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What is regression?
Regression is
the experience of going back to an earlier time.
Past-life regression (PLR)
involves the re-experiencing of a previous lifetime.
Past-life therapy (PLT)
is PLR used for emotional and spiritual healing. PLT sessions
often include additional steps, such as visualizing healing
energies, contacting higher beings, or communicating with
past-life characters.
How
intense is the experience?
Regression can be a very
vivid and realistic experience involving two or more
of your senses (for example, vision, hearing, and physical
sensations). At other times, regression can be more subtle,
involving relatively vague images and feelings. Usually, you
can expect to access enough information to allow for an interesting
and useful experience.
Will
I re-live or recall a past life on my first try?
Many people
do enjoy a vivid experience the first time. Others
will typically get some impressions -- some images,
thoughts or feelings -- which can lead to a fuller past-life
experience in a later session.
What
is a typical regression session like?
Most regression
sessions include just two people: the client (or "experiencer")
and therapist (or "facilitator"). Typically, a session is
scheduled in advance, to last 1-1/2 hours. The session begins
with discussion, which is followed by regression. During these
individual sessions, the experiencer and facilitator talk
frequently about what is happening, so that guidance can be
tailored to the specific person and what he or she is experiencing
at the moment. These events are often highly emotional, so
the facilitator ideally will be a well-trained psychotherapist
who can help maximize the healing potential of these experiences.
Following the regression, some time is usually set aside to
"process" the experience, again to maximize its potential
benefits.
During
a past-life regression, will I experience only
the actual events of a past life?
These regressions can include any combination
of memory, imagination, and psychic experience. The "memory"
component can blend accurate recall of a specific past
life with other images -- for example, personal present-lifetime
memories, as well as memories of scenes from movies.
"Pure" recollection of past lives is not necessary
for healing and personal growth. Recent research reveals that
even present-lifetime memories are, to various degrees, frequently
mixed up with each other and distorted by emotions and attitudes.
Discovering the essence of the story which surfaces
during a regression, and at least a few important details
which help bring the story into focus, is most valuable.
Is
it possible to experience the between-life state, between
leaving one lifetime and being born into another?
Yes. This is a frequent occurrence in private regression
sessions, and
can be an extremely useful source of self-knowledge, inspiration
and healing.
For
an in-depth exploration of the between-life state, a more
extensive process of life-between-lives
(LBL) regression can be very useful.
More
articles on past lives in this web site:
Reincarnation: Main Ideas (reincarnation.htm)
Remembering
Your Past Lives (yourpastlives.htm)

Article
on life between lives (LBL) in this website:
Life Between Lives (lifebetweenlives.htm) 
More
information:
For
more information, see
the Links page
on this web site. Several of the sites linked here have past-life
therapists listed on line. Brian Weiss's organization will
send you a list of local practitioners if you request this
by e-mail.
Alternatively, you can contact
me at DrLGreenberg@aol.com
or (212) 501-3707 (New York City).
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