Forward Progression Hypnosis

As I was driving home last night, I heard Paul McKenna on Radio 1 DJ Scott Mill’s show.  Scott was asking for McKenna’s thoughts on past life regression and why people always seem to say that they were somebody famous, or rich, or someone important and never that they were just a peasant.

Paul McKenna’s response was that when he used to hear about past life regression, he’d always thought it was a load of rubbish, but that every now and then someone would come up with facts that they couldn’t possibly have known or they would start speaking in a foreign language that they couldn’t have known.

However, McKenna also said that what really interested him was forward progression, which is when you ask someone to look into the future, to see what would happen if they continued on a particular path, or even to ask them to look into a future life, if you believe in reincarnation.  He called it a ‘snapshot of a person’s karma’.

Forward progression isn’t something that I’ve used or experienced, so I can’t really say, so I looked it up.  It is otherwise known as ‘age progression’ or ‘future life progression hypnosis’ and there are very few hypnotherapists or courses about it and it’s a relatively new technique.

Forward progression is a technique sometimes used in NLP or life coaching, but progressing through the current life only.  Clients are asked to imagine what is likely to happen if they continue down their current path and are encouraged to really use their imagination and give as much detail as possible.

Personally, I don’t know how imaginative or detailed I could be if I was asked to use this technique for myself but it’s an interesting concept and we’d be interested to hear from anyone who either uses this technique in their own practice, runs courses or has experienced it for themselves as a client.

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