Class 01
The dynamics of forgiveness
The Forgiveness Course · 2026
When forgiveness feels impossible…
come anyway.
Honoring what the words alone never reached.
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When we gather
Coming in Fall 2026.
Each session is 90 minutes, live on Zoom. Exact dates and times announced soon.
Class 02
Forgiving others
Class 03
Forgiving self
Class 04
Forgiving separation
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Every class is recorded and posted within 24 hours. Every participant receives lifetime access to the replays — included, no extra cost, no expiry. Watch each session on your own schedule, as many times as you wish.
The opening
You've tried to let it go.
It hasn't worked.
At some point, every one of us has carried something that wouldn't move. A wound someone gave us. A wound we gave someone else. Resentment that returned each morning before we were even awake. Guilt that lived in the body long after the mind had finished the story.
You've probably tried to let it go. You've read the books. Said the words. Decided to forgive.
And underneath, something stayed.
Forgiveness is not a decision. It is a doorway — but it can only open from one side, and the body holds the key.
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Why this course is different
Most forgiveness work asks you to let go before you've fully arrived.
To say the words. To choose. To release because you've been told it's good for you.
If forgiveness were a thought, that would be enough.
But forgiveness lives where the rage lives, where the grief lives, where the shame lives — and these don't speak the language of decisions. They speak the language of the body.
This course honors the pain first. Sounds it. Gives it back where it belongs. And then — only then — forgiveness has room to arrive on its own. Not as something you forced. As something that became possible.
The arc of the four classes
Forgiveness moves in three directions. Most courses work on one.
01
Forgiving others
What was done to you, or to those you love. Not condoning — naming. The pain is acknowledged, sounded, and given back to the system it came from.
02
Forgiving self
What you've done, or what you believe you've done. The shame, the guilt, the I am unforgivable. Met not with absolution but with sound.
03
Forgiving separation
The deepest layer. The recognition — embodied, not believed — that the premise that wrong was ever done arises from the dream of separation. You cannot reach this by skipping ahead. Only by walking through the first two. You can't skip to the love. But it's there.
— This is the arc of the four classes —
Ho'oponopono, met with sound
Four phrases. One ancient practice.
A new way to meet them.
I'm sorry. Please forgive me.
Thank you. I love you.
Four phrases from Hawaiian ho'oponopono. Repeated by millions, often as mantra. Powerful in their simplicity. In this course, we don't only say them.
We sound them.
Because the body has its own version of each.
I'm sorry
The grief that was never allowed to flow
Please forgive me
The surrender of being right
Thank you
The gratefulness that arises when the system has finally been heard
I love you
The love under everything — met as direct experience, not belief — in its own time
Each phrase becomes a doorway. Sounding is the key.
The mind says forgiven. The body says not yet.
— On the work of sounding
- You're stuck in bitterness, resentment, blame, or guilt
- You've tried to "just let it go" — but it doesn't really work
- You long to return to gratefulness, but don't know how
- You're caught in a harsh inner voice: I'm not good enough. I'm unlovable. I'm a fake.
- You find yourself in repetitive patterns of negativity and blame
- You feel like the world is against you
- You're holding rage or resentment toward someone
- You feel unforgivable — unable to connect with your own goodness and worthiness
- You're standing outside the sanctuary of grace, watching others walk in… but you can't seem to enter
- You carry a fear of being punished by God, or feel stuck in shame from religious conditioning
- You're still healing from church trauma or spiritual wounds
- You live in your thoughts, but don't know how to change it
- You want to forgive, to reconcile, to come home to yourself — and you need guidance, tools, and your body alongside you
The course at a glance
The Forgiveness Course
A short, focused live course online with Daniela Hess and Jacob Vermeulen.
- Four 90-minute live sessions on Zoom
- Lifetime access to all replays — included for every participant
- Teachings, somatic practices, guided journeys
- Coming in Fall 2026 · exact dates announced soon
The four classes
A 4-class arc, designed to walk you through.
01
Class one
The dynamics of forgiveness — and why it usually fails
- The foundational dynamics of forgiveness and gratefulness
- The 5 core soul wounds — and how they shape what we can and cannot forgive
- Why just let it go doesn't work, and what does
- Introduction to the four phrases of ho’oponopono — and to sounding as the somatic key
02
Class two
Forgiving others
- Working with the people who've hurt you
- Naming the pain without condoning the act
- The constellation principle: giving back what was never yours to carry
- Sounding the unforgiveness until it can move
03
Class three
Forgiving self
- The exile within: shame, guilt, and the belief of being unforgivable
- Meeting the parts of self that have been disowned
- Self-compassion as embodied practice — not a phrase repeated until it sounds true
- Meeting the inner critic with sound
04
Class four
Forgiving separation — and what's underneath
- The third layer: the recognition that there was nothing to forgive
- Why this can only be felt after Layers 1 and 2 — and why skipping ahead produces only fragile peace
- Gratefulness as embodied arrival, not gratitude as performance
- Anchoring the practice in daily life
From those who have walked it
What others have said.
Truly exceptional teaching
What I received went beyond technique. There's something rare in how the work meets the body before it asks the mind to agree. I left changed in ways I'm still discovering.
Dr. Karen Evans Chiropractor & Reiki Master, USA
Graceful and potent presence
Daniela holds a room the way a candle holds a flame — quietly, but everything orients around it. The forgiveness work she guides is gentle and unflinching at once.
Rachel L. Therapist, USA
A new layer of connection and awareness
The somatic dimension changed everything. I had done forgiveness work for years and thought I understood it. This was a different floor of the same house.
Gwenola Emilia Enciu Psychotherapist, Romania
A master at holding space
Daniela offers something the wellness world has mostly forgotten — the willingness to sit with what hurts, without rushing it forward. I trust her completely.
Leila H. Artist, Canada
Inspiring and magical experience
I came skeptical and left with my chest open. Sounding sounds strange until you do it. Then it sounds like the only thing that ever made sense.
Simone Pugh Great Britain
Wise, heartfelt, and embodied
Daniela teaches forgiveness the way someone teaches you to walk again — patiently, with attention to the smallest movement. Nothing is forced. Everything lands.
Miguel Ortiz Coach & Facilitator, Mexico
Jacob's gift to humanity
The voice he calls forward in others is not his — it is theirs. I have never met a space holder so willing to disappear so the work can happen.
Olena Ukraine
Revolutionary yet ancient
What surprised me was how old it felt. Not a new method — a forgotten one. Daniela makes the ancient feel immediate. I will sit with her again and again.
Taro Yamamoto Meditation Guide, Japan
Your guides
Two voices. One room.
Daniela Hess
Educational & spiritual mentor
Daniela has served as an educational and spiritual mentor to thousands of students and clients, and has guided forgiveness work — in groups and one-to-one — for twenty-five years. Insightful, compassionate, unhurried.
Jacob Vermeulen
Founder, Somatic Vocal Healing
Jacob is the founder of Somatic Vocal Healing — a method that uses intentional sound-making — no singing or chanting needed — to reach and acknowledge what the body has been holding beyond words. He has guided thousands of students worldwide through deep inner healing, blending the psychology of emotional wellbeing with spirituality. A pianist and singer, Jacob has spent years exploring the profound healing capacity of the human voice, and now leads workshops, retreats, and certification programs across Europe and South Africa, serving clients globally.
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- Teachings, somatic practices, journeys
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Questions
Before you arrive.
When does the course run?
The Forgiveness Course returns in Fall 2026. It runs as four 90-minute live sessions on Zoom — you can see the four-session arc at the top of this page.
The exact dates and times are still being set. Once they're confirmed, everyone registered will be the first to hear.
Are there replays?
Yes — every participant receives lifetime access to the replays.
Recordings are posted within 24 hours of each live class, and they're yours to keep and revisit — no expiry, no extra cost. Whether you join every session live, some of them, or none, you receive the full course.
Is this course for me?
If you're carrying unresolved pain — toward others or yourself — and you're ready to approach it with honesty and care, this course will welcome you exactly as you are. No prior experience with sounding or forgiveness work is required.
Do I need a spiritual or religious background?
No. The course is open to all belief systems. We draw from diverse sources — including the Enneagram, ho'oponopono, and A Course in Miracles — but no prior knowledge or affiliation is needed.
Is this course about forgiving others or forgiving myself?
Both. And, as the work deepens, a third layer emerges — the forgiveness of separation itself. We move through all three, in their natural order.
What is Somatic Vocal Healing?
Somatic Vocal Healing is a practice founded by Jacob Vermeulen. It uses intentional sound-making — no singing, chanting, or breathwork required — to reach and acknowledge what the body holds beyond words. In this course, sounding becomes the somatic key that allows forgiveness to move from idea to lived experience.
Will I have to make sounds out loud in front of everyone?
No. The voice will never force you — and neither will we. You can stay muted while you sound. Soft counts; soft often counts double; a hum is a complete practice. Cameras are warmly invited, never required.
Is this therapy?
No — and it doesn't replace it. It remains valuable to have regular sessions with someone who knows you and you trust. If you're in an acutely raw moment — a fresh loss, a time when everything feels unsteady — write to us before registering and we'll think it through with you honestly.