Healing Your Life with Past Life Regression

By Deborah Ferris MA, M.Ht.

Going back in time to heal yourself and to gain lessons from the past, especially when we are talking past lives, might sound weird or even sacrilegious to some.

Yet many people do choose to explore past life regression and some even spontaneously experience past lives.

What is past life regression?

This is a regression into your past that goes beyond this life time. Whether or not you believe in reincarnation and past lives doesn’t really matter. You may think that what happens during a regression into the past life is just your imagination or a fantasy. However, a past life regressionist such as Dr. Brian Weiss, who is also a trained MD and psychotherapist, has discovered after working with thousands of patients that this is a very healing process for those who undergo this type of work.

Regression therapy can be used to cure unexplained fears and phobias that originated in earlier incarnations. It can also be healing to bring back memories and wisdom from earlier times that can help you to live this life to the best of your ability. You can find yourself following a spiritual path and experiencing more joy and peace. You can also re-capture happy times from your previous lives as well.

Sometimes people who have been skeptics later become convinced in past lives. For instance, a Methodist Minister, the late Arthur Winkler, Ph.D., had a Jewish client spontaneously go into a past life as a Christian. Minster Winkler then went on to regress thousands of clients and came to believe that many of them were valid.

Some people feel that past lives are metaphors from the subconscious to help people change and that regression work is valid and helpful taken from

that perspective. Certainly the subconscious is the window to the past as it holds all of our permanent memories.

How do you go into past life regression?

As a hypnotherapist, I help you to relax and then go into hypnosis. Once you are in hypnosis I help guide you back through your current life to earlier times in this life and then through the blue mist (the Bardo state) and into a past life or lives.

These sessions can range from about 1.5 – 2 hours long and are taped so that you take the tape with you when you finish your session. You can re-play the tape at home for further reflection and understanding as you continue to process this exploration into your past. You can experience one or two lifetimes during one session.

It is also possible to go into past lives through meditation, dreams or even when you are very relaxed during a Reiki or massage session. Sometimes you can receive snippets of a past life rather than a more detailed or vivid event.

Will I remember my past lives?

Sometimes people do not remember a past life the first time or even the second time they are regressed. They may be anxious about the session and trying too hard. You can still benefit from the sessions particularly if you have fears or phobias, anxiety or panic attacks that originate in earlier times.

While the specific memories may not come to you, you can learn how to control your breathing and muscles so that whenever you feel that anxiety or panic is arising you then slow down you breathing and take control of the muscles.

The best thing is to just allow yourself to relax and to flow with the experience and your story will unfold. In fact, you will be asked specific questions while you are experiencing your past life and you will be able to speak about what is happening to you.

Other Benefits

If you remember past life events, then you come to realize that you are a spiritual being and that your spirit or soul never dies. This can be comforting to know.

You may find that you have a shift in your values. You may discover you have more love, peace and joy in your life as you live from your soul’s purpose.

CBC TV program on Past Lives

In 2003 the CBC did a program on Past Lives where three people were regressed by Dr. Georgina Canon, with the Ontario Hypnosis Centre.

The CBC followed these people to help them to track down information to prove that they had lived before.

These individuals discovered many facts and experienced intense feelings that convinced them that they had indeed lived at earlier times in other lives and even in other countries.

The program did not prove or disprove past lives but left it up to the viewer to decide for themselves. In the minds of the people who were regressed, they felt that they had lived before this incarnation.

What else happens during a regression?

You will ask your soul’s permission before you begin the regression to ensure that this is appropriate for you at this time. Your heart will give you a yes or no answer. You can also bring in any guides, angels or the God of your belief to be with you in this healing work.

Your subconscious mind will also be asked about the purpose of this life and what learnings you can bring from this particular experience to help you with your current life.

You will experience a significant event that occurred in that life as well as your death experience. As you experience the past life death, you will rise above the situation so you can experience it in a gentle way.

You can also experience a happy event in that time period. As well, you can release physical or emotional problems that have been carried over into the present time, such as migraines, panic attacks, anxiety and sadness.

Why do you want to experience a past life?

Are you curious and want to know more about yourself? Do you imagine that you might be some important historical person? The majority of people discover they lived simple lives and yet the experience is very moving for

them.

Perhaps you really want to know what your purpose is here in this lifetime.

Maybe you need to seek forgiveness and this is one way of going back to the source of the deed that was done. Every regression includes opportunities for forgiveness for yourself and others.

Sometimes people have recurring dreams and they wish to better understand the dreams through past life regression. Some people feel an affinity to certain historical periods or particular places that they can’t explain and that causes them to seek out a regression into their past.

Understanding your regression

When you come out of the regression and back to the present, you will have an opportunity to speak about the experience and to evaluate it. It’s important to know that you can apply the wisdom to your life now and to know what steps you need to take to make a difference in your life.

You need to give yourself quiet time after the regression to continue to process it on your own. So it’s a good idea to make sure that you don’t plan to do something really hectic or stressful following a past life regression session.

Regression work is really about learning more about yourself and realizing that we are all on a spiritual journey and we are all interconnected. Once we explore a few past lives we can see patterns and themes that can help us act in more loving and wise ways.

Deborah Ferris is a Certified Past Life Therapist, a Reiki Master/Teacher and a Meditation Teacher. She also is a Certified Erickonian Hypnotherapist and a Psychotherapist. Call (519) 688-9282 to book a Past Life Regression.