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RESOLVING KARMA AND MOVING FORWARD: MY PAST LIFE REGRESSION EXPERIENCE
by Vanessa Calderon
This past week I took a chance on a method of therapy I had never tried before. I had read about Past Life Regression
Therapy. I was never sure if I believed that things like Hypnosis and guided regression could help solve personal
problems, or could aid a person in bringing clarity and a sense of peace about whom he/she was, is, and will be. I
hoped it would have a positive effect, especially since I, like many of us, am currently dealing with difficult changes and
disruptions in my life. I resisted the urge to go through with a session like this before, only to change my mind when the
timing felt right.
This week I put myself in the gentle and capable hands of my fellow professional holistic practitioner, Fayina Cohen,
CSW, C.HT, and found my opinion of Certified Hypnotherapy, my opinion of myself, and my belief in the cycles of
karma changed forever.
I have been studying esoteric, spiritual and philosophical thought for over a decade. I believed in reincarnation and
genetic karma before my session with Fayina, but I always left room for opportunity and error. The scientific mind
always admits when there is a possibility that it could be wrong, and so I made sure not to put all of my eggs in one
basket concerning, "past lives", and my ability to access them. Until now the only personal, "proof" I ever had as to
whether or not we actually live many earthly lives was a feeling of familiarity upon meeting certain people. I felt that sort
of familiarity when I first met Fayina, in fact. So with a whole bunch of anxiety and some trepidation, I arrived for my
ninety minute session.
The trepidation I felt was the result of not wanting to see what may have caused the list of self-defeating tendencies that
I have continually practiced in this lifetime. None of us are perfect, and we all have them. Even those of us who
practice within the metaphysical professions. So I knew what I needed to tackle that day: why am I so detached and
cold? Why am I so afraid I will abandon the people I love, as I have done once or twice in this life? Why do I fear I
will abandon people I love again? Why do I have a sense that I need adventure and can not stay in one place for very
long? Why can't I open up to those I love and show emotion? Why do I feel so lonely, even in the presence of others?
Why do I become so unexplainably angry? Why do I have so much trouble feeling confident and capable in my role as
a mother? Why do I have this irrational fear that I might lose my daughter? Why do I seek to serve people by healing
them, even when they clearly do not want to be healed, and at the expense of my own energy and emotional well
being? And there were other questions which would be answered that day, ones I never even thought to ask. I didn't
even present all of these questions to Fayina when she began our session. She started by giving me the choice picking
specific issues that I would like to tackle during the session, or letting myself go, "under" and allow whatever wanted to
come up, to come up. At this point I was really uncomfortable with what might come up, but I chose to allow the
session to progress in whatever direction it would take me anyway.
The actual regression began with what felt like a guided meditation, until I realized it was much more than that. I don't
know if it was my willingness or Fayina's soothing voice that made my body feel heavy and my mind become clear, but
I knew I was entering a state of being that was different from any I had tried to access in the past. For a person like me
who always feels and senses the things that can not be seen with human eyes, that's pretty deep.
I descended a winding staircase and chose one of three doors in front of me. The one straight ahead seemed like a
good way to go. I found myself in a beautiful place, and then in the presence of a guide who wanted me to travel
upward through what looked like the inside of a tornado. I did it, reluctantly, and found myself floating in space. I was
not alone, however...Ben Franklin was sitting at a table, writing, and adjusting his spectacles in front of me.
I next found myself on a beach, shucking clams. The Revolutionary war had begun and the British were on their way. I
knew I was south of New York City, somewhere between NYC and Florida. I was a nurse, an older woman, helping
our, "boys"...MY boys, prepare our ships for battle. We were surprised by an attack, and I was hit by cannon fire. I
could only see darkness as I felt my body being dragged. I tried to move, I tried to speak, but I couldn't.
Then I saw a church ceiling with glass windows above me. I knew my skin on my right side was burned away, and I
sensed the presence of every dead body from that battle lying beside me on the floor of the only place where our
bodies could be buried. The loneliness of that moment was unbearable; And this is when I became angry. I wanted to
help in the war. I wanted to see our country defeat the British. And I wanted to - I was OBLIGATED to - help my
boys...the patriots with whom I prepared our war boats on the ocean near the beach. The depressed and sad face of a
patriot appeared above me but only to place the tarp over my body, and then I would be left behind.
Fayina took me back further in that same lifetime to find out why I felt so strongly about saving and nursing and helping
those boys, and I was suddenly standing on a mat at my front door of my home. I was younger, without cares, and I
was the mother of an adorable little boy who appeared in front of me. I was gently made aware, without having to
relive the terrible ordeal, that my son had died of some sort of lung disease. It was then that I first went cold and
abandoned everything I loved and needed, because I just didn't want to feel anymore. No attachments meant no pain
and no opportunity for loss. So I went away, alone, to become a nurse, and ended up on that beach many years later
where I would fail to fulfill the need to save my boys, MY boys, who had taken the place of my son in my own mind.
I cried when I was under the hypnosis, and I am crying as I retell the story because the fears and pain still remain here
in my psyche. The difference is now I am aware of these things and I feel free. Everything that was revealed in that
session can explain why I have lived the way I have for so long, and all of those questions I came into the session with
have been answered. I am especially relieved that the negative emotions I have experienced in this lifetime toward
motherhood have been addressed. I did receive treatment for postpartum depression in this lifetime, after all.
Now to the lighter elements of my story: I saw the faces of two guides near the end of the journey. I asked them where
exactly this particular lifetime I was observing had taken place. I instructed Fayina to add to her notes that we would
know where I lived that life by finding the flag with a rattlesnake on it. I vowed to look that one up when I got home.
The feeling of complete success was with me as I reentered our world and returned to normal consciousness. I had
been awake, speaking, and seeing pictures in my mind's eye. But it all felt so real, especially the emotions. I knew I had
found the answers to so many questions I had about myself and why I handled things the way I have for so long. Now
I knew I could let it all go, because all of these fears were rooted in and stemmed from the past. They no longer had to
effect my present reality, and they are most likely not grave intuitions about my future. Great news!
You might want to know what the rattlesnake meant, like I did: On my way home, at a stoplight, I thought about my
extreme fondness for the writings of Thomas Jefferson, and reasoned that I must have spent that life in Virginia, the
home of that great thinker and leader. At that moment I looked down to see a Virginia license plate on the car in front
of me. A little more research later on the Internet unearthed the flag with the rattlesnake on it, first used by the Virginia
minutemen at the start of the American Revolution who marched to the motto, "Don't Tread On Me". It is also true,
according to many sources, that the same rattlesnake and motto were then used later by the first Continental Navy of
our young country. I consider these facts alone to be convincing arguments that what I experienced during regression
was not without merit. It doesn't hurt that all of this also explains why I was a political science major before I switched
to nursing, that I am a political junkie, that I am still a patriot, and that I tend to be overly passionate about a causes I
deem worthy.
I feel that a certain theory lends the most credence as to why the traumas experienced in one particular lifetime can
manifest themselves later in another lifetime (assuming one believes in reincarnation). Perhaps we do get to carry over
our experiences and the things we learn from lifetime to lifetime. Perhaps we do have to return to the root causes of our
pain and make right all that we have done wrong. Perhaps we must learn to change our behaviors and the ways in
which we handle things in order to move forward and ready ourselves for new experiences. Perhaps we have to learn
to correct our mistakes in order to free ourselves from the very things which we can not define, yet which hold us back.
Maybe it all doesn't just stem from what we have done in this life, maybe there is much more to it than that. Scientific
minds like mine would like to know. One thing's for sure, I'm still ready to go out and find adventure but this time I
won't do it alone or with a troubled heart.
P.S. I am not, nor have I ever been, a very good at meditation. Fayina Cohen's ability to sooth and guide me during my
regression was beyond anything I could ever expect to achieve on my own. Her approach and demeanor are perfect
for beginners and experienced clients alike. In my opinion, she is a natural healer. You can find Fayina using the contact
information below:
FAYINA COHEN, CSW, C.HT the facilitator of my regression, is a licensed psychotherapist and certified
hypnotherapist who helps people tackle issues including but not limited to weight loss, smoking cessation, fertility
issues, eating disorders, anxiety, and more. She partners with individual clients and facilitates couples therapy.
Appointments are available in Great Neck as well as other locations in NYC and Long Island. You can reach her
through her website, www.therapeuticsource.com , by email at awakentoself@yahoo.com , or by telephone at
1-516-504-0283.
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by Vanessa Calderon
This past week I took a chance on a method of therapy I had never tried before. I had read about Past Life Regression
Therapy. I was never sure if I believed that things like Hypnosis and guided regression could help solve personal
problems, or could aid a person in bringing clarity and a sense of peace about whom he/she was, is, and will be. I
hoped it would have a positive effect, especially since I, like many of us, am currently dealing with difficult changes and
disruptions in my life. I resisted the urge to go through with a session like this before, only to change my mind when the
timing felt right.
This week I put myself in the gentle and capable hands of my fellow professional holistic practitioner, Fayina Cohen,
CSW, C.HT, and found my opinion of Certified Hypnotherapy, my opinion of myself, and my belief in the cycles of
karma changed forever.
I have been studying esoteric, spiritual and philosophical thought for over a decade. I believed in reincarnation and
genetic karma before my session with Fayina, but I always left room for opportunity and error. The scientific mind
always admits when there is a possibility that it could be wrong, and so I made sure not to put all of my eggs in one
basket concerning, "past lives", and my ability to access them. Until now the only personal, "proof" I ever had as to
whether or not we actually live many earthly lives was a feeling of familiarity upon meeting certain people. I felt that sort
of familiarity when I first met Fayina, in fact. So with a whole bunch of anxiety and some trepidation, I arrived for my
ninety minute session.
The trepidation I felt was the result of not wanting to see what may have caused the list of self-defeating tendencies that
I have continually practiced in this lifetime. None of us are perfect, and we all have them. Even those of us who
practice within the metaphysical professions. So I knew what I needed to tackle that day: why am I so detached and
cold? Why am I so afraid I will abandon the people I love, as I have done once or twice in this life? Why do I fear I
will abandon people I love again? Why do I have a sense that I need adventure and can not stay in one place for very
long? Why can't I open up to those I love and show emotion? Why do I feel so lonely, even in the presence of others?
Why do I become so unexplainably angry? Why do I have so much trouble feeling confident and capable in my role as
a mother? Why do I have this irrational fear that I might lose my daughter? Why do I seek to serve people by healing
them, even when they clearly do not want to be healed, and at the expense of my own energy and emotional well
being? And there were other questions which would be answered that day, ones I never even thought to ask. I didn't
even present all of these questions to Fayina when she began our session. She started by giving me the choice picking
specific issues that I would like to tackle during the session, or letting myself go, "under" and allow whatever wanted to
come up, to come up. At this point I was really uncomfortable with what might come up, but I chose to allow the
session to progress in whatever direction it would take me anyway.
The actual regression began with what felt like a guided meditation, until I realized it was much more than that. I don't
know if it was my willingness or Fayina's soothing voice that made my body feel heavy and my mind become clear, but
I knew I was entering a state of being that was different from any I had tried to access in the past. For a person like me
who always feels and senses the things that can not be seen with human eyes, that's pretty deep.
I descended a winding staircase and chose one of three doors in front of me. The one straight ahead seemed like a
good way to go. I found myself in a beautiful place, and then in the presence of a guide who wanted me to travel
upward through what looked like the inside of a tornado. I did it, reluctantly, and found myself floating in space. I was
not alone, however...Ben Franklin was sitting at a table, writing, and adjusting his spectacles in front of me.
I next found myself on a beach, shucking clams. The Revolutionary war had begun and the British were on their way. I
knew I was south of New York City, somewhere between NYC and Florida. I was a nurse, an older woman, helping
our, "boys"...MY boys, prepare our ships for battle. We were surprised by an attack, and I was hit by cannon fire. I
could only see darkness as I felt my body being dragged. I tried to move, I tried to speak, but I couldn't.
Then I saw a church ceiling with glass windows above me. I knew my skin on my right side was burned away, and I
sensed the presence of every dead body from that battle lying beside me on the floor of the only place where our
bodies could be buried. The loneliness of that moment was unbearable; And this is when I became angry. I wanted to
help in the war. I wanted to see our country defeat the British. And I wanted to - I was OBLIGATED to - help my
boys...the patriots with whom I prepared our war boats on the ocean near the beach. The depressed and sad face of a
patriot appeared above me but only to place the tarp over my body, and then I would be left behind.
Fayina took me back further in that same lifetime to find out why I felt so strongly about saving and nursing and helping
those boys, and I was suddenly standing on a mat at my front door of my home. I was younger, without cares, and I
was the mother of an adorable little boy who appeared in front of me. I was gently made aware, without having to
relive the terrible ordeal, that my son had died of some sort of lung disease. It was then that I first went cold and
abandoned everything I loved and needed, because I just didn't want to feel anymore. No attachments meant no pain
and no opportunity for loss. So I went away, alone, to become a nurse, and ended up on that beach many years later
where I would fail to fulfill the need to save my boys, MY boys, who had taken the place of my son in my own mind.
I cried when I was under the hypnosis, and I am crying as I retell the story because the fears and pain still remain here
in my psyche. The difference is now I am aware of these things and I feel free. Everything that was revealed in that
session can explain why I have lived the way I have for so long, and all of those questions I came into the session with
have been answered. I am especially relieved that the negative emotions I have experienced in this lifetime toward
motherhood have been addressed. I did receive treatment for postpartum depression in this lifetime, after all.
Now to the lighter elements of my story: I saw the faces of two guides near the end of the journey. I asked them where
exactly this particular lifetime I was observing had taken place. I instructed Fayina to add to her notes that we would
know where I lived that life by finding the flag with a rattlesnake on it. I vowed to look that one up when I got home.
The feeling of complete success was with me as I reentered our world and returned to normal consciousness. I had
been awake, speaking, and seeing pictures in my mind's eye. But it all felt so real, especially the emotions. I knew I had
found the answers to so many questions I had about myself and why I handled things the way I have for so long. Now
I knew I could let it all go, because all of these fears were rooted in and stemmed from the past. They no longer had to
effect my present reality, and they are most likely not grave intuitions about my future. Great news!
You might want to know what the rattlesnake meant, like I did: On my way home, at a stoplight, I thought about my
extreme fondness for the writings of Thomas Jefferson, and reasoned that I must have spent that life in Virginia, the
home of that great thinker and leader. At that moment I looked down to see a Virginia license plate on the car in front
of me. A little more research later on the Internet unearthed the flag with the rattlesnake on it, first used by the Virginia
minutemen at the start of the American Revolution who marched to the motto, "Don't Tread On Me". It is also true,
according to many sources, that the same rattlesnake and motto were then used later by the first Continental Navy of
our young country. I consider these facts alone to be convincing arguments that what I experienced during regression
was not without merit. It doesn't hurt that all of this also explains why I was a political science major before I switched
to nursing, that I am a political junkie, that I am still a patriot, and that I tend to be overly passionate about a causes I
deem worthy.
I feel that a certain theory lends the most credence as to why the traumas experienced in one particular lifetime can
manifest themselves later in another lifetime (assuming one believes in reincarnation). Perhaps we do get to carry over
our experiences and the things we learn from lifetime to lifetime. Perhaps we do have to return to the root causes of our
pain and make right all that we have done wrong. Perhaps we must learn to change our behaviors and the ways in
which we handle things in order to move forward and ready ourselves for new experiences. Perhaps we have to learn
to correct our mistakes in order to free ourselves from the very things which we can not define, yet which hold us back.
Maybe it all doesn't just stem from what we have done in this life, maybe there is much more to it than that. Scientific
minds like mine would like to know. One thing's for sure, I'm still ready to go out and find adventure but this time I
won't do it alone or with a troubled heart.
P.S. I am not, nor have I ever been, a very good at meditation. Fayina Cohen's ability to sooth and guide me during my
regression was beyond anything I could ever expect to achieve on my own. Her approach and demeanor are perfect
for beginners and experienced clients alike. In my opinion, she is a natural healer. You can find Fayina using the contact
information below:
FAYINA COHEN, CSW, C.HT the facilitator of my regression, is a licensed psychotherapist and certified
hypnotherapist who helps people tackle issues including but not limited to weight loss, smoking cessation, fertility
issues, eating disorders, anxiety, and more. She partners with individual clients and facilitates couples therapy.
Appointments are available in Great Neck as well as other locations in NYC and Long Island. You can reach her
through her website, www.therapeuticsource.com , by email at awakentoself@yahoo.com , or by telephone at
1-516-504-0283.
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