Regression Poll

I am curious how many members have had a regression by a professional – or are planning to?

If you have – was it a good experience for you? Did it resolve anything for you? Solidify your belief in reincarnation? I’d love to hear more about it.

If you are planning on it – have you done some research on the best therapist? Set a date? Are you looking forward to it or worried about it?

If you have no interest in a professional regression – I am curious why. What are your thoughts on it?

Aili

Ok I'll be the first to answer here. I said 'I am planning to', because there was no option 'I am thinking about it' or 'I want to but can't right now' :laugh:


Basically I do want it, but currently there is nothing available in the country I am living in. So it's not exactly 'planning', but more like I'm keeping my eyes open to the possibility. If I hear about a reputable regressionist in my area, I'll try to contact him/her about a possible regression.

i voted for "i have no interest". I don`t trust a regressionist enough to share him all my life (well, past life) and i think experiences have more value and you feel better if you can get the memories by your own methods.

I went to a regressionist who was a doctor, a counselor and the head of research... it was an incredible experience. Her wisdom, experience, and professionalism were impeccable. I went to some lengths to study up on the subject and find the right person. I then had to drive 8 hours, but in the end it was life changing and brilliantly enlightening. And at that time I was still a skeptic. She, as an academician, educated me on the entire theory and process. As a regressionist she took me to another time and guided me to trouble water and then through it. Afterwords, as a counselor, she helped me see the implications both past and present.


I would and do highly recommend the process to those who are wanting to deepen their quest for insight. Finding the right therapist is the key. I personally felt that a counselor/psychiatrist/therapist who also practices and believes in past lives was the start point. I was not wrong in my own case.


In this regard Owl I would seriously disagree with you. But then it is a personal decision and choice... and I respect that.


I think that I would add that the pursuit of past life memories, for me, was not of a recreational nature. In other words I was not just a curious soul wanting to take a trip. I believe I was guided, directed, encouraged and meant to learn the things I did. AND yes a lot of this came to me, as Owl said, in my own course of exploration. But in the end the regression session that happened over the course of two days was as if the veil was lifted. The clarity was astounding...it was as if I were there again.


Well that's my story in a nut shell. So yes it was a very positive, intensely emotional and life altering experience. It cured my skepticism and eventually brought me here a few years ago.


Tinkerman

I have no interest in a professional regression. The reasons behind this are simple, one being money, the other, I just couldn't imagine myself walking into an office to begin the process. I would feel slightly goofy, because these are suppose to be my memories. So, shouldn't I be able to access them on my own? Having said that, I don't see anything wrong with someone getting a professional regression, it just isn't for me. I would prefer to uncover the memories on my own, if they really exist.

I didn't vote, because I've been to a regressionist, but I'm not sure I'd call her a professional. It was something I did on the spur of a moment before I had read much about reincarnation or even found this forum. I just picked someone that was promoting their services and was close to me geographically. To this day I have no idea if she had any kind of certificates or education for the job. Thinking about it now I don't think she seemed very professional, even though there was nothing bad or wrong in what she was doing. I had some past life memories, but the experience was not different from the self-regression I've done since.


I think it would be interesting to go to a professional regression therapist, but I don't have a huge need for that being able to remember on my own, and besides I don't think there are any true professionals in my country. Not that I know of, anyway.


I do have a high respect for professional therapists' work. :thumbsup:


Karoliina

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Both my husband and I have regressions, by a woman who trained with Dr. Michael Newton (Destiny of Souls). We are planning on having Between Lives regression next year. We have also had a soul reading with a lady from England whose name is Shirley Humphries Beattie. She is amazing. I've been remembering and tracing my past life memories for more than 8 years and she confirmed many I had already discovered.

I've been to 2 different professionals. One was in Bellevue, WA, and she does plrs, and lbls (Michael Newton). I won't go to her again, though, because even though she TEACHES how to do it, and wrote some books on it, I don't think her technique was professional. The FIRST day I saw her, she told me that we could do an lbl regression. I was too eager and excited, and expected all kinds of things. (for those of you who've read Michael Newton's books, you'd know why I was eager!) Well, I wasted $240 and 2 hours of my time...not to mention the drive! I learned later that you need to have a few sessions before you plunge for the lbl! Anyway...live and learn. It's been a couple years since that day, and I've got a few self-hypnosis cds and lots of meditation cds to do. I want to make sure that I'm used to the process before I pay money again. I'm taking the hypnotherapy course this fall! yay!! It's been on my list a LONG time! Can't wait. I want to do plr's and lbl's. I think future life regressions will be cool, too. (since there is no such thing as TIME, really)


cool, eponabri, that you got so much confirmation!!!

I'd very much like to have a professional regression done, but being on tight, fixed income, I doubt I'll ever be able to have one done. I still use the OM cd, and the results have been both enlightening and encouraging.

John!!! Nice to see you again I hope you're doing well!


Thank you for your thoughts everyone - it certainly is interesting to see the wide range of answers.


Keani - I am taking my hypnotherapy certification in January - exciting, isn't it! I can hardly wait. I also want to take some of the training seminars that Carol teaches for professionals - she's amazing and it would be extremely beneficial to learn from her.

Ailish~That's so cool that you're taking the course, too!! I would love to learn from Carol, too. Fun stuff! )*(

Ailish,


I'd love to have one, and have checked into prices with a lady who does these a couple hours from where I live. However, it is so expensive, it's not something I can just decide to do on the spur of the moment. I have wrestled with the idea because I don't want to feel I have wasted my money. It may not even produce anything real....and what if it produces nothing at all? That's a lot of money to throw away. Yet, I selected "planning to have one" because it keeps nagging at me. Although it's expensive, this lady does give good time for your money.

ALI!!! I was planning on going to a college in Canada (Canadian Institute of Natural Health and Healing) for hypnotherapy (and of course reiki!) but then I changed my priorities and now I'm thinkin' ceramics teacher! lol... Its a big jump but I really like it. I think its so cool that your getting (or already have-- not sure) your certification.


Oh and now back on topic. I'm considering getting one done. Our family psychic does regressions (one of the only ones in my state) and teaches classes both of which I'm considering. So I voted I'm planning on it, but i'm not really planning on it lol, just considering it...


JOHN!!!! How the heck are you??! (I know I'm late by a few months but still!!!) I haven't talked to you in such a looong time!!!

I'd like to have one to try to get more details on the things I remember and to dig up other things that I haven't 're-remembered' but rent, food, car repairs, etc. seem to be keeping me broke. I've tried to self regress myself but I can't get myself to relax and concentrate. Someday just to treat myself if I ever get the cash I want to try it. It would also be nice to talk to someone face to face that doesn't think I'm crazy for believing in reincarnation. So for that experience alone it would be interesting.


Right now I've been trying to draw the scenes from the memories I have and that's been working some.

Wouldn't it be great to win the lottery and travel the world meeting all the regression experts and psychics, while formally studying the science and art of the practice?


-Nightrain

I voted!


I have finally found a regression therapist in my area thanks to Deborah and Past Life Forum! I was impressed with the credentials of the professional theripists the forum has listed.:thumbsup: Talia has a PHD as well as being a C.C.H.T.which is a relief. The thing that made me feel comfortable with Talia is that she has a web site so I could check her out before hand. An introduction if you will. It helped me to make my decission. Thank you Deborah! Thank you Carol! An thank you to the gate keepers of this forum! :clapping:

Welcome to the forum sunshine54


Good luck with your regression, and don't forget to let us know how you get on

The only time I did a regression, initially I was expecting to "see" something related to the two past lifetimes that I knew of at the time, one mediumnically and the other by recurring dreams, but what I actually "saw" was myself as a Knights Templar, sitting upon a horse with the red cross upon my chest. When the regression therapist asked me what my name was, the first thought that came up was "Zachiel". A strange name, I thought to myself.


As she "forwarded" me, I saw a lady at a doorway dressed in a brown dress with large sleeves, typical of the middle ages. Then as she forwarded me again, I was beside a bed where this lady's body was lying lifeless, dead by an illness of some kind. Again moving forward I saw myself as an elder man, hardened by years of wars and campaigns, and then the name came as "Zechiel", until finally thinking: "No, no... It's Ezequiel..." (funny how it works, isn't it?)


When she asked me to move forward to the moment of my death in that lifetime, I instantly jumped from the reclining chair I was lying upon, as I really felt a knife stab in my back, then the sensation of being dragged down from my horse and having my throat slit. When the therapist asked me what year it was, I instantly said: 1480! But in the back of my mind I was thinking: "No, this can't be right. The crusades were in the earlier centuries..."


When I shared this regression here on the Forum, now quite a few years ago, someone here did a research and indeed found that there was a battle in 1480 still related to the crusades...


:thumbsup:

I would like very much to have a professional regression, but I'm far from being able to afford it. So I try to scrape whatever information I can with a "do-it-yourself" plan. There are a couple self-hypnosis "PL regressions" you can try for free on youtube, plus there are often self-hypnosis scripts you can find in the backs of certain books about reincarnation. I've had limited success with one of the books (I recorded the self-hypnosis script in my own voice and listened to it lying in bed, and I was able to "see" an image of a past life self, but nothing more than that).

Hi,


I forgot to mention the interesting ending of my session. When the therapist asked me what happened after my death, I could sense myself floating upwards above the battle field, looking down upon it. When she asked me what I was feeling, and what I had learned from that lifetime, my reply was: "Nothing much. There is just a certain sense of frustration over an objective I was not able to achieve..."


I cannot say for sure which incarnations may have layed between this one as a Knights Templar, in which I died in 1480, and the one as Charles Edward Stuart, born in 1720, leading a Scottish army in an attempt to reinstate his Catholic father to the British Crown; but there certainly seems to be a clear pattern, does there not?

Karolina hit the nail on the head. The one I saw I would not refer to as very professional, and regression was jut raised a therapy option while I was there.


My experience with the therapist was one of the reasons I did not return after one session. I received little debriefing or explanation of what was going on- and felt that she was 'experimenting' or dabbling in the area.


I am now looking around for a hypnotist in my area who is experienced in this area so explore regression professionally.

I have never felt any fear or distrust of regression. I have intended to have a session on two different occasions and both the therapists for some reason, either by verbal excuse, or simply not showing up at their office, prevented it from happening...maybe that was a sign? Anyway, after reading the Newton books, all of Brian Weiss and several other accounts of such proceedings, I still intend to have a regression, but scheduling seems to be the issue as it will entail travelling to another part of the state...especially if I schedule the pl and lbl to run on two consecutive days.


I have done extensive meditation on my past lives and have been fairly successful in cataloging them with the feeling of the time and memories from those times. I have also consulted akashic readers to verify aspects or more complex matters that I have run across and obtained wonderful perspectives. Lucid dreams, while also wonderfully enlightening and in technicolor and full emotion, do not come on command and I get them whenever guidance says so...although I have heard the lbl gives a similar view which is remembered the same way as the lucid dream...high definition in visual and emotion! Sign me up!


My reasons for my research and investigations into my pl are based on the impression that I was meant to understand it, that I am supposed to do so and to assist those who are trying to find a way beyond what our society considers "normal and acceptable". None of society's religious norms ever felt right to me and I have found answers, so I am willing to pass them on...they are my answers, and while they may not work for everybody, all are welcome to try them on for size.

I really would love to have a past life regression, but I just can't find the money to do it at the moment. Maybe one day I will get lucky enough to get one done. I have tried some of the self regression stuff and have only gotten brief flashes. I would truly love the chance to get some of my questions answered though.

I would love a professional one but I can't.. Its RM80 for one... I think about 40 USD. (Not good in math and currency.. Confuses me.) And I would definitely raise some eyebrows from my parents and friends if I asked for one. So, maybe when I'm older or something...

I had a PLR about 8 years ago, and would like to do it again.


Very interesting....

I voted 'I am planning to have a professional regression '.


My dream/plan is to one day have a private one-on-one regression with Barbara Lane or Carol Bowman. I don't want to just go to anyone, I would rather save and make the trip to see them, even if it was just once...Having read their books, knowing where they're coming from and how they handle things during regressions makes me much more comfortable with it. I have no doubt I could be easily regressed, as I have had triggered flashbacks and powerful dreams of my past lives on my own - I just want to be well guided through the emotionally intense places that I know exist. There are several lives I really want to learn more details about, and there are a few in which I would like to forgive others and move on from, but so far have been unable to do so just doing a group regression and using regression CDs.

I'm in the 'I have no interest in professional regressions' category - I really don't need one! :laugh:


I'm not saying this in a manner to put down anyone else - I'm saying it because I'm always going through experiences. So - in my case it's totally unnecessary simply because it's all 'right there' for me.

I've had 2 professional regressions, and they were both different. The first one was more like a spirit trying to possess me. I wonder how many of you had that experience? The second one was more symbolic, but I can't go into detail. At this point I do not believe regressions are the right thing for me, however, they can be for other people.

I didn't vote because I hadn't thought about until I came across this site. I wasn't aware that such a thing was possible or that so many people had an awareness of a previous life or lives.


Reading the threads on the forum has been an real eye opener for me and I have to admit to feeling a bit like an outsider in some ways, I just wasn't expecting what I've come across here.


I need to give this much more thought.

any info on SELF regression?


I'm also new and would like any info on self regression tapes/DVD's etc = best one out there etc etc


I'm afraid i cant afford the Pro's - are there any programs out there that are good to great in a Self Regression manner??