Born again!

If you’re looking for spiritual purification and release of personal traumas, try rebirthing.

Are you suffering from anger, fear or sadness? Could it be related to the trauma of birth? Like many others, you can get relief through rebirthing — a therapy which uses breathwork to release negative emotions. Rebirthing is a term coined in the 1970s by American Leonard Orr. He called it “the most powerful form of prana yoga”. This New Age technique has many takers in India.

Spiritual Purification

Sujata Malik, who took this therapy, sums up its benefits: “As part of the spiritual process, it’s important to shed emotional baggage and relieve knots from the past. As we revisit an experience and go through the pain again, it helps in resolving the problem forever.”

Practitioners tell you that rebirthing unravels all human trauma in our present life as well as from past lives, and helps optimise our skills and talent. Rhythmic breathing is the key to releasing negative blocks and filling one with an abundant life force. The process accesses subconscious realms, leading to spiritual purification and a feeling of connectedness with the world around.

Sheeba Loganey was introduced to the art by Orr one fine day, 15 years ago. She remembers, “I took my first rebirthing session the same evening and the experience was profound. I felt my whole body pulsating with energy, the breath having taken over after the first few minutes, and I relived my entire birth process which had been very traumatic because of the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck.

I actually saw the whole birthing process, the layout of the hospital room, along with the people present in the room at the time, the doctors, my father and my aunt. My mother later confirmed the details. I had finally released my birth trauma and my claustrophobia disappeared completely. I felt calm and energised. After this, I was ready for the second session the next day!”

Loganey explains how it happens: “Almost everyone who undergoes this therapy feels a tingling or vibrations all over the body after about 10 minutes and this continues for one to two hours. It then gradually recedes and leaves a person feeling calm and tranquil. Every physical ailment has a psychosomatic reason behind it and when we heal the mental and emotional reasons, we heal the physical problem too.

A client was looking for a life-partner and it was after only the sixth session that she met her would-be husband at the airport while travelling from Delhi to Bangalore.

Another, who wanted to sell his property which was under dispute, resolved all issues with his siblings amicably. One, who had aches and pains all over his body and the doctors found nothing wrong with him, healed completely after 10 sessions.”

Rohini Chopra also witnessed miracles during her rebirthing sessions, she says, “Past-life regressions, which have sorted out issues in this lifetime, profound insights, a deeper connection with the self, a deep sense of well-being, an effortless letting go of blocks without intellectualisation, facing and transcending fears…and so gently and effortlessly. It’s an honour to be a rebirther and witness it hapen, with minimum interference on one’s own part.”

Who Can Undergo Rebirthing

There is no age limit; anyone suffering from fear, anger or emotional problems can take recourse to the therapy, but pregnant women should avoid it. Also people suffering from diagnosed depressive disorders should choose rebirthers with care say practioners.

Can one undergo rebirthing on their own, unsupervised? Says Rohini Chopra, “After doing a few sessions under supervision, you can do regular sessions on your own to keep the energy system clear.”A good rebirther should teach you how to continue at home, she says. According to Loganey, a person needs 10 to 20 sessions with a rebirther before they attempt to do it on their own. Each session is five to seven days apart.

The sessions involve using the elements of earth, air, water and fire. Says cosmetic surgeon Sandeep Bhasin, who came across rebirthing in 1999, “We use this breathing technique in dry sessions or in underwater sessions. The same breathing can be done near fire or by being under earth, and with each element, the release of emotions and issues is different.”

He maintains, “Rebirthing is a highly revolutionary method as it releases memories of childhood and past life at a tremendous speed, which can take psychoanalysts years to explore. It has really changed people’s lives. I, too, used to be very submissive and found it difficult to express myself.

Rebirthing made me assertive.” A client, he claims, went from being meek to gregarious and positive, after recalling and releasing the trauma of being sexually abused in a past life.

The key lies in breathing right and in consciously working out troublesome issues!

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