Rabbi:
I have been practicing hypnosis for more than 25 years and have never encountered a past life. I have no belief in past lives, and would not use that metaphor with patients. Past lives has nothing to do with hypnosis; the process gives hypnosis a bad name by allying it with the occult. I have no respect for national experts who encourage people to belive that hypnosis is a vehicle for accessing past lives.
I mean to respond directly but not disrespectfully.
I wish you well in your work.
Jeff