What If… Forgiveness?

We all carry a Pr*son inside us — the one that keeps our heart small, traps old pain, and insists things should have been different.

Forgiveness invites us to let go of the fantasy of a better past and finally face the regret, disappointment, and grief we’ve stored away for another time that we rarely make space for.. It confronts us with the familiar ways we tense our bodies to protect ourselves in service of a deeper surrender into the present and possibilities for the future. .

Forgiveness is so rare that we often forget it as an option for ourselves. Yet in a world caught in polarization, resentment, and vindictiveness, we need this reminder more than ever: forgiveness is not betrayal of our pain, but a way to unburden the heart so it can breathe again.

What If Forgiveness is a tender, experiential community workshop for anyone ready to soften, release, and re-open with the medicine of Forgiveness. Through guided somatic practices, gentle reflection, and relational exercises, we will explore what becomes possible when we meet the parts of ourselves that are ready to put down what they’ve been carrying. You will have opportunities to contemplate on your personal material as well as witness others in loving compassion.

You will walk away with a lighter, softer internal landscape, a clearer understanding of what forgiveness means for you, a sense of community and shared humanity and a seed of possibility for a different relationship with your past.

📆 When: Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 - from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Please arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 p.m. so we can begin at 7:00 p.m.

7:00 pm - Opening Circle and workshop

9:30 pm - Closing circle, sharing free flow connection time, wrapping up & goodnight!

📍 Where: HeartLab (3095 21st St, San Francisco)

The San Francisco Community Nights events are not commercial events; this is not a for-profit business. All contributions go to cover the venue rental and support the facilitator.

• Free Tickets. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact me, and I'll give you a free ticket.

• Please come with a ticket. We have a "no ticket, no entry" policy to ensure we have the correct number of people to fit the space.
• Last-minute tickets on the event day will start at $45 to encourage early commitment.

Meet Xuel

Xuel Sun is a bilingual psychotherapist, facilitator, and mystic with eight years of experience creating experiential healing workshops and community-based rituals. Her work weaves IFS, somatics, energy work, ecospirituality, archetypal work, Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy, and her lived experience as a neurodivergent multicultural empath. She guides people to reconnect with the parts of themselves they’ve silenced or exiled—anger, longing, power, softness—and reclaim a steadier sense of sovereignty and creativity. www.xuelsun.com

Meet Sophia

Sophia Zheng is an Embodiment Coach and Post Psychedelic Integration Coach, in addition to being a Circling/+ facilitator. She is trained through Co-Active Training Institute, Art of Accomplishment (Joe Hudson), Energy Mastery (Lynda Caesara), the Connection Institute, Realization Process (Judith Blackstone), STAGES International, among others. 

Sophia’s work cuts through the noise and dissolves old patterns of self-abandonment, guiding you back into profound self-trust and precise felt-sense alignment. Known for a presence that sees both your power and your tender edges, she lovingly invites you into unapologetic clarity, agency, and truth you can feel in your bones.

https://sophiasomatics.com/

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