What Is Past Life Regression?
Past life regression is a structured process using hypnosis to guide a person into an expanded state of awareness where they can access memories, patterns, and experiences from lifetimes other than the present one. It is used professionally for deep personal transformation, resolving long-standing emotional patterns, and understanding the roots of unexplained fears, relationships, and life themes.
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The Most Common Questions
Clear, direct answers to what people ask most — before reading further.
Is past life regression real?
The experiences people access during PLR sessions are consistently meaningful and transformative, regardless of one's philosophical position on whether past lives are literal or symbolic. Thousands of documented cases — including the research of Dr. Ian Stevenson and the clinical work of Dr. Brian Weiss and Dr. Michael Newton — point to patterns that cannot be easily explained by conventional models of memory.
How does past life regression work?
A trained practitioner guides you into a relaxed, focused hypnotic state. In this state, your conscious analytical mind quiets, allowing deeper layers of memory and experience to surface. The practitioner then uses structured navigation techniques to guide you through scenes, patterns, and experiences — observing without interference, while ensuring you remain safe and grounded throughout.
What can PLR help with?
PLR is used to address unexplained fears and phobias, recurring relationship patterns, persistent emotional blocks, physical symptoms without clear cause, life purpose questions, grief, and deep-seated feelings of being stuck. It is not a medical treatment — it is a transpersonal therapeutic process that works with the deeper layers of experience.
Is past life regression safe?
Yes — when conducted by a trained, certified practitioner. The process is client-led and non-invasive. You remain conscious and aware throughout. Nothing can be forced or implanted. A responsible practitioner works within a structured ethical framework and knows how to navigate difficult emotional content safely.
Can everyone be regressed?
Most people can access meaningful material in a PLR session. The depth of experience varies — some people see vivid scenes, others experience feelings, emotions, or symbolic impressions. There is no single "correct" experience. Openness and a relaxed, non-analytical approach tend to produce the most meaningful sessions.
How is PLR different from hypnotherapy?
Clinical hypnotherapy is typically goal-oriented and symptom-focused — it works within the current lifetime. PLR is a transpersonal approach that works with a broader experiential framework — including memories, patterns, and experiences that may extend beyond the current lifetime. Both use hypnotic states but serve different purposes and work at different depths.
How Past Life Regression Works
What actually happens in a session — from start to finish.
Pre-Session Conversation
Before the regression begins, the practitioner has a detailed conversation about your intention — what you are seeking, what patterns are present in your life. This grounds the session and helps the practitioner understand the context without leading or suggesting content.
Induction & Deepening
You are guided into a relaxed, focused hypnotic state — not unconscious, not asleep. You remain aware and in control throughout. The analytical mind quiets, and deeper layers of memory and experience become accessible. This typically takes 15–25 minutes.
Regression Navigation
The practitioner uses affect bridges, somatic bridges, and linguistic navigation to guide you toward relevant memories and experiences. Scenes, feelings, or impressions surface. The practitioner observes without interference, asking neutral questions to help you explore.
Processing & Integration
Within the session, you observe and process what surfaces — understanding patterns, releasing emotional charges, gaining clarity. The practitioner guides you through completion of the experience, ensuring the session ends in a grounded, resolved state.
Return & Post-Session Reflection
You are gently guided back to full waking awareness. A post-session conversation helps you integrate and make sense of what arose. Many people report that the most significant insights emerge in the hours and days following a session.
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What Can PLR Help With?
Areas where past life regression is most commonly sought — and where it has shown consistent results.
Emotional & Psychological
Relationships & Life Patterns
Purpose & Spiritual
Physical & Somatic
Is Past Life Regression Real?
An honest, balanced answer — from someone who has conducted 8,500+ sessions.
This is the question most people ask before their first session. It deserves an honest answer — not a sales pitch, and not a dismissal.
The truthful answer is: we do not know with scientific certainty whether past lives are literally real. What we do know — from decades of documented clinical work — is that the experiences people access in PLR sessions are consistently meaningful, often surprisingly specific, and frequently produce genuine therapeutic change.
Several serious researchers have dedicated their careers to investigating this. Their work has been published in peer-reviewed contexts and taken seriously by mainstream psychiatry.
Dr. Ian Stevenson
University of Virginia · Psychiatrist
Spent 40 years investigating 3,000+ cases of children with spontaneous past-life memories — including verified details about people, places, and events the children could not have known through normal means.
Dr. Brian Weiss
Mount Sinai Medical School · Psychiatrist
Chairman of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai. His clinical work with past life regression led to published research and international recognition of PLR as a therapeutic approach.
Dr. Michael Newton
Founder, Michael Newton Institute
Pioneered Life Between Lives research — documenting 7,000+ regression cases that consistently described similar inter-life experiences across unconnected clients.
Dr. Jim Tucker
University of Virginia · Child Psychiatrist
Continuing Dr. Stevenson's work. His research into children's past life memories has been published in mainstream academic journals.
Dr. Rashhi Sharma's Position
After 15+ years of practice and 8,500+ sessions: the question of whether past lives are literally real is less important than what happens in the session. When a person resolves a 20-year phobia in a single session, or gains clarity on a pattern they have never been able to understand — the therapeutic reality of that experience is undeniable.
I work within a framework that respects both the scientific and the experiential. I do not ask clients to believe anything. I guide them to experience — and let the experience speak for itself.
"Read more: Is Past Life Regression Safe? · What Is Consciousness Work?"
What to Expect in Your First Session
Practical information to help you arrive prepared, relaxed, and ready.
What you will experience
- A pre-session conversation about your intention
- A deeply relaxed but conscious state — you are aware throughout
- Scenes, feelings, or impressions that surface naturally
- Neutral, non-leading questions from the practitioner
- A complete, grounded conclusion — nothing left unresolved
- Post-session conversation to integrate what arose
What will NOT happen
- You will not be unconscious — you remain in control
- Nothing will be implanted or suggested
- You will not get "stuck" — the practitioner guides you out safely
- No requirement for prior meditation or spiritual experience
- No need to accept any religious or spiritual framework
Rest well
Come well-rested. Tiredness makes it harder to stay present.
Eat lightly
Eat lightly 2–3 hours before. A heavy meal makes relaxation harder.
Have an intention
Know what you are seeking — even loosely. A clear intention helps anchor the session.
No interruptions
Ensure 3–4 hours free with no calls or obligations after the session.
Keep a journal
Writing down what arose immediately after helps with integration.
"Read Related: Readiness for Consciousness Work"
Dr. Rashhi Sharma, PhD
Practitioner. Researcher. Trainer. — The rarest combination in consciousness work.
A practitioner who trains — not a trainer who practises
Most trainers in this field teach from theory or limited personal practice. Dr. Rashhi Sharma has delivered 8,500+ professional sessions across 15+ years before ever teaching others to do the same. Every technique she teaches has been tested, refined, and validated across thousands of real client sessions — not rehearsed from a manual.
She has trained directly under the world's leading figures in regression, Life Between Lives, mediumship, remote viewing, shamanism, and consciousness exploration — building the most comprehensive cross-disciplinary credential set currently held by any trainer in India. All credentials are publicly verifiable through the institutional listings below.
She has since trained 350+ certified practitioners from 28 countries — professionals who now carry these methods forward in their own practices globally.
Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor
NGH — National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Master Hypnotist
Cal Banyan — USA
Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt.)
NGH — National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Life Between Lives (LBL) Certified Practitioner
MNI — Michael Newton Institute, USA
Advanced Past Life Regression
Paul Aurand — USA
Past Life Regression
Dr. Brian Weiss — USA
PLR & Future Life Progression
Anne Jirsch — UK
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Womb Regression & Inner Child Healing
Paul Aurand — USA
Certified Outreach Trainer
The Monroe Institute — USA
Consciousness Exploration & OBE Programs Graduate
The Monroe Institute — USA
Spiritual Mediumship
Suzanne Giesemann — USA
Remote Viewing — Advanced
Joseph McMoneagle & Debra Catz — USA
Psychokinesis & Manifestation
Joe Gallenberger — USA
Energy Medicine
Dr. Brian Dailey — USA
The Kortum Technique
John Kortum — USA
Certified Shamanic Practitioner
Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS Asia) — Thailand & Bali
Multicultural Shamanism — Field Training
Mexico · USA · Peru · Norway · Ireland · France · Italy · Greece · Thailand · Bali
Celtic Tradition
Ireland — Lineage practices
P'aqo & Andean Tradition
Peru — Andean lineage
Mexican Shamanic Tradition
Mexico — Direct lineage exposure
Dr. Brian Weiss
USA
PLR & Advanced Regression
Paul Aurand
USA
LBL · Transpersonal Hypnotherapy
Anne Jirsch
United Kingdom
PLR · Future Life Progression
Calvin D. Banyan
USA
Master Hypnotherapy
Joe McMoneagle
USA
Remote Viewing Advanced
Suzanne Giesemann
USA
Spiritual Mediumship
Joe Gallenberger
USA
Psychokinesis & Manifestation
Allison Axinn
Italy
Life Between Lives · MNI
Official Career Partner & LBL Practitioner
Michael Newton Institute, USA
Only MNI Career Partner in India
MNI Career Partners Directory
Official Certified Instructor
National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Outreach Trainer — India
The Monroe Institute, USA
Executive Trainer Accreditation
IPHM, United Kingdom
Certified Life Between Lives (LBL®) Therapist — Michael Newton Institute, USA
There are only approximately 230 certified LBL therapists in the entire world — all trained and certified exclusively by the Michael Newton Institute (USA). Dr. Rashhi Sharma is among this select group and one of the very few based in India. LBL therapy goes beyond past life regression — accessing the soul state between lifetimes as documented in Dr. Michael Newton's research across 7,000+ cases. View verified MNI profile → newtoninstitute.org
Frequently Asked Questions
Honest answers to everything people ask before their first PLR experience.
Most people describe the state as deeply relaxed but mentally alert — similar to the feeling just before sleep. You remain aware and in control throughout. Scenes, feelings, or impressions arise naturally. There is no single correct experience — some see vivid scenes, others experience emotions or physical sensations, others simply know things. All are valid.
You do not need to believe in past lives to have a meaningful session. Many sceptical, scientific clients access deeply transformative material. The session works with whatever arises — whether interpreted as literal past life memory, symbolic subconscious content, or something else entirely.
This varies significantly. Some people access what they need in a single session. Others work over multiple sessions to go deeper or address different patterns. There is no prescribed number — a responsible practitioner will discuss this based on what you are working with.
Both use hypnotic states but work differently. Clinical hypnotherapy is goal-oriented and symptom-focused within the current lifetime. PLR is a transpersonal approach working with a broader experiential framework. PLR tends to work at greater depth with more open-ended exploration.
No. This is one of the most common fears — and it has no basis in reality. A trained practitioner always guides you to a complete, grounded conclusion. You remain conscious and in control throughout. You can open your eyes and return to full awareness at any point.
Online PLR sessions via Zoom are effective and widely used. Many clients access equally deep material online. The key requirements are a quiet private space, a comfortable position, and a stable internet connection. Dr. Rashhi Sharma conducts sessions globally via Zoom.
PLR is not recommended for those experiencing active psychosis, severe psychiatric conditions, or under the influence of substances. If you have a diagnosed psychiatric condition, consult your healthcare provider before booking. A responsible practitioner assesses readiness before proceeding.
PLR focuses on memories from previous lifetimes. LBL — pioneered by Dr. Michael Newton — goes further, accessing the soul state between lifetimes. LBL sessions are typically 3–5 hours and go to a deeper level. PLR is generally considered a prerequisite for LBL work.
Look for: verifiable institutional credentials (check NGH, MNI, IPHM directories); significant session experience; a structured ethical approach; detailed client reviews; and full transparency before booking. Be cautious of practitioners who guarantee specific outcomes or claim to remove curses.
Session fees are shared during the booking conversation. WhatsApp our team for current fees and availability. Sessions are available online (worldwide) and in-person in Bangalore.
Soul Consciousness Lab offers the only MNI-approved PLR practitioner certification training in India. 7-day residential in Bangalore. 90–95 hours. 30–40 supervised practice sessions. Full MNI + IPHM certification on completion. Next batch: July 20, 2026. View training details →
PLR is not a mainstream medical treatment. It is a transpersonal therapeutic approach within complementary and alternative therapy. Several mainstream psychiatrists including Dr. Brian Weiss and Dr. Ian Stevenson have taken this work seriously and contributed to its research base. It works alongside conventional treatment, not instead of it.
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