Do you notice that patterns keep recurring in your life that you feel you have no control over? Do you keep reverting to old habits despite your best intentions? Sometimes it can be helpful to explore the source of a pattern that is lingering in the body, transform it, and anchor power to effect the future. The journey to access this power can lead back to our childhood, or even further back, to past lifetimes. In my hypnotherapy practice, I have witnessed again and again how women are able to become more empowered in this lifetime by claiming their priestess selves from the distant past.
One client experienced herself in medieval times, wearing armor, on horseback, encouraging other women to fight the oppression they were experiencing. Allowing herself to confront her fears, she found herself surrounded by the very men she feared would capture her. With the persective and wisdom of the higher self, she was able to escape with another woman to a peaceful forest where she could practice midwivery and natural ways in peace and safety. This transformation created great changes in my clients body and being. She breathed easier, and sank into the knowing that she is a healer and a leader of women, safe and secure, with no need to fight.
Accessing priestess power from the past is especially helpful as we are living in a patriarchal culture today. When I was getting my hypnotherapy training I uncovered some fears of sexual assault which stemmed not from this lifetime, but from a past lifetime in Greece. I traveled back in time through hypnotherapy, and with the help of my spirit guides, stopped a man who wished to do me harm. I was a priestess of the Goddess, steeped in feminine wisdom, and he was a Roman soldier, trained his whole life to oppress others. With the help of my therapist, I was able to creatively shift my perspective on the situation and develop compassion for myself and the soldier. Needless to say, I emerged confident and strong, no longer held by that fear.
Sometimes, of course, trauma from this lifetime can surface to be healed. Whether from this lifetime or another, the same process applies: allowing the feelings, accessing deep and higher wisdom, and creatively re-imagining a better outcome. Hynotherapy is a bit like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel: you pick the ending! And it is wonderful to own the power from our past, so that we may more joyfully create our future.
Blessings on your journey.
