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We have all the answers, we just need to allow ourselves the right questions.

-Dolores Cannon




What has led me to seeking answers with QHHT?


Like many of us I have remembered snippets of what seemed like memories from a past life. Some of those memories are more detailed and others are quite vague, but they possess an intense emotional quality to them that is undeniable and not easily explained by the rational mind. We may not have a rational understanding of the context and the experience, but our body and the cellular consciousness remembers.


From early childhood on I had suffered from a skin condition where my skin was experiencing severe flare ups with eczema all over my body accompanied by intense anxiety. Often the skin would be so red and sensitive that all I could wear and tolerate on my body was pure silk. Traditional medicine had no explanation or cure for the disease and nothing to offer other than topical creams to ease the flare ups.


In my twenties I was training under the renowned energy healer Dr. Barbara Brennan at her school and in a healing practice came to experience the past life that had caused this physical condition in my current life. The healing was intense and encompassing and allowed me to cure this disease after over 20 years of suffering from chronic illness. My own experience led me to understand the profound impact past life trauma can have on our physical and emotional bodies.



How can we get to the root cause of a disease or a challenging life issue?


For the past 25 years I have helped many of my clients heal from emotional and physical trauma. My own dramatic healing process and understanding that the root cause for my disease was to be found in a past life made me understand early on that sometimes we need to go way back to find where the distortion and the trauma of origin happened to heal. The cause for the disease could be rooted in this lifetime or a past life. Energy healing sessions can open the door to experiencing past-lives and there are many times when old trauma is lifted from the body and auric field but for some clients it was hard to find an access point.


A few years ago, more distinct memories from past lives emerged from my cellular consciousness unexpectedly while I was receiving some body work. At the time I had just come across Dolores Cannon's work. The material I was reading spoke to my soul and some of the more unusual memories and experiences I was having. Consequently, I signed up for a QHHT session which allowed me to understand the significance of the past lives I was remembering and get answers to a variety of current life questions. Not only did it give me answers to my questions but in the session I also gleaned a deeper understanding of my life purpose and received deep healing for myself. I was also told during that session that I should learn the technique and begin facilitating it for my clients.



How can regression hypnosis help resolve physical and emotional issues?



As a hypnosis practitioner Dolores Cannon had developed QHHT, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, over the course of 45 years. QHHT is a transformative life changing form of healing. In her in-depth research Dolores found that clients were able to reach a much deeper state of consciousness where they could find answers to the most challenging questions and frequently achieve phenomenal emotional and physical healing.



Dolores renamed her technique to Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique over the course of time as she discovered that a session could encompass so much more than a past life and the in-depth healing that could occur during a session. The Higher Self always takes the client to the most important and appropriate experience to see. Many expansive experiences of who we are as source beings can be brought forward as the client is uncovering how these experiences are connected to the questions and challenges that are currently being experienced. What is being brought forward by the Higher Self is the key to finding the answers and there are no limits as to what will be shown during the regression. Rest assured though that the Higher Self always comes forward with the intention for healing and deeper understanding. It always has your best interest in mind!



So, what happens during a QHHT session?


The inner process for the client begins prior to the actual session. I ask my clients to spend time introspecting and working on a list a of questions before they are having the regression itself with me. This already jump starts the internal process and if integrated as an important internal preparation has a deep effect in already putting the client in contact with his or her Higher Self, or what Dolores Cannon called the Subconscious. Personally, I prefer the term Higher Self as it names the quality of the part of us that is expansive and all knowing. In truth, all the answers to our questions reside within us and regression hypnosis it a phenomenal methodology that allows us to get in touch with this part of ourselves. Unfortunately, many of us are having trouble accessing this deep wisdom within as our daily consciousness and the analytical mind often get in the way. That is where QHHT comes in!


When the client first arrives, we spend a lot of time together to look at important life events and what has brought them into my office. This allows me to get a bigger picture and deepen the relationship with the client. I look at myself as a facilitator to hold a sacred container for each and every client who walks through my door. It is a great honor to be with my clients and understanding in depth what has shaped their lives to the point of the session.


During the regression I take my client into a relaxed, deep state of consciousness. This is a state of consciousness all of us access twice a day when we go to sleep and when we wake up. In truth anybody is familiar with the sensation of just drifting off to sleep where the pictures and symbols begin to appear as we enter the dream state. Being in this deep state of consciousness the client can connect with his or her Higher Self to receive answers to any life question. The Higher Self also provides healing whenever it is appropriate.


Once I have gently guided the client back into day consciousness, we spent some time together integrating the experience and talking about what has been gleaned. All regression sessions are recorded and my clients receive the audio recording. Listening to the recording is an important part of the healing process and assists in deepening the connection with the Higher Self going forward.



What are the possible benefits of a regression hypnosis session?


The driving force for those seeking a session range from healing from various diseases, chronic pain, and addiction, strange, unusual memories and experiences to big life questions like: where am I from, what is my purpose or where am I going when I transition? All questions may be answered, and many things can be healed during a session.


There are many possible benefits to receiving to a QHHT session. It allows the client to get in touch with their Higher Self and get out of the “left brain mode” that often domineers our lives and leaves us trapped in repetitive thought patterns. QHHT can help heal trauma and assist the person in letting go of past traumatic life experiences for a complete recovery. Relationship issues can be understood on a deeper level and healing strategies put in place. It is also a great methodology to help making life decisions like career paths or where to live for example. Physical healing is also a very powerful experience that often ensues a QHHT session. And lastly QHHT can deepen our spiritual experiences, allow us to get an in depth understanding of our true nature and who we really are and what our life purpose is.

I never cease to be amazed by the incredible potential for healing and deeper understanding that is being presented during each session. Many of my clients experience a deeper contact with themselves as source beings, get to meet their guides and angels and find out about their life purpose. It is always so incredible to witness when the Higher Self begins to answer the client’s questions and the linear mind steps aside. The answers are profound, to the point and oftentimes present unexpected revelations and answers.

How Trauma, Dissociation and Soul Loss impact Aliveness


"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears as fate." - Carl Jung

You don’t seem yourself these days,” my friend said to me. I had gone through a recent and challenging divorce without much support, and it seemed like part of me wasn’t home anymore. It didn’t just seem like it. The truth was that a part of me had left during the trauma of my life unraveling in a fast and unforgiving manner. I had lived in a beautiful home overlooking the ocean and then found myself in a small rental with my two children and a creepy drug addict next door looking into our windows. It seemed that the ground below me was shaking continuously. I had never had an anxiety attack in my life until that time. I was waking up abruptly in the middle of the night in utter panic, hyperventilating and sitting in front of a fan to cool off my overheated body. I clearly was experiencing symptoms of PTSD. Thankfully I was already familiar with various therapeutic and shamanic healing modalities and found help to safely bring back the parts of me that had left during the crisis of my divorce.


I haven’t met anyone who has not suffered some extent of trauma. Interestingly I have also found that what is traumatizing to one person doesn’t have to have the same effect on another. But all of us carry trauma with us, be it minor or major, that needs to be healed for us to lead our lives to the fullest.


The experience of trauma can lead to what is called dissociation in Psychology which essentially means a lack of connection or connections. Dissociation is an internal mechanism that leads us to disconnect from feelings and emotions to avoid painful and traumatic memories. It is a defense mechanism in which we separate out of our memory of painful and traumatic events that we are unable to deal with at the time. In shamanic work we call this occurrence soul loss.


What are the signs of soul loss


So, what are the symptoms of soul loss and how would you know that you have soul loss? You may find that your enthusiasm, your trust in life and your enjoyment of life are greatly diminished. Even when you think you have recovered from a traumatic occurrence and feel completely over it, if you really look deep inside you will see you are no longer the same, no longer as happy, and carefree as before. The birds don't seem to sing quite as beautifully anymore and even a sunny day seems not as bright as before. It is almost as if your world has turned to muted shades of grey.


Many sufferers of soul loss feel as if a part of them is missing, as if they are no longer whole. They feel incomplete. This feeling is in fact very accurate because they have indeed lost a part of themselves and are no longer whole. The sufferers of soul loss may feel as if they are but a pale shadow of their former selves. Great sadness and depression are typical symptoms of soul loss. The depression can range from mild to extreme, depending on the severity of the soul loss. The depression of soul loss stems from being dis-spirited, having lost part of your spirit. In case of very significant soul loss serious, possibly severe illness will occur and with near total soul loss, the person will usually fall into a coma from which death could result from if the soul stays out too long.

Sometimes the soul piece can return automatically after a few hours or a day or two after a traumatic event but often it does not. In those cases, the soul piece has become permanently lost in the non-ordinary reality and is either unable or unwilling to return. A skilled shamanic practitioner can retrieve the lost soul piece and restore wholeness to the dis-spirited person. The shamanic technique of finding and restoring a lost soul piece is commonly called soul retrieval.


How to heal soul loss


Several types of trauma therapy are available to clients which can be very effective. However, when I learned about Shamanism as a methodology to aid my own and my clients healing process, I felt that it was adding a dimension that was missing in the world of clinical psychology. Shamanism is the oldest spiritual practice known to humankind. We know from the archaeological evidence that shamanism was practiced all over the world for at least 40,000 years. However, many anthropologists believe that the practice dates back over 100,000 years.


The word shaman comes from the Tungus tribe in Siberia and means “one who sees in the dark.” Shamanism has been practiced in parts of Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland, and Native North and South America. A shaman is a man or woman who uses the ability to see with "the strong eye” and interacts directly with spirits to address the spiritual aspects of illness, performs soul retrievals, divines information, helps the spirits of deceased people cross over, and performs a variety of ceremonies for the community. Shamans have taken on many roles in tribal communities. They have acted as healers, doctors, priests, psychotherapists, mystics, and storytellers. Shamans look at the spiritual form of illness which might manifest on an emotional or physical level and many cultures around the world believe that illness is caused by a loss of soul. The definition of soul utilized here is that soul is our essence, life force, the part of our vitality that keeps us alive and thriving.


The types of traumata that could cause soul loss in our culture would be any kind of abuse - sexual, physical, or emotional. Other causes could be an accident, being in a war, being a victim of a terrorist act, acting against our morals, being in a natural disaster, surgery, addictions, divorce, or death of a loved one. In essence any event that causes shock could cause soul loss. And what might cause soul loss in one person might not cause soul loss in another.


While soul loss can occur because of abuse it can also be a way of life we learned from our families or as a way of coping with our sensitivity. Many women describe dissociation as a spacy or numbing sensation. In the middle of a crisis or traumatic situation that might be a good thing but when habitual patterns are robbing us of the ability to feel alive, vibrant, and happy it causes further issues. Trauma and dissociation go hand in hand. To dissociate is a natural built-in survival strategy to manage very stressful and fear-based situations.


Why this type of work is so powerful and profound


In my experience the main difference between soul retrieval and other psychological methods is that the shamanic practitioner relies on the wisdom and skills of the compassionate helping spirits. The practitioner does not determine what part the client is ready to reintegrate and never makes the assessment him or herself. It is the helping spirits who provide the diagnosis, and the practitioner never uses his or her own energy to facilitate healing. It is the bond and the relationship with the spirit helpers that determines the practitioners’ abilities. The spirit help will instruct the practitioner on which methods to use and in what order. Frequently a combination of methods is being called for. The compassionate helping spirits know more than the practitioner who is limited by human mind and ego. The work is based on embracing the fact that the helping spirits exist in a non-ordinary reality which allows them a bird’s eye view over the situation of the client.


The helping spirits have also proven incredibly helpful in gauging the approach when working with cumulative trauma. An example of that was a client of mine who was sexually abused as a child by a family member, was date raped in college and then ended up in a marriage where she was verbally abused. Several soul pieces had dissociated during her life and now all needed to be brought back and integrated. Even though my spirit help may show me what these pieces are, they might advise me to first empower the client in a certain way. This could be done with a power animal retrieval, or a medicinal song brought back to the client for example. In many cases where the client has experienced cumulative and complex post-traumatic stress disorder it is instrumental to proceed slowly with the healing and retrieval process. Often it is not beneficial for the client to receive several soul parts at once. Their emotional system could get flooded since all those parts need to be integrated back into the self. I have also found that soul pieces can decide to leave again if there hasn’t been enough integration time for the client to truly heal. So the wisdom of the helping spirits is truly instrumental in guiding the healing process.


What are the effects of soul retrieval


The effects of having a soul retrieval vary from person to person. Some people feel that they are more grounded in their body and feel more solid. Some people feel lighter and a joyful way of being returns to them. For some memories of the past traumas might be triggered bringing up a variety of feelings that must be worked through. And for some people the effects are too subtle to notice a change until further integration work is done. This type of healing work also is beneficial when utilized in addition to more traditional methods of therapy.


On return of the soul piece the seeker of healing usually feels an energy entering them. This can occasionally be accompanied by a vision. More frequently there is a strong emotion on reconnecting with the soul piece. Mostly this is a happy and familiar feeling, a sense of relief, but sometimes the old sadness or trauma will come up again and be experienced once more to be permanently released during the healing crisis.


As people feel more present in their bodies and in the world, they become more conscious of behavior that might be out of balance and disharmonious. When we are numb, we might be aware that things in the world are not right, but we can easily distract ourselves from feeling a need to change. When we are fully “inspirited” there is no place to retreat to and we are more inspired to change our lives. Being fully inspirited is the basis of leading a fulfilled and present life. In essence there is more of “you” available and present every day.

SABINE SCHMIDT
In Person & Virtual Healing sabine@purely-aligned.com

 

M.A. Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.)

B.S. Brennan Healing Science

Core Shamanic Practitioner

QHHT Practitioner LEVEL 2

End of Life Doula - Inelda 

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