Paul Aurand - Essential Healing: Hypnotherapy and Regression-Based Practices to Release the Emotional Pain and Trauma Keeping You Stuck

Essential Healing is a gem. It is filled with the wisdom of life and our potential for healing. I have been there and know the truth. I have had a near-death experience (NDE) and a past-life experience, and know that we do not have spontaneous remissionsbut self-induced healing. Read Essential Healing , and use it as a textbook of self-learning and healing.

Bernie S. Siegel, MD , author of Love, Medicine and Miracles ; A Book of Miracles ; and Three Men Six Lives

Paul Aurands Essential Healing is a treasure trove of wisdom and practical advice for coping with pain and trauma, both emotional and physical. A master therapist, Aurand provides a thorough understanding of his techniques, illustrated by numerous clinical cases and including specific exercises for addressing each step in the healing process. I recommend Essential Healing for anyone who has been traumatized, and for anyone seeking an enhanced quality of life.

Bruce Greyson, MD , professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at University of Virginia, and author of After

Paul Aurands Essential Healing is a captivating example of how the peeling back of the layers of consciousness can result in profound advances in self-knowledge, psychological growth, and physical healing. It is a classic testimony of the tenacity and unity of our body and mind.

Larry Dossey, MD , author of One Mind , and executive editor of Explore

People awaken to the wonders within themselves under a variety of circumstances. Some experience trauma or close calls with death or loss of loved ones, while others grow naturally into self-awareness during a midlife crisis. Paul Aurands Essential Healing is a fine, practical guide to self-exploration in all those situations. I like the authors workbook approach, as he offers fascinating text with plenty of consciousness-raising exercises.

Raymond Moody, MD, PhD , author of Life After Life

In this wonderful book, Paul Aurand explains how people can heal themselves from physical and emotional trauma. By gaining access to inner wisdom that ranges beyond the intellect, the described processes of self-healing help to recover memories stored in ones body and in the deeper layers of the mind. Based on his lifelong experience as a hypnotherapist, the author provides important clues to the origins of anger, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Highly recommended.

Pim van Lommel, MD , cardiologist, NDE researcher, and author of Consciousness Beyond Life

Essential Healing is an exceptional work that shows us how to heal. Based on his many years of clinical hypnotherapy and regression therapy, Aurand has developed a series of practices that help us escape the distraction of mental mind, open the heart center, and connect with the deepest core of our soul essence. The easy-to-follow practices unlock the profound healing potential we all have. I highly recommend this wonderful book.

Caroline Myss , author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Intimate Conversations with the Divine

Judging by the true stories from his own case files, hypnotherapist Paul Aurand has created a highly successful program to remove the true causes of emotional paineven those buried in the deepest regions of the psyche. Read this highly engaging book, follow the comprehensive practices yourself, release what is really holding you back, and discover for yourself that your mind is your own greatest healer.

Lynne McTaggart , internationally best-selling author of The Field , The Intention Experiment , and The Power of Eight

Publishers Note

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Aurand, Paul, author. | Alexander, Eben, author.

Title: Essential healing : hypnotherapy and regression-based practices to release the emotional pain and trauma keeping you stuck / Paul Aurand, Eben Alexander.

Description: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020052590 | ISBN 9781684036806 (trade paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment. | Psychic trauma--Treatment. | Hypnotism--Therapeutic use.

Classification: LCC RC552.P67 A95 2021 | DDC 616.85/2106--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052590

Contents

Foreword

Over the last few decades, progress in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind has been converging on evidence of the true existence of the soul, as a higher sense of the self, in its life journey. Even modern medicine acknowledges that our beliefs about treatment can strongly influence our health by using the placebo effect to evaluate any new treatment. The healing power of the mind, demonstrated by the placebo effect, is undeniable amidst extraordinary examples of spontaneous remission of advanced cancers, infections that go away beyond any explanation from conventional medicine, and miraculous healing during near-death experiences. These all illuminate the power our will can have in manifesting improved health. Modern medicine fully acknowledges the role our attitudes play in influencing our physical health, which makes it clear that our consciousness and beliefs have at least as much effect in healing our psyches and, ultimately, our souls. It is high time we allowed the power of belief to flourish in all realms of overall health.

The marvelous book you are holding represents the power of having an experienced hypnotherapist, who has had a profound near-death experience that helped guide his craft, share his shift in world view and his personal and professional practice in ways that will greatly benefit people in need of healing.

Beginning with his near-death experience after being struck by lightning two decades ago, and the profound personal lessons it engendered over time, Paul carefully guides the reader through progressively refined layers of interaction with deeper aspects of themselves, all while clarifying various options for learning and teaching along the path. The first step is realizing we are not our ego mind, or that running stream of thoughts in our head. The solution is to access that door to our inner worldthe heart. This is where so much of the trauma from our childhood, and even earlier, serves as baggage that needs to be processed and ultimately assimilated. The book includes numerous specific and illustrative clinical cases to help paint a clear picture of the problems encountered and their eventual resolution through this powerful therapeutic program. In addition, Paul has included very specific exercises to help the reader as if he were right there, guiding them through the process.