What to expect in a PLR session (Past Life Regression)
What to expect in (and from) a PLR session
The process begins with ...
1. You send me some dates and times (and time zone!) you are available for a session on my contact form.
2. I reply with the nearest available appointment date and time
3. The session bookings are confirmed when payment is received. Payment can be made here.
4. We conduct the session via phone or computer using Zoom.
I'll send you a Zoom invitation if, obviously, we are having the session over Zoom.
*** Please note: If we are using Zoom on your computer, you will need to wear a headset or microphone. This is because people tend to speak quietly under hypnosis, and you wearing microphone makes it much easier for me to hear you.
(FYI We can use phone for NZ or Australia if you prefer, however I think Zoom will reliably give better quality audio for international sessions.)
3. The session itself starts with some discussions round what you are hoping to get from the sessions.
Some people are just curious about past life regression. Others are seeking answers to dilemmas or recurring issues in their current life.
4. Then there's a relaxing guided visualization.
This is to help you get into a light hypnotized state. This is therapeutic in itself but also helps your conscious mind relax and allows you to access your subconscious mind.
People who've never been hypnotized before can feel a bit anxious about hypnosis. However, despite how hypnosis is often (unhelpfully) portrayed in stage shows, you remain in complete control and can exit the hypnosis at any time you wish. Really, it's just a pleasant feeling of deep relaxation. In fact some people consider it meditation, rather than hypnosis.
5. Then we go through the past life regression.
I'll guide you through the process and ask me to tell me what you see or feel.
There is no danger of anything unpleasant. If something comes up that you'd prefer not to experience, you can choose to detach and simply observe the event without any unpleasant feelings - or you can exit the hypnosis if you prefer.
6. I guide you out of the hypnosis.
7. Finally, the debrief
We discussed what you experienced. What images and sensations may have been literal and which symbolic, and they relates to your current life.
WHAT WILL I SEE DURING A PAST LIFE REGRESSION (PLR)?
I've found people tend to have two main types of experiences.
One is a vivid, intense, 'being there' experience - it feels like you are reliving your past life.
Another type is seeing colors or 'impressions' rather than clear 'visuals.' This can be a more subtle experience, but I find when we discuss the meanings of those colors or impressions, we find the answers the clients were looking for.
Another common type of past life regression feels like a story line. This feels like you are just making it up as you go along. However, it's all a product of our minds and therefore it's all useful. These are the types I tend to experience myself, and have helped me make big breakthroughs.
Lastly, yet another type of PLR session is the vivid 'being there' experience. This feels like you are actually back in a past life. While this type of past life regression is undeniably more exciting and convincing, all types of experience are valuable.
If you read the page What the heck is past life regression - you'll see there are at least three, equally valid, ways of thinking about past life regression experiences.
For example, type 1, conventional reality, proposes that our imagination is our minds bringing the subconscious up for conscious inspection.
In other words, there is no such thing as 'just' imagination. Whatever arises in your conscious mind during a PLR session is important information relevant to your current life.
WHATEVER IS MOST EMPOWERING
I understand - and believe - that we will get the information and guidance that is most empowering for us at that point in time.
It may be a direct message or it may be a linear story line or colors or a series of disjointed apparent metaphors or a mixture of all these.
As I've mentioned in the overview page, while my partner didn't have a classic 'being-there' past life experience, the message he received couldn't have been any more direct - he 'saw' a sentence written on a white board.
At the other extreme, messages can be indirect. For example, one client 'saw' a scorpion. But the scorpion image was a bit odd. It wouldn't 'fit' into the rest of the past life scene - which my client was seeing quite clearly.
This suggests the scorpion was more metaphorical than literal.
Maybe there was something in my client's life he needed to watch carefully, but I think it was unlikely he'd be stepping on a scorpion in the near future.
Other clients have had clear impressions of precise dates and other details of past lives. A bit of Google research has often shown where and/or who they may have been in that past life. I've done this myself - after my own past life regressions. Finding out that level of detail isn't necessary for healing, but it's certainly fascinating.
As I said, we get what we most need for our empowerment, for our healing. It's more likely to be guidance on where we need to look for the answers, as opposed to getting the answer handed to us on a silver platter.
COURAGE REQUIRED (SORRY)
Even when the guidance couldn't be any more direct, as in my partner's example, that doesn't mean it's going to be easy to act on that guidance. If it was easy we'd already be doing it.
Usually, we are required to add courage and action to our new knowledge to get the life changes we want. Again, sorry. There's been times I was desperate for easy solutions to my recurring problems. However, while there are rarely easy solutions - there are indeed solutions to be found.
RECORDING THE SESSION
To get the most out of your session, I highly recommend writing or journaling about the experience as soon as possible afterwards.
Not only will this help avoid forgetting valuable details, but it's common to have many insights and epiphanies during the writing process.
You are also welcome to record the session. Sometimes people go so deep into hypnosis that, when they regain conscious awareness, they don't recall what they experienced or said while 'under.' I personally haven't had this experience - myself or with any of my own clients - but I know therapists who have.
Click here to pay for and confirm a session
or
Click here to read testimonials
or
Click here to read FAQ about past life regression
or
Click here to read goss about Dr Rebecca Stafford
1. You send me some dates and times (and time zone!) you are available for a session on my contact form.
2. I reply with the nearest available appointment date and time
3. The session bookings are confirmed when payment is received. Payment can be made here.
4. We conduct the session via phone or computer using Zoom.
I'll send you a Zoom invitation if, obviously, we are having the session over Zoom.
*** Please note: If we are using Zoom on your computer, you will need to wear a headset or microphone. This is because people tend to speak quietly under hypnosis, and you wearing microphone makes it much easier for me to hear you.
(FYI We can use phone for NZ or Australia if you prefer, however I think Zoom will reliably give better quality audio for international sessions.)
3. The session itself starts with some discussions round what you are hoping to get from the sessions.
Some people are just curious about past life regression. Others are seeking answers to dilemmas or recurring issues in their current life.
4. Then there's a relaxing guided visualization.
This is to help you get into a light hypnotized state. This is therapeutic in itself but also helps your conscious mind relax and allows you to access your subconscious mind.
People who've never been hypnotized before can feel a bit anxious about hypnosis. However, despite how hypnosis is often (unhelpfully) portrayed in stage shows, you remain in complete control and can exit the hypnosis at any time you wish. Really, it's just a pleasant feeling of deep relaxation. In fact some people consider it meditation, rather than hypnosis.
5. Then we go through the past life regression.
I'll guide you through the process and ask me to tell me what you see or feel.
There is no danger of anything unpleasant. If something comes up that you'd prefer not to experience, you can choose to detach and simply observe the event without any unpleasant feelings - or you can exit the hypnosis if you prefer.
6. I guide you out of the hypnosis.
7. Finally, the debrief
We discussed what you experienced. What images and sensations may have been literal and which symbolic, and they relates to your current life.
WHAT WILL I SEE DURING A PAST LIFE REGRESSION (PLR)?
I've found people tend to have two main types of experiences.
One is a vivid, intense, 'being there' experience - it feels like you are reliving your past life.
Another type is seeing colors or 'impressions' rather than clear 'visuals.' This can be a more subtle experience, but I find when we discuss the meanings of those colors or impressions, we find the answers the clients were looking for.
Another common type of past life regression feels like a story line. This feels like you are just making it up as you go along. However, it's all a product of our minds and therefore it's all useful. These are the types I tend to experience myself, and have helped me make big breakthroughs.
Lastly, yet another type of PLR session is the vivid 'being there' experience. This feels like you are actually back in a past life. While this type of past life regression is undeniably more exciting and convincing, all types of experience are valuable.
If you read the page What the heck is past life regression - you'll see there are at least three, equally valid, ways of thinking about past life regression experiences.
For example, type 1, conventional reality, proposes that our imagination is our minds bringing the subconscious up for conscious inspection.
In other words, there is no such thing as 'just' imagination. Whatever arises in your conscious mind during a PLR session is important information relevant to your current life.
WHATEVER IS MOST EMPOWERING
I understand - and believe - that we will get the information and guidance that is most empowering for us at that point in time.
It may be a direct message or it may be a linear story line or colors or a series of disjointed apparent metaphors or a mixture of all these.
As I've mentioned in the overview page, while my partner didn't have a classic 'being-there' past life experience, the message he received couldn't have been any more direct - he 'saw' a sentence written on a white board.
At the other extreme, messages can be indirect. For example, one client 'saw' a scorpion. But the scorpion image was a bit odd. It wouldn't 'fit' into the rest of the past life scene - which my client was seeing quite clearly.
This suggests the scorpion was more metaphorical than literal.
Maybe there was something in my client's life he needed to watch carefully, but I think it was unlikely he'd be stepping on a scorpion in the near future.
Other clients have had clear impressions of precise dates and other details of past lives. A bit of Google research has often shown where and/or who they may have been in that past life. I've done this myself - after my own past life regressions. Finding out that level of detail isn't necessary for healing, but it's certainly fascinating.
As I said, we get what we most need for our empowerment, for our healing. It's more likely to be guidance on where we need to look for the answers, as opposed to getting the answer handed to us on a silver platter.
COURAGE REQUIRED (SORRY)
Even when the guidance couldn't be any more direct, as in my partner's example, that doesn't mean it's going to be easy to act on that guidance. If it was easy we'd already be doing it.
Usually, we are required to add courage and action to our new knowledge to get the life changes we want. Again, sorry. There's been times I was desperate for easy solutions to my recurring problems. However, while there are rarely easy solutions - there are indeed solutions to be found.
RECORDING THE SESSION
To get the most out of your session, I highly recommend writing or journaling about the experience as soon as possible afterwards.
Not only will this help avoid forgetting valuable details, but it's common to have many insights and epiphanies during the writing process.
You are also welcome to record the session. Sometimes people go so deep into hypnosis that, when they regain conscious awareness, they don't recall what they experienced or said while 'under.' I personally haven't had this experience - myself or with any of my own clients - but I know therapists who have.
Click here to pay for and confirm a session
or
Click here to read testimonials
or
Click here to read FAQ about past life regression
or
Click here to read goss about Dr Rebecca Stafford