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Using Regression for Past Life Recall

by June Kaminski, MSN PhD(c)

Past life regression is the induction of a hypnotic reverie where you relive pieces of relevant past lives. Usually regression is done with a trained hypnotist, savvy in the process of reviewing past lives for clearing, awareness and healing.

There are two main ways for discovering your past lives: the first is spontaneous self recall - you remember in snippets and transitory images during meditation and reverie or even during your daily activities. The second is past life regression, the induction of a hypnotic reverie where you relive pieces of relevant past lives. Usually regression is done with a trained hypnotist, savvy in the process of reviewing past lives for mental and emotional clearing and even physical awareness and healing. There are also ways that you can learn to participate in self directed regression, though this does pose some potential risk if very traumatic memories surface. It helps to have a guide there with you in case you need help in processing what you remember, so it's important to find a person you trust and who is emotionally stable

The Process of Regression

Practitioners of past life regression often use an individualized approach to the session. However, certain principles and practices are common to all regressions. The initial preparation is focused on making you comfortable to facilitate a peaceful and pleasant experience. First, the therapist will discuss your goals and thoughts about what you would like to get out of your session. Then, you will be encouraged to close your eyes and relax. Often guided imagery is used to help you to relax and sink into a deep alpha or delta brain wave state. This allows you to be more open to the images that come from your subconscious mind - the place where your past life memories are stored. Your subconscious holds millions and millions of memories, but only a select few can be of much use to you now. The trick is to access the ones that relate to your current life. This relaxation phase is achieved by gently guiding you using a relaxed evenly modulated voice. Once you are totally relaxed, your guide will begin to lead you into past life exploration. During this phase, you will be led to experience yourself in another time and place. You will be led through the various key incidents of that lifetime, focusing on unresolved emotions, problems and conflicts. This process takes up about half the session: the remainder is devoted to healing the effects of the negative thought-patterns, emotions and physical traumas that may have arisen during that life. Most regression sessions last from 90 minutes to two hours.

What will I experience?

Past life regression often elicits feelings of reexperience in people. You may actually feel like you are the person you were in a past life, during your session. You may feel that you have that body again or are with the people you knew in that lifetime. You may also see images in your mind - like movie pictures of your own past life. Some people receive other sensory sensations such as familar odors, sounds, tastes and environmental sensations such as textures, weather, social situations. The sensations you receive may be quite subtle or very vivid. Since the lives that do come to the surface are very pertinent to the challenges, talents, situations, companions and such that you have in this life, it is worthwhile to really pay attention to your experience. Usually, people do not lose touch with their current self during these sessions. You will more than likely still know you are you, undergoing a past life session. But this will be mingled with the feeling that you are another you, in another place and time as well.

Sometimes people reexperience trauma and pain from their past life. If this comes when you regress, try to relax and just go with it. If you become agitated or traumatized from it, the experience of recall will not fulfill it's purpose. If a trauma does come into your consciousness, it is significant to your life now. Believers of reincarnation know that we have all died many many times. You are not going to remember every death your soul has experienced. But you may experience one that is very important to you now. The role of the regression therapist is to help you remember the important situations and then process what you remember. Often, the simple process of recall is a big step forward to healing ailments, emotional scars and challenges that plague you in this life. We tend to repeat what we do not process.

What are the Benefits?

People elect to explore their past lives for a number of reasons. The most common is our need for self discovery and understanding. Regression therapists have successfully helped people regress and come to terms with several areas of themselves. Regression can help you become aware of:

Your present life purpose and plan
Your connection to your parents, siblings and other important relationships
The cause of your fears, feelings of guilt, anger, phobias
Past life memories that may be affecting your health
Past life talents, knowledge and abilities
Past life trauma and death experiences
Your between lives experiences
Connecting to your spiritual guides and deceased loved ones
Healing grief and loss
Understanding your attraction to certain lands, people, interests