Case Studies
Weight Issue
by Gayla Reiter
Sharon a 54 year old professional sales executive divorced with two sons
had been battling a weight issue for the past 12 years. Now overweight
by 90 pounds decided that it was time to focus on getting rid of it. Had
subjected herself over the 12 years to diets, health clubs, gyms, empowerment
classes, pills, shakes, well-meaning friends advice to lose 20-25 pounds
then put it right back on.
In her first session admitted that she was scared about hypnosis but
sought it out because, "Nothing else had worked." So we took
it slowly.
By the 8th session she was beginning to feel comfortable with
traditional hypnosis. It was time to start asking questions. Directed
her to go back to the time when she had lost the 20-25 pounds and had
her talk about it in hypnosis. "I'm looking at myself in the mirror."
There is a hesitation on her part. I asked her to go on. She does not.
I wait. Asked her what she feels? She says, "sick to my stomach."
Direct her to go to the sickness in the stomach and connect back to the
origin of this sickness.
With tears streaming down her face she emotionally states that she is
being "Sacrificed." She had been selected by the "Temple
Priests" as the "Gift to the Gods." She, now 9 years old,
was taken from her family this morning to the temple grounds to be prepared.
Was bathed in special oils. All body hairs removed. Clothed in special
garments. Then given a very strong liquid to drink. During this entire
process was told how special she was to have been chosen for this occasion
and how pretty she would be when welcomed by the gods. (In subsequent
sessions we explored much more of that lifetime and discovered that that
entire lifetime was spent in the care of the "Temple Protectorates."
She would spend a few months at home with family and the rest of the year
would be spent on temple grounds. She was one of a dozen. No one knew
which girl would be chosen until the morning of the sacrifice. The liquid
drink given the morning of was sufficient to comatose her to compliance).
In being led to the altar there is a long procession. She has no identity
with anyone including her family. The drug that she was given has taken
care of that. She feels nothing. Disrobed she is placed naked on the altar.
The ceremony begins just as the sun ascends, and she is sacrificed at
the height of the ceremony.
Returning to the present lifetime it is discovered that at the age of
10 she begins to put on weight. However it is never sufficient as to warrant
her attention until her mid 40's.
(It should be noted here that although the above and below are written
in narrative form it took about 6-7 months to move through it all).
In her mid 40's at the time of her divorce marks the beginning period
of serious weight gain and traumatic personal feelings(loss). Taking her
back to this time in this life she admitted denying the grief, the abandonment,
the rejection. She felt then that she was doing well by the coping methods
that she had adopted. Her spouse of 20+ years had found another and had
moved on. She was stuck putting on weight. We had not yet reached the
cause.
We went back to the mirror, and the loss of 25 pounds. As she is facing
the mirror in this hypnosis session, I asked her to project herself to
what she would look like if she lost all the weight?? "I will not
suffer anymore loss". I asked her to repeat this again, again, again.
Then suggested that she connect this to another time, and place where
loss was felt deeply. .
Found herself tearing at her stomach, wailing and crying as her then
child is being "sacrificed" to a volcano. She, then in that
lifetime is 42 years old. The child is 12 years old. The child had just
begun menstruation. My client, the child's mother, takes her own life
shortly thereafter.
This particular past life's loss was felt, (it was just waiting for the
right questioning), There was no drink to provide comatose. The first
loss was in memory but would not be felt as strongly until a sufficient
trigger of loss opened that memory. The loss in the present lifetime,
(divorce, lifestyle, etc) was sufficient enough pain to trigger all losses.
Weight loss in her mind was still loss and would eventually lead to more
loss.
It has been a year and a half since that particular session. To this
date the weight has come off slowly. She is still processing "Women's
roles" in the 20th-21st century. She is down
62 pounds as of this writing. Her happiest remark after several sessions
reframing loss is, "Thank God in this lifetime I have boys".
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