Past lives can affect our current life in every imaginable manner—from the physical to the emotional to the behavioral. Regression into past-life memory "opens the curtain" on specific important scenes and events that we have lived in different times and places, providing an opportunity to unlock our emotions, thoughts, awareness, and energetic blocks stemming from them.

Simply stated, regression hypnotherapy is a precise and powerful tool you can use to access and deepen your understanding of your core self. It can open a unique window on any number of issues and life circumstances, including:

• Fear of death;
• Health challenges;
• Emotions;
• Phobias;
• Career choices;
• Geographic location of residence;
• Relationships;
• Grieving; and
• Karmic situations.

Another benefit of the experience is that during the regression, clients are operating from both an intellectual and an intuitive level, and so they verbalize information stemming from their own intuitive altered state of consciousness. Thus, the outcome and usefulness of the session stem from both thoughts and emotions. At the same time, a powerful and inexplicable process is also generally at work whereby healing is occurring on an energetic level, whether clients are aware of this facet or not.

The karmic benefits of regression hypnotherapy can also be very profound. Uncovering the details of a past life affords us the possibility of cleansing, or releasing, the old energy in order to advance. When such energy is cleared, we no longer carry it in our spiritual DNA. Thus, our body, mind, and spirit can function from a lighter, more elevated perspective.

Clearing past patterns can repair and restore our physical well-being, emotional health, relationship challenges, and spiritual understanding.

Excerpted from Bringing Your Soul to Light, by Dr. Linda Backman