Past Life Retrieval

Illuminating origins. Releasing inherited patterns. Restoring choice in the present.

Past Life Retrieval is a shamanic practice in which the practitioner journeys on your behalf to access past-life material that is directly relevant to your current life.

This work is observational, intentional, and practitioner-led.
You rest and receive.

Call for Booking or More Info

(843) 259-8349

Schedule Your Session

Past Life Retrieval vs. Past Life Regression

These two approaches are often confused, but they are quite different.

Past Life Retrieval

  • The practitioner enters a shamanic journey state on your behalf

  • Past-life material is observed and gathered without you reliving it

  • The focus is on identifying origins of present-life patterns and releasing their influence

  • The retrieved life is intentionally relevant to current circumstances, often involving unresolved or formative experiences

This process does not require you to access trance, visualization, or memory.

Past Life Regression

  • The client is guided into a hypnotic state

  • The client directly experiences or revisits the past life

  • This work is experiential and client-led

Lance Garland, MA, LPC, CHt, is trained in Past Life Regression and offers this work through the Charleston Holistic Center. Please visit the CHC website for more information.

Each approach has its place; the appropriate method depends on temperament, nervous-system readiness, and intention.

Why Someone Might Seek a Past Life Retrieval

Past Life Retrieval is often chosen when present-life experiences do not appear to originate in this lifetime.

This may include:

  • Persistent patterns of self-sabotage without a clear current-life source

  • Strong, recurring attractions or aversions that feel unexplainable

  • Emotional or energetic responses that seem disproportionate to present circumstances

  • Physical sensations or limitations without identifiable medical or situational cause

In these cases, Past Life Retrieval can help identify the origin of the pattern and allow it to release, restoring choice and flexibility in the present.

What a Session Is Like

Sessions are calm, grounded, and unhurried.

  • We begin with a brief conversation to clarify the pattern or question bringing you in

  • You then lie fully clothed on a Reiki table and rest

  • Music and gentle drumming support the session

  • The practitioner performs the shamanic journey and retrieval work

  • Reiki is often used before, during, or after to support integration

If appropriate, a power animal may be retrieved or consulted as part of the process to ensure alignment and suitability of the work.

After the journey, the practitioner will share what was observed and how it relates to your present life.

Schedule Your Session

Client Participation

Most Past Life Retrieval sessions are entirely practitioner-led.

In rare instances, and only if appropriate, you may be gently guided into a light, supported inner experience to assist with resolution. This is never required and is always approached with care, consent, and grounding.

You are never asked to relive trauma.

Integration

Past Life Retrieval is not about assigning identity or destiny.
It is about loosening the influence of what no longer belongs in the present.

Integration often shows up as:

  • Reduced emotional charge around longstanding patterns

  • Greater freedom of choice

  • A sense of clarity or relief

  • Subtle but meaningful behavioral shifts over time

After Your Past Life Retrieval Session

Past Life Retrieval is gentle, but it can continue to unfold over time as your system naturally integrates what has returned.

There is nothing you need to make happen.
The suggestions below are simply supportive, not requirements.

Simple Supportive Care

  • Drink a bit more water than usual for the rest of the day

  • Allow yourself a quiet evening, if possible

  • A warm shower or bath can help your body settle before sleep

  • Gentle nourishment, rest, and self-kindness go a long way

Some people enjoy marking the experience in a personal way — a good meal, a favorite activity, or simply a moment of acknowledgment. This is optional and intuitive, not ceremonial unless you want it to be.

What You Might Notice

Everyone’s integration process is different. Many people notice very little at first, while others observe subtle shifts over time.

You may notice:

  • More vivid dreams for a short period

  • Temporary emotional neutrality or softness

  • Increased awareness of habitual patterns

  • A growing sense of presence or internal stability

These experiences, when they occur, tend to be transitional and self-regulating.

Over the Coming Weeks

As integration continues, some people find:

  • Old emotional patterns lose their charge

  • Past experiences arise briefly and then settle

  • Choices feel more natural and less effortful

  • There is more space between impulse and action

This is not about forcing change — it’s about wholeness reorganizing itself.

Important Notes

  • Past Life Retrieval is not psychotherapy or medical treatment

  • This work is practitioner-led and experiential in nature

  • It complements, but does not replace, other forms of care

Feel This is For You?

If you feel drawn to understanding and releasing patterns that don’t seem to originate in this lifetime, Past Life Retrieval may be a supportive next step.

Click the Button to Start or

Call:  (843) 259-8349

Book a Past Life Retrieval Session