Lotus Healing Seva Group Kenya has been conducting the Ho’oponopono Forgiveness Workshop every year since the last 3 years, for cancer patients, cancer survivors, their care givers and volunteers and therapists of Faraja Cancer Support Centre.
This year, the workshop was conducted by LHSG’s Founder Member Monica Gokaldas. Please read on for her account and do watch the pictures that follow. Thank you!
Kamal Tolia
Founder Member
Lotus Healing Seva Group
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On Wednesday 21st June, Faraja Cancer Support Kenya hosted a Forgiveness Workshop by LHSG at their premises on Sivachi Road, 1st Parklands in Nairobi. The Workshop commenced at 9am with the punctual arrival of most of the attendees (mainly cancer patients and their careers) who had previously registered for the same.
This was my first time to be conducting the Ho’oponopono Workshop for a group of people although I had in the past taught this Hawaiian forgiveness technique to people individually. From the 31 people who participated in the Workshop, some of them were attending for a second time.
The participants were all very interested and could carry out the forgiveness exercises quite well during the practical half of the morning. Some of them were quite interactive and spoke about the various sentiments that they experienced such as “feeling lighter”, “palpitations”, ” sadness” , ” liberated” etc. Some were quite impatient during the first half of the session as they wanted to know the actual technique rather than understanding the reasoning behind the importance of forgiveness.
It was interesting how the very people who were questioning so much before the practice session began actually turned grateful after having done the practice. Towards the end of the session before1 pm Monica Njeri and Deepu Mahajan came forward and spoke about their motivating experiences with Ho’oponopono which further added strength to the faith people were beginning to believe in this art of forgiveness.
I am thankful to Faraja for giving us the opportunity to conduct the workshop, and to Pratima Dutt, Grace Keiru and Shariffa Keshavjee who assisted me for this Seva. Above all I wish to express my gratitude to my Guru, Kamal Tolia for having faith in me that I could conduct the workshop.
Monica Gokaldas
Founder Member
Lotus Healing Seva Group
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Forgiveness
At Faraja, I sat with a group at the back. Almost like we had a joint question in our heart.
‘ When we lose a loved one, how do we understand it?’
So much was unsaid. So much guilt and grief.
Kamalji, our master was explaining how just saying
‘ I am sorry,
Please forgive me,
I love you and I thank you’
Can I release the person to love, and allow us to live in love and light.
As we practiced, we realised how loving, without reservation is the answer.
Forgiveness is key to a lighter heart.
We can be happy, we are not betraying the one who has passed on. We are allowing the soul to go into the light where it belongs.