstorms-setting-up-our-burning-man-theme-camp/ Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:47:22 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=182 We finally arrived and were warned at Greeters that there were 40-50 MPH wind storm gusts predicted for that evening, so batten everything down that we didn’t want to blow away. We would have multiple white-out windstorms over the next couple of setup days but made the best of it and had a great time getting everything setup for our Healing Foot Wash camp.

Kind of dusty!

Kind of dusty!

Goggles and face masks came in handy

Goggles and face masks came in handy

Starting to build out our shade structure

Starting to build out our shade structure

Pretty hair

Pretty hair

Pretty hair

Pretty hair

Dusty tents

Dusty tents

Carol hammering in rebar in the wind storm

Carol hammering in rebar in the wind storm

Core of the shade structure is erected

Core of the shade structure is erected

First part of the shade cloth assembled

First part of the shade cloth assembled

Working on prepping shade cloth

Working on prepping shade cloth

Waiting out a white-out dust storm at Burning Man

Waiting out a white-out dust storm at Burning Man

White out!

White out!

Happy campers

Happy campers

Shade structure coming together!

Shade structure coming together!

Pausing for some rest

Pausing for some rest

Foot wash station chairs setup

Foot wash station chairs setup

Working on setting up

Working on setting up

Happy campers

Happy campers

Happy campers

Happy campers

Dust storm left a lot of dust!

Dust storm left a lot of dust!

Dusty sleeping bags inside of tent

Dusty sleeping bags inside of tent

Dust storm left a lot of dust!

Dust storm left a lot of dust!

Hanging out after everything is setup

Hanging out after everything is setup

Healing Foot Wash camp setup!

Healing Foot Wash camp setup! – “But do you have a flag?”

Healing Foot Wash camp setup!

Healing Foot Wash camp setup!

]]> 182 From Reno to Black Rock City, on our way! https://healingfootwash.org/from-reno-to-black-rock-city-on-our-way/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:38:03 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=162 We finally made it to the playa and then proceeded to wait in line (even though we’re Early Arrival there are still thousands of folks also waiting to get in even though it’s 2 days before public entry).

It's been a long drive Off the main road now! Welcome to Black Rock City! Beautiful sky awaits us Heading in Beautiful rock formation glinting in the sun Waiting in line to get into BRC Trusty Previa Entering Black Rock City Entering Black Rock City Waiting in line Still pretty clean, not too much dust (yet!) Waiting in line to get in Waiting in line to get in Beautiful sunset at Black Rock City 2015 Still in line, it's night time now Made it past greeters! ]]> 162 And we’re rolling! On our way to Reno… https://healingfootwash.org/and-were-rolling-on-our-way-to-reno/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:51:27 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=154 Visiting our friends in Reno where we’ll fill up our water barrels on our way to Burning Man 2015!

Visiting with our friends in Reno

Mark and Rachel happy to be on our way!

Rest area on the way to Reno

Filling up our water barrels

All packed up again, ready to roll

Rolling out!

]]> 154 Heading to Burning Man – Packing our rental truck! https://healingfootwash.org/heading-to-burning-man-packing-our-rental-truck/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:45:28 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=147 We rented our truck from the good folks at Doherty Truck Rentals again this year. Packed and ready to roll!

Click to view slideshow. ]]> 147 Evapotron update – all assembled and spinning! https://healingfootwash.org/evapotron-update-all-assembled-and-spinning/ Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:37:13 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=140 Working on evapotron Working on evapotron Working on evapotron Working on evapotron Working on evapotron

]]> 140 Working on our evapotron https://healingfootwash.org/working-on-our-evapotron/ Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:24:24 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=126 Washing feet at Burning Man results in some gray water that needs to be evaporated or brought back home.  We’ve been working on building an evapotron to help evaporate water while we’re on the playa.  Mark, Rachel and Anna Lisa did a great job on this!

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

Building evapotron

]]> 126 Moving out of the Berkeley CSO to our new storage location https://healingfootwash.org/moving-out-of-the-berkeley-cso-to-our-new-storage-location/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:00:32 +0000 https://healingfootwash.org/?p=113 We were asked to move our Burning Man theme camp stuff out of the Berkeley CSO basement and storage space.  It was a good opportunity to consolidate and find a new home for our infrastructure.

Starting the clean-out process Loading the truck Loading the truck Our bike rack ends Loading the truck Loading the truck Loading the truck Moving truck loaded, ready to go! All cleaned out! Stuff loaded into new storage location ]]> 113