| When people find out that I am a hypnotherapist, they | | | | matter what they were. I do know that the |
| often ask if I can help them access their past lives. | | | | subconscious part of the mind is very creative, and |
| "Maybe" is all I can reply. I have been a clinical | | | | more than capable of making these sorts of details up, |
| hypnotherapist for several years now, and have | | | | without any conscious effort at all. However I was still |
| performed past life regressions on numerous | | | | a little intrigued. |
| occasions. I have even experienced one myself. | | | | I was then took to the point just before dying in that |
| However I am yet to be convinced that hypnosis can | | | | life. I remember lying on the forest floor with a wound |
| actually helps us remember a 'real' past life experience. | | | | to my right shoulder, slowly dying. I knew I was dying, |
| What I notice about most people's details of their past | | | | but was in no pain. I realized that I had been attacked |
| lives is that the information usually comes straight from | | | | by some animal that had horns or antlers, although I did |
| a history book. The details are usually things that are | | | | not see this happen. As I led there staring up at the |
| widely known. They may have been a soldier in the | | | | trees, I felt a sense of loneliness. I was dying on my |
| battle of Hastings, or painted pictures of Henry VIII. I | | | | own, without anyone to comfort me. I knew my family |
| have never heard people talk in foreign languages that | | | | were not far away, but I could not go to them for |
| were unknown to them, or different accents. I have | | | | comfort. This made me feel a tinge of sadness. |
| never seen anyone demonstrate any 'lost' skills that | | | | When I woke up, I was fairly convinced that I had |
| they had in a past life. | | | | experienced some memories from a past life of mine. |
| Despite these warnings, people are still intrigued. In my | | | | It was so vivid, and so emotional. However as time |
| mind the jury is still out as to whether we even have | | | | passed, I became more sceptical, thinking that it is very |
| past lives. Many think that we do, which they are | | | | possible that it was all fabricated by my subconscious |
| perfectly entitled to believe. I understand that to these | | | | mind, in order to satisfy what was expected of me |
| people, they will see hypnosis as a possible way of | | | | during the session. This is very possible, but who |
| assessing this missing time on earth, which can be | | | | knows? |
| comforting and therapeutic. | | | | I cannot say for sure whether hypnosis can help you |
| I experienced a past life regression several years ago. | | | | access a past life, or even that we have had a past |
| This was during my training as a clinical hypnotherapist. | | | | life. Perhaps this does not really matter. It was a |
| After being guided into trance, I was regressed | | | | worthwhile experience. I somehow felt a little wiser |
| backwards through my life, making me younger and | | | | because of this. I remembered how lonely I felt as I |
| younger. Eventually I was regressed back further, to a | | | | stared upwards from the forest floor, yearning for the |
| point before I was born. | | | | comfort of my family. This made me realize how |
| I recalled being a hunter gatherer in a forest, providing | | | | precious people in your life are, and how I should not |
| for my family. I remember being aware of sporting a | | | | take people for granted. The experience of being a |
| beard, and using a wooden spear, and bow and arrow. | | | | bearded hunter taught me this lesson several years |
| It was all very Robin Hood, but did seem quite 'real' at | | | | ago, which I will never forget. To this day I bear this in |
| the time. I did not have to put any effort into these | | | | mind, and I am grateful to him whoever or whatever |
| details, they just flowed into my mind. I simply relaxed | | | | he is. |
| my mind, and allowed these thought to come, no | | | | |