New Year’s Day Fire Ceremony at Kehoe Beach

Manifest the 2026 of your dreams

Are you brave enough to dream big for 2026?Do you have the fortitude to release long held beliefs and ideas that limit your possibility?

The new year offers a natural threshold for this work. As the darkness of the winter solstice recedes and each day grows brighter, it’s time to sow the vision for what wants to emerge in the year ahead.

For the past 15 years, I’ve gone to Kehoe Beach on New Year’s Day to mark this transition in one of the most beautiful natural places in the world. It’s a day to slow down, breathe in the clean ocean air, connect with good people, and intentionally create a vision for the year ahead.

With so much transformation and uncertainty in the world, it feels more important than ever to pause, listen inwardly, and ground a clear intention for the life and world we’re here to create.

With that intention, my wife Dawn and I are opening up our annual New Year’s Day beach gathering to the wider community. We’re inviting you to join us for a manifestation ritual, shared food and drink, a bonfire, and a meaningful day of connection by the ocean.

This Gathering Is For You If:

• You want to intentionally manifest the year ahead rather than rush into it
  
• You feel the call to manifest a better 2026 in health, wealth and relationships
  
• You value nature, ritual, and authentic human connection
  
• You want to supercharge how you feel for 2026

No prior experience with meditation or spiritual practices is required, just an open heart and a willingness to reflect.

The Manifestation Ritual

At the heart of the day is a guided manifestation exercise to embody the vision you want for 2026 and to release any old patterns that no longer serve you. After you register, you’ll receive a short packet of prompts and questions to help you prepare. We will ask you to take some time to visualize what you want to accomplish in 2026 and what that feels like. We will also ask you to do a releasing exercise to let go of old beliefs, stories or fears. Then we will give you an exercise to radiate the new freer energy for the life you are meant to live in 2026.

Each of us is a powerful co-creator with life, often more than we realize. The year ahead is an opportunity to consciously shape your health, relationships, work, purpose, and contribution to creating the more beautiful world we are meant to build together.

The questions we send you will be optional and we will guide you through a visioning practice on the day of the event.

Schedule

12:00–2:30 PM — Arrive at the beach, settle in, connect, play games, walk, relax, and share food
2:30–3:45 PM — Guided Manifestation Ritual
3:45 PM — Optional New Year’s ocean plunge (invigorating and optional)
4:30–5:30 PM — Bonfire, reflection, and sunset
6:00 PM — Walk back to the cars

Here is a link to get to Kehoe Beach. It is about 1.5 hours drive from San Francisco and the East Bay. After you register we will send you more information about how to find our meeting site on the beach.

Food & Community

This is a relaxed, communal day. Please bring food and drinks for yourself and something to share if you’re able. After you register, we’ll send a Google Sheet to coordinate potluck items.

Cost

By donation.All donations will support Agape Bay Area Spiritual Center and OneForward, nonprofit organizations dedicated to healing, awakening, and empowerment in our local community. Charlie will share a bit more about OneForward during the gathering.

Weather

We’ll be there as long as it’s not raining. If rain is forecast, the event will be canceled and all registered participants will be notified.

What to Bring

• A journal or notebook
• A piece of firewood for the fire
• Food and drinks for yourself (and to share, if you’d like)
• Warm layers (windproof jacket recommended)
• A warm hat and sunscreen
• Bathing suit and towel (if you plan to do the ocean plunge)
• A backpack to carry everything
  

About Your Hosts

Charlie Rebich is a longtime spiritual coach and meditation teacher who has guided individuals, groups, corporate teams, and leaders in meditation and manifestation practices.

Dawn Preisendorf is a spiritual practitioner at Agape Bay Area and a holistic, functional medicine nutritionist.

As a married couple, we’re dedicated to spiritual awakening, embodied well-being, and living lives rooted in meaning, love, and service. We live in Oakland with our dog Riley—who will also be joining us at the beach.