My clients often want to know how you select the lifetime you will go back to in a regression. There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding past life regressions, and many people are rather apprehensive of what they might find in a particular lifetime.

I remember being rather nervous about my own first regression a number of years ago. I was afraid that I would have to reexperience the upsets and even trauma of a former life, and wasn't sure I'd welcome that opportunity. What if I had died painfully, or what if I had hurt a lot of people? It would just be easier not to know about a difficult or unhappy past life.

Fortunately, in your regression, you may experience intense emotion, but the skilled practitioner will carry you through this and into the lessons you can learn from that lifetime. Once in a while, you may experience some physical discomfort, such as cramps in your legs, but again, this discomfort passes as the practitioner guides you through the regression. Usually, the discomfort explains some physical symptom you are experiencing in your current life.

The major point here is that you may feel the residue of emotional or physical pain from that lifetime, but you will not reexperience it with the force and intensity it had originally. Furthermore, you will be aware of everything happening during your regression--You will choose which lifetime to return to as the practitioner creates a safe, relaxing space for you to let go of fear and to benefit from the helpful lessons accessed through your regression.

Barnsley Brown, M.Sc., Ph.D., and Reiki Master can be reached at Spirited Solutions™, 919-967-1164 or spiritedsolutions@yahoo.com. She offers past life regressions, wellness consulting, creative writing workshops, and Reiki classes and individual sessions.