Saturday, May 17, 2008

EXPLORING PAST LIVES

I am a certified hypnotist who is interested in past life explorations using hypnosis. I became interested in hypnosis and past life exploration in 1985. I was living in Tulsa, Okla. at the time and attended a metaphysical workshop on past lives. The woman conducting the workshop talked about a woman in Colorado named Virginia Tighe who supposedly recalled a past live as a 19th-century Irishwoman by the name of Bridey Murphy.

The story goes that in 1952, Colorado businessman and amateur hypnotist Morey Bernstein put housewife Virginia Tighe of Pueblo, Colorado in a hypnotic state that sparked off startling revelations about Tighe's alleged past life as a 19th-century Irishwoman and her rebirth in the United States 59 years later. Bernstein used a technique called hypnotic age regression, during which the subject is gradually taken back to childhood. He then attempted to take Virginia one step further, before birth, and suddenly was astonished to find he was listening to Bridey Murphy.

I developed a friendship with the workshop facilitator and learned the basic technique of hypnosis. In 2006 I took a one month advance course in hypnosis and became certified.

I have used various hypnotic techniques in my healing practice. Hypnosis is a safe drug free way to break free of bad habits and overcome fears. I have helped a number of people to quit smoking (myself included) and used hypnosis for those bothered by anxiety attacks.