The first emotional healing workshop I conducted was almost by accident. I was teaching a meditation class when one student broke down during a guided session. She had been carrying grief from her mother’s death for seven years — unprocessed, unspoken, buried under daily responsibilities. That evening, we spent extra time with EFT and Ho’oponopono, and she left looking lighter than I had ever seen her.
After that, emotional healing became a core part of what we do at Hem’s Academy.
Why emotional healing matters
In Assam, we are good at many things. We are good at hospitality, at community, at celebrating Bihu with full hearts. But we are not always good at talking about our pain. Cultural norms often tell us to be strong, to not burden others, to move on.
The problem is that unprocessed emotions do not disappear. They sit in the body as tension, as illness, as irritability, as sleeplessness. I have seen people in Dibrugarh with chronic back pain that no doctor could explain, only to discover years of suppressed anger in their lower back.
What we cover in our workshops
Our workshops at Hem’s Academy typically span a full day and include:
- EFT Tapping sessions — working through specific emotional charges using meridian points. If you are new to this, read my EFT beginner’s guide.
- Ho’oponopono practice — the Hawaiian healing method of repentance, forgiveness, gratitude, and love. I have written about this in my Ho’oponopono post.
- Guided meditation — deep relaxation and visualisation to access subconscious patterns
- Group sharing — voluntary, in a safe circle, where participants can voice what they are releasing
What participants say
I do not like to boast, but I will share what a participant from Jorhat told me after a recent workshop: “I came here thinking this was nonsense. I left feeling like I had put down a bag I did not know I was carrying.” That sentence captures what emotional healing does.
Another participant, a school teacher from Tezpur, said she finally forgave her father after carrying resentment for twenty years. She used the Ho’oponopono technique we practised, and something shifted. Not overnight, but the process had begun.
Is this for you?
If you have been feeling stuck, heavy, anxious for no clear reason, or emotionally numb, an emotional healing workshop might help. You do not need to have a “big trauma” — sometimes the small, everyday hurts accumulate into something significant.
For more on forgiveness specifically, see my post on forgiveness and healing. For ongoing daily practice, the Ho’oponopono daily practice guide is a good starting point.
Check Hem’s Academy for upcoming workshop dates. We hold sessions across Assam, and sometimes in Guwahati and Shillong as well.
