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14 August 2026 · Reena

Past Life Regression

Contents

1. What Is Past Life Regression and Is It Right for You?

2. Recurring Patterns in Your Life? What Past Life Regression Can Help You Explore

3. Common Myths About Past Life Regression — Gently Unpacked

1. What Is Past Life Regression and Is It Right for You?

Every now and then, we experience something that is hard to explain. A fear feels much stronger than the situation in front of us. A place we have never visited feels oddly familiar. We meet someone and there is an immediate sense of recognition, closeness or discomfort before we have really had time to know them. I don't think we have to rush to explain these experiences. Sometimes it is enough to notice that they have stirred something in us.

For some people, that curiosity eventually leads to past life regression. Not because they are looking for proof, but because they want to understand themselves a little more deeply and are open to exploring what may sit beneath the surface.

You do not need to decide beforehand what you believe about past lives. What arises may feel like a memory to you, or it may feel symbolic, intuitive, imaginative or connected to your subconscious. I am not here to decide that for you. I create the space, ask gentle questions and walk beside you while you listen to your own experience. The meaning, if there is one, remains yours.

What is past life regression?

Past life regression is a guided process using relaxation and focused awareness. You are not asleep, and you are not handing control of yourself to somebody else. You remain aware throughout and can speak, move, pause or stop whenever you want to. We only go at a pace that feels comfortable for you.

As you settle, the usual busyness of the mind can become quieter. You may notice images, feelings, impressions, words or simply a sense of knowing. Some people experience quite detailed scenes; for others it is much more subtle. I don't expect you to experience it in any particular way, and there is nothing you need to produce for the session to be worthwhile.

People sometimes worry that they will somehow do regression 'wrong'. There really isn't a right performance to give. We follow what comes naturally and stay curious about it, rather than trying to force a story.

What happens in a session?

We begin by talking. I want to understand what has brought you to me, what has been happening in your life and what you are curious about. You may have a very clear question, or you may only have a feeling that something keeps coming back and you would like to understand it. Both are enough.

When you feel settled, I guide you into a deeply relaxed state. People often compare it to those quiet moments just before sleep, when the body has softened but part of you is still aware of what is happening around you. You remain in control throughout.

From there, we gently explore whatever comes forward. I may ask an open question to help you stay with a feeling, image, relationship or place, but I am not there to put a story into your mind. I stay beside you, helping you feel grounded while you notice what is there.

When the session comes to an end, we return to full awareness slowly and give you time to talk about what came forward. Sometimes there is a clear connection straight away; sometimes there isn't. I don't believe we need to squeeze an experience for meaning. It may settle over time, or a small detail may make sense later when you are back in your everyday life.

Is it right for you?

Past life regression may be something you feel drawn to if the same emotional or relationship pattern keeps returning, if you carry a fear or reaction you have never quite understood, or if you are simply curious about your inner world. You don't need a dramatic reason. Sometimes there is just a quiet sense that you would like to look a little deeper.

There are also times when regression should not be the first place we turn. If you are in an acute mental health crisis, or you need medical or psychological treatment, that professional care needs to come first.

For me, there should be room for everything you need - medical care, emotional support, spiritual exploration and your own inner wisdom. Past life regression can sit within that wider picture of care, but it should never replace the professional support you need.

What can the experience offer?

What people take from regression is very personal. You may understand a long-held fear differently, see a relationship with more compassion, or recognise a pattern that has quietly shaped the way you respond to life. Sometimes the change is simply that something which felt confusing begins to make a little more sense.

Whatever comes forward, I want the meaning to remain yours. I won't tell you that an image proves a particular past life, or insist that an experience has one fixed interpretation. We can talk about it, sit with it and notice what resonates, but I want there to be room for your own inner wisdom too.

Choosing someone to walk beside you

Because regression asks you to relax and turn inward, the person sitting beside you matters. Choose someone who is properly trained, who answers your questions openly and who doesn't make promises about what you are going to see or what one session will change.

And notice how you feel with them. Do you feel listened to? Can you ask questions without feeling silly? Do you feel rushed, persuaded or interpreted, or do you feel able to be yourself? For me, feeling safe enough to be honest is far more important than having the 'perfect' regression.

A gentle place to begin

You might arrive not really knowing what you need, and that's completely okay. You don't have to come with the right words or even understand what's going on for you. Sometimes you just know that something doesn't feel quite right, or that something has been quietly asking for your attention, and that's enough of a place to begin. We can take it from there, together.

If you feel curious about past life regression, we can begin with a conversation. There is no pressure to find a dramatic answer and no need to decide in advance what you believe. We can simply see what feels right for you.

2. Recurring Patterns in Your Life? What Past Life Regression Can Help You Explore

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, 'How am I here again?' The person may be different, but the feeling is familiar. You may work hard towards something you really want and then pull back just as it comes close. Or perhaps a fear keeps returning and you cannot connect it to anything obvious in your present life.

Repeated patterns can be tiring, especially when we understand them logically and still find ourselves caught in them. Past life regression is one way of becoming curious about what may sit underneath. It doesn't mean ignoring the very real ways our childhood, relationships and experiences in this lifetime have shaped us. Those things matter. Regression simply gives us another space in which to listen.

When a pattern feels older than the present moment

Sometimes a reaction feels much bigger than the present moment. There may be an intense fear, a powerful connection with someone or a sense of being held back that you cannot explain through logic alone. In regression, we don't need to decide where that feeling came from before we begin. We can follow it gently and notice where it takes you.

What comes forward may feel like a past-life memory. It may feel symbolic, or like your subconscious has found a story through which to show you something. I am comfortable leaving that question open. What matters to me is whether the experience helps you meet yourself with a little more clarity, understanding or compassion.

Relationships that seem to repeat

Some people notice that the same emotional dynamic appears in relationship after relationship. The faces change, but the feeling underneath is remarkably familiar. Others meet somebody and experience an immediate closeness or resistance that seems difficult to explain.

Regression can give us a quiet place to explore those feelings without deciding beforehand what they mean. Sometimes that helps us notice what we have been carrying into a relationship, what still hurts, or what we may now be ready to see differently.

Fears that have no obvious beginning

A fear can sometimes feel as though it has always been with us. If there is no clear origin in your present life, regression may offer another way of listening to it. We follow the feeling carefully rather than pushing towards a particular explanation.

That does not mean every unexplained fear comes from a past life. It also doesn't replace medical or psychological assessment when that is needed. We are simply making room for another kind of exploration, while keeping the whole of your wellbeing in view.

Feeling blocked around success, money or change

Sometimes one part of us wants to move forward while another quietly puts on the brakes. You may know you are capable and still feel resistance around success, money, visibility or change. Rather than calling that self-sabotage and judging it, I prefer to become curious about what that part of you may be trying to protect.

Instead of judging that resistance as self-sabotage, I prefer to become curious about it. What is it trying to protect? When did this feeling become familiar? In regression, an image or experience may offer a different way of understanding that protective pattern. When we understand ourselves with compassion rather than criticism, change often feels less like a battle.

Physical sensations and body memories

If you have persistent pain or another physical symptom, please have it properly medically assessed. Regression is not a way of diagnosing illness or explaining away something your body needs professional care for.

Once your medical needs are being appropriately looked after, you may still feel curious about the emotions, memories or personal meaning you associate with a sensation. If you choose to explore that, we can do so gently without deciding beforehand what it must mean.

That feeling of having been here before

Perhaps you have always felt drawn to a particular place, culture or period of history. Maybe you have a sense of familiarity you cannot explain, or you have always described yourself as an old soul. These experiences are often what first make someone curious about past life work.

You don't need to turn that curiosity into proof. We can simply notice it and allow your experience to unfold in its own way.

Following the feeling rather than chasing a story

When we explore a recurring pattern, I like to begin with your life now. What keeps happening? What do you feel when it happens? What would you like to understand, not because you need to fix yourself, but because you would like to know yourself more deeply?

Once you are relaxed, we can follow the emotion connected with that pattern. I am much less interested in chasing an impressive story than in staying close to what you are actually experiencing. A feeling may lead to a scene, a relationship, a few words or simply an impression. We let it come in the way it comes.

Afterwards, we talk about what surfaced and whether anything connects with your life today. This is the part that keeps the work grounded for me. An interesting experience is one thing; what matters is whether it leaves you with something useful, compassionate or freeing to carry into your life now.

From understanding to choice

For me, healing is not about finding somebody to blame, in this life or another. It is about recognising what we have been carrying and understanding ourselves well enough to know that we can respond differently.

When a pattern begins to make sense, there can be a little more space around it. You may notice the feeling sooner, understand what a part of you has been protecting, or simply be kinder to yourself when it appears. That extra awareness can create choice where everything once felt automatic.

Regression isn't a magic switch, and I don't expect one session to untangle everything. It can be one part of a wider journey of recognising, releasing, restoring, reconnecting, rebuilding and eventually feeling able to radiate from a place that is more truly your own. The changes may be quiet at first. That doesn't make them any less meaningful.

A few things you might sit with first

Before a session, you might sit quietly with the pattern that keeps returning. When do you notice it most? What happens inside you when it appears? And if it held a little less power, what might feel different in your life?

You don't need polished answers. They are simply questions we can use to find a gentle place to begin.

You are allowed to write a different next chapter

A repeated pattern can begin to feel like part of your identity, especially when it has been with you for a long time. But it is not the whole of you. Understanding it can help you meet it with less judgement and perhaps make a different choice when it appears again.

If you feel ready to look beneath the surface, I will walk beside you. We don't need to force a conclusion or decide what you should find. We can begin with what is present, listen carefully and leave room for your own inner wisdom to speak.

3. Common Myths About Past Life Regression — Gently Unpacked

Past life regression can sound mysterious when you have never experienced it. Films, stage hypnosis and other people's stories have created all sorts of ideas about what happens, so I completely understand why someone might arrive curious and a little unsure.

In reality, a session is usually much quieter than people imagine. You are not handing your mind over to me and I am not pushing you into a story. We talk, you relax, and we explore what comes forward while you remain aware and involved. With that in mind, let me gently unpack some of the questions and worries that come up most often.

Myth 1: I will lose control or get stuck

You remain in control throughout a regression session. You can speak, move, pause, open your eyes or stop whenever you choose. I am there to walk beside you and guide the process, not to take control of it.

I think that distinction matters. You are not surrendering yourself to the practitioner. We are working together, and if something doesn't feel right, we stop and listen to that.

Myth 2: I have to believe in reincarnation

You don't need to believe in reincarnation. Some people come with a strong spiritual belief in past lives; others are simply curious. What you experience may feel like a literal memory, symbolism, imagination, intuition or something from the subconscious.

I won't ask you to adopt my interpretation. We can explore what arises together, and you can decide what feels meaningful or true for you.

Myth 3: I have to be highly suggestible

Regression is not a test of whether you can be hypnotised, and it isn't about being gullible or unusually imaginative. What helps most is feeling safe enough to relax and being willing to notice what comes forward without immediately deciding whether it is right or wrong.

Not everyone sees vivid pictures. You may notice a feeling, a word, a sensation, an impression or simply a sense of knowing. Your experience doesn't have to look like anybody else's.

Myth 4: If it's imagination, it doesn't count

One of the questions I hear often is, 'What if I'm just making it up?' I understand that. When an experience feels unusual, our mind naturally wants to know what is real and what isn't.

I don't think we need to force an answer in the moment. Instead, we can ask what the experience is bringing to your attention. Does it connect with something happening in your life now? Does it help you understand a fear, relationship or pattern differently? Does it bring a little compassion to something you have judged in yourself? Sometimes those questions are more useful than trying to prove where an image came from.

Myth 5: Regression will open something I cannot handle

It is natural to wonder whether difficult emotions might surface. They can, just as they can in many forms of reflective or therapeutic work, which is why the quality of the space and the person guiding you matters.

I don't believe in pushing someone beyond what feels safe. We work gently, we can pause, and you can stop at any point. If you are in an acute mental health crisis, regression may not be the right first step and professional mental health support should take priority.

Myth 6: It is the same as stage hypnosis

Stage hypnosis is entertainment. A regression session is something very different: private, personal and centred on you. There is no audience and nothing you need to perform.

The work is usually quiet. We talk, you settle, we follow what arises and afterwards we reflect together. For me, it is much more about listening than spectacle.

Myth 7: One session will fix everything

Sometimes a session brings a noticeable shift. At other times, what changes is much quieter: you understand a feeling differently, notice a pattern sooner, or find that something which once carried a lot of emotional charge has softened.

I would never want you to leave thinking you had failed because one session didn't transform everything. Healing rarely works in such a tidy way. Regression can be one part of your journey, alongside whatever other support and care is right for you.

For me, there should be room for everything you need - medical care, emotional support, spiritual exploration and your own inner wisdom. One does not have to cancel out the others.

Approaching regression with openness rather than expectation

It can be tempting to arrive hoping to see a particular person, place or lifetime. That expectation can create pressure you simply don't need. You don't have to produce a revelation for the session to have value.

You can come curious, uncertain, hopeful or sceptical. We begin with what is real for you now and allow the experience to unfold from there.

Choosing the right practitioner

Because this work asks you to relax and turn inward, choose someone you genuinely feel safe with. Ask about their training and experience. Notice whether they answer openly, respect your boundaries and are comfortable with you asking questions.

Trust how you feel in their presence as well. You should never feel rushed into booking, pressured to believe something, or told that somebody else understands your experience better than you do.

What past life regression is, for me

When I take away all the mystery around it, I see past life regression as a way of listening more deeply. It gives us a quiet space to explore feelings, patterns and inner experiences that can be difficult to hear when everyday life is noisy.

You remain yourself throughout. You don't need to believe anything in advance, and you don't need to know exactly what you are looking for. Whatever arises, we meet it with curiosity rather than judgement and see what, if anything, feels meaningful to you.

You might arrive not really knowing what you need, and that's completely okay. You don't have to come with the right words or even understand what's going on for you. Sometimes you just know that something has been nudging you for a while, and that's enough of a place to begin. We can take it from there, together.

That, for me, is the heart of the work: not telling you who you were or what you should believe, but helping you feel safe enough to listen to yourself. Sometimes healing begins simply by being seen, heard and given the space to reconnect with what you already know within.

With love and light,
Reena