Past life regression is re-experience of past life. You may actually feel like you are the person you were in a past life, during your session. You may feel that you have that body again or are with the people you knew in that lifetime. You may also see images in your mind, it is worthwhile to really pay attention to your experience. Usually, people do not lose touch with their current self during these sessions. You will more than likely still know you are you, undergoing a past life session. But this will be mingled with the feeling that you are another you, in another place and time as well.
Sometimes people reexperience trauma and pain from their past life. If a trauma does come into your consciousness, it is significant to your life now. Believers of reincarnation know that we have all died many many times. You are not going to remember every death your soul has experienced. But you may experience one that is very important to you now. The role of the regression therapist is to help you remember the important situations and then process what you remember. Often, the simple process of recall is a big step forward to healing ailments, emotional scars .
