A Signature Experiential Workshop​

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This workshop is born from a simple fact that most of us were never taught how to care for our emotions. We weren’t shown how to support ourselves when bigger emotions show up, or how unexpressed emotions can live on in the body as aches, tension, or fatigue.

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Befriending Emotions is a slow, gentle, and embodied workshop. It’s an invitation to learn how to listen to your system at your own pace, and in the presence of a small, supportive group.

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Workshop Details​

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Dates: April 2026 - 14th, 17th, 21st, 24th
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm IST
Duration: 4 days | 1.5 hours each
Mode: Online (via Zoom meetings)
Fees: ₹4,499
Group Size: Limited to 8 participants

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Why This Work Matters​

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Growing up, most of us learn how to relate to emotions through observation - by watching how our significant others responded to their own emotions and ours. When emotions are dismissed, suppressed, feared, or pushed aside, we often carry those same patterns forward, knowingly or unknowingly.

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Over time, parts of us that were hurt, overwhelmed, or not fully met may begin to take the lead, shaping how we react, protect ourselves, relate to others, and move through the world.

This workshop invites you to gently turn inward. To notice the different parts within you.
And to learn how to relate to them with more curiosity and care, rather than fixing or pushing them away.

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What Happens in the Workshop​

 

This is a purely experiential learning space. It is not therapy and is not a substitute for psychotherapy or crisis support.

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Across the sessions, we work with:

• guided meditations 

• gentle somatic and body awareness practices

• journaling and reflective writing

• simple creative expression (such as drawing or parts mapping)

• experiential exercises and group reflection

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A Gentle Overview of the Sessions:

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Day 1: Noticing Emotions
We begin by slowing down and noticing how emotions show up in the body and mind space. You’ll be introduced to the idea of parts (Internal Family Systems) and begin noticing what is present for you.

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Day 2: Understanding Emotions & Inherited Patterns
We explore how emotional patterns are shaped by family, culture, and lived experience. This includes understanding legacy burdens and how protectors operate in your system, while learning to listen to them safely.

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Day 3: From the Perspective of Self
We turn toward the experience of Self and Self-energy, noticing how it feels to relate to emotions and parts from a steadier, more spacious place.

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Day 4: Integration & Self Leadership
We focus on bringing this learning into daily life practicing Self-leadership, identifying personal anchors for regulation, and closing with integration and reflection.

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The Approach​

 

The structure of this workshop is grounded in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz, a modality I’m trained in and use extensively in my clinical as well as personal work.

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IFS understands emotions, sensations, and inner reactions as parts of an intelligent inner system, each carrying a positive intention often rooted in protection. Alongside IFS, the workshop gently integrates Indian cultural and ancestral contexts - the emotional patterns we inherit, the beliefs passed down culturally, and the resilience and wisdom that are part of our collective legacy.

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What Participants Often Take Away​

 

Participants often leave with:

• a clearer understanding of how emotions show up in the body and mind space

• language to recognise and relate to different inner parts

• greater compassion toward their emotional patterns

• practical tools to ground and regulate themselves when overwhelmed

• a sense of steadiness and Self-leadership in daily life

There is no promise of “fixing” emotions but only a gentler, more trusting relationship with them.

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Who This Is For​

 

This workshop is open to anyone who is:

• curious about their emotional world

• looking for a kinder, more compassionate way to relate to themselves

• interested in experiential learning rather than analysis

No prior experience with therapy, meditation, or IFS is required.

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If you have any questions or need more information before signing up, please reach out through the contact form.​